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My largest is 41mm and I only just get away with that. The curse of skinny wristsit's actually not too bad. it wears the same as the older 42mm models due to having female end links
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I do like the planet ocean though. Enjoy
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My largest is 41mm and I only just get away with that. The curse of skinny wristsit's actually not too bad. it wears the same as the older 42mm models due to having female end links
My largest is 41mm and I only just get away with that. The curse of skinny wrists
I do like the planet ocean though. Enjoy![]()
I quite often watch wristwatch revival on youtube but his videos are closer to the hour mark and he goes into quite a lot of detail in the process. It is impressive and I'm currently sat with an old cheap pocket watch in bits as i need to get a different tool to remove the second hands before i can have it completely striiped down. I deliberatley bought one with a fault so i could try and fix it.
Have you watched any of this chaps restorations or teardowns?
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Nekkid Watchmaker
Greetings and a warm welcome to you all. The mission of The Nekkid Watchmaker is to strip away all the BS and snobbery in watchmaking and to encourage a new generation of watchmakers in to this wonderful art. In essence we are all Nekkid watchmakers. My name is Joe and I'm a watchmaker...www.youtube.com
I find his videos relaxing, a very calm vibe to them.
Public forum = public opinion. Pretty sure it's not new to you.And so what if it is.... It's his collection!
They're tiny machines that sit on your wrist, accurate to with a few seconds a day solely through springs and gears, powered by the movement of your body. If you listen to them it almost sounds like they're alive.
If you get them serviced they can last a lifetime plus the smoothness of the seconds hand sweep is quite satisfying.
Yea fair enough, both of these make some sense. I was just slightly annoyed when I saw a few good looking watches in a lineup and the best ones were automaticsWhen you see how a watch goes together, it is quite incredible that it can function as @Sheff describes. Yes a quartz watch will be more accurate or a glance at a phone / smart watch will tell you all you need to know and do so much more but its the appreciation of how its made over anything I'd say.
This may help appreciate what's involved?
Depending on your stance, you can appreciate the workmanship, the history of the brand or as a status symbol.
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Also in a world where instant gratification seems to be more the norm, its nice to hark back to a simpler slower pace of life. Similar to where you see someone tinkering with an old car rather than having to rely on a garage to fix it for you by plugging in a computer.
@Akagi I used image reverse search and got this from one of your photos
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Unfortuntaley the item appears to be sold on ebay but possibly a military issue watch of some sort.
Surely it's your opinion made public. Not the opinion of the public. If it's the latter then you're in the minority of opinion anyway as I agree with @CGrieves, "so what if it is..."Public forum = public opinion. Pretty sure it's not new to you.![]()
I see you have discovered.. context! Usually it's used automatically when reading shortened sentences without the need to explain the obvious in detail.Surely it's your opinion made public. Not the opinion of the public.
Bell.I see you have discovered.. context! Usually it's used automatically when reading shortened sentences without the need to explain the obvious in detail.![]()
I usually try not to engage, not sure why I did in this case. It just opens one up to the usual passive aggressiveness / trolling.Bell.