Watch of Today

[jeffc83]

Thanks, I'll sell them off as quickly as possible while they still work properly:D

[noirrac1j]

43 minutes ago, noirrac1j said:

 Oh one more thing... you cannot take the circuit board off until you remove the hairspring and vice versa( first replace board on, then hairspring).

 

P.S. Also, use a new battery!

 

J

 

JC

Sorry, remove the board first THEN  the hair spring. Afterward, replace the hairspring then the board.

[jeffc83]

D'oh, too late!!!!  Grrrrr;)  (I guess that would give us more room to work with by taking the board out first)

[noirrac1j]

So sorry! everything OK?

 

J

[jeffc83]

6 minutes ago, noirrac1j said:

So sorry! everything OK?

 

J

I'm sorry myself, was a poorly timed joke there;)

On the plus side, you're right; this watch is keeping time within chronometer specifications! +4 sec in 24hours!

Edited April 12, 2016 by jeffc83

[noirrac1j]

Ah ok! You would have discovered that the hairspring won't come out because the tolerance between the magnet (on the hairspring) and the induction coil on the board is tight.

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[ramrod]

guys...thank you for the excellent info. i'm gonna start a thread regarding the stem removal just so we can get the info in the right spot. i just didnt want to fill up this thread with other info.

[Cad101]

Bit of mother Russia today does what it says on the tin. Simple and probably the best time keeper I have loses about 20 seconds a day.

[Gryf]

Ha... I'm wearing my Sekonda today as well.

Looks good!

G

[tomprobkins]

My choice today is a 1928 Elgin. Looks great and keeps good time. I just hope I don't scratch it before I sell it :-)

 

[svorkoetter]

28 minutes ago, Gryf said:

Ha... I'm wearing my Sekonda today as well.

Looks good!

G

Dang! I was going to wear my Sekonda today, but ended up not doing so. :-(

[stroppy]

I wore this today:

It's my "f@rting around watch".  It was so cheap to buy that if it gets clobbered...no matter...just buy a new one.   The remarkable thing is that it keeps good time, both analogue and digital.  (You can see I like Chinese junk...sigh!)

I'm stuck inside for another week with doggy who is recovering from her ACL surgery.  She plays me like a fiddle.  A whimper gets immediate attention.  A raised front paw gets an immediate pat and a scratch of the ears and a shrill bark means, "Take me out for a piddle, dad!"

You can see that I love my dog!  She will be inside until the stitches come out and even then her walks will be much shorter for about two or three weeks.  Big operation...big cost...$AU3,500.  But she's worth every penny.

[jeffc83]

@stroppy Hope the surgery goes well!  I can see she has a great owner that cares very much for her so either way, she'll remain happy!  I love beater watches...yours is no exception!

@tomprobkins Amazing, I love it!  Well done sir:)

Today, I had a meeting so it had to be a good one: Eberhard & Co Postillon 8 Jours (love this watch, the lume is nothing short of amazing)

Edited April 15, 2016 by jeffc83

[WileyDave]

Could not decide which one to wear, feeling a bit nostalgic, this is or was the 'digital' age. I stuck with the Casio, (I hear you laughing, water resistant to 100m!). Citizen multi-alarm way to complicated for knocking around.

[stroppy]

Love that Eberhard watch...very posh!  And nicely set off by the Caddy logo behind it!

[stroppy]

Just now, WileyDave said:

Could not decide which one to wear, feeling a bit nostalgic, this is or was the 'digital' age. I stuck with the Casio, (I hear you laughing, water resistant to 100m!). Citizen multi-alarm way to complicated for knocking around.

I have a almost pristine example of one the watches you show (to the right) here.  The only blemish is a slight scuff across the glass lens which, I assume would be easy to polish out with some cerium oxide.  Now don't go throwing that watch away because, apparently, early Citizen LCD watches are now getting a pretty packet on the bay.

[jeffc83]

@WileyDave I actually wasn't laughing at that Casio but I was laughing at the fact I thought you wore both today  

@stroppy Thanks!  I forgot that I took that shot in the car, haha;)

[stroppy]

Just now, jeffc83 said:

@WileyDave I actually wasn't laughing at that Casio but I was laughing at the fact I thought you wore both today  

@stroppy Thanks!  I forgot that I took that shot in the car, haha;)

Wiley has created his own dual zone watch assembly.  I salute his skill! 

[maclerche]

Here is the watch i wear today

 

[klinej54]

Very nice. 

[klinej54]

Pocket watch conversion, yes?  Do you know if it's a 10s or 8s?  Was the dial refinished to put the stem a 3 o'clock?   

[ramrod]

That's a beautiful Hamilton.

Here's what's adorning my wrist today.

A modified Seiko diver.

 

[stroppy]

I had the electronic monster on today.  I used it so that I could hear the mobile phone ring or the message service pinging whilst I was doing physio exercises with doggy.

 

[maclerche]

6 hours ago, klinej54 said:

Pocket watch conversion, yes?  Do you know if it's a 10s or 8s?  Was the dial refinished to put the stem a 3 o'clock?   

Not sure, but 10s i think. 

helenarou>>> has all the stuff that fit 917's without any changes!

[klinej54]

Very cool.  I do mostly 18s but have always thought it would be neat to do a conversion.