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Post by russtmurray on Apr 19, 2023 3:27:30 GMT -8
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Post by inboost on Apr 19, 2023 4:02:06 GMT -8
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Post by victor on Apr 19, 2023 5:07:36 GMT -8
For when I want to know what time it is in Anchorage, while skin diving in Auckland.
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Post by babyivan on Apr 19, 2023 5:10:06 GMT -8
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Post by cd_god on Apr 19, 2023 5:11:27 GMT -8
Today's Seiko bible verse of the day: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5
Small watch makes my bracelet look big.
Is that one those Jeffrey Dahmer barrels?
If anyone has kids who are going to summer camp (do they still have summer camps?) and they are crafting or weaving shit like homemade bracelets or keyrings or whatever and you want to gift me one I'll take it and proudly wear it and display it in every WRUW thread even if it looks like it was made by a 5 year old.
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Post by babyivan on Apr 19, 2023 6:03:59 GMT -8
Today's Seiko bible verse of the day: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5
Small watch makes my bracelet look big.
Is that one those Jeffrey Dahmer barrels?
If anyone has kids who are going to summer camp (do they still have summer camps?) and they are crafting or weaving shit like homemade bracelets or keyrings or whatever and you want to gift me one I'll take it and proudly wear it and display it in every WRUW thread even if it looks like it was made by a 5 year old.
Summer camps are very much in full force these days. And I think they are now more important than ever, as kids don't organically interact with each other like they did before the age of internet and smart phones. Where did you get the bracelet you're wearing there? That's some major bling 😎
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 19, 2023 7:22:31 GMT -8
VERY nice! Would love to see a lume shot of that one!
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Post by inboost on Apr 19, 2023 7:36:56 GMT -8
Well that's an easy request to fill
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 19, 2023 7:53:35 GMT -8
Well that's an easy request to fill Very nice! Thanks!!!!
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Post by saldog on Apr 19, 2023 8:35:01 GMT -8
inboost, that's a handsome devil right there!
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Post by inboost on Apr 19, 2023 9:01:04 GMT -8
Very kind of you to say there saldog ! Thanks really belong to leffemonster for getting me on the trail of one of these. He's had one months before I did (in the same color , uh, colour too). He was after a different color scheme but this one was what ended up on his doorstop. Once I saw it I started looking for my own. Many months later a fantastic deal was struck on Ebay and I'm glad to have it in rotation. I hope to have it joined by a much older sibling in Accutron tuning fork mechanics some day. Note to those interested:
1) This is a very shiny watch! beware of magpies! 2) This is a very heavy watch at 141.4 gr (5oz)
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Post by 59yukon01 on Apr 19, 2023 9:06:23 GMT -8
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 19, 2023 9:44:17 GMT -8
Very kind of you to say there saldog ! Thanks really belong to leffemonster for getting me on the trail of one of these. He's had one months before I did (in the same color , uh, colour too). He was after a different color scheme but this one was what ended up on his doorstop. Once I saw it I started looking for my own. Many months later a fantastic deal was struck on Ebay and I'm glad to have it in rotation. I hope to have it joined by a much older sibling in Accutron tuning fork mechanics some day. Note to those interested:
1) This is a very shiny watch! beware of magpies! 2) This is a very heavy watch at 141.4 gr (5oz)
I have an old Accutron tuning fork watch that belonged to my father or grandfather. I tried to get it going a while ago and found a battery that should have worked but I think the movement was probably all gunked up from decades of sitting. The second hand tried to move but just couldn't get it done. Someone, somewhere along the line managed to mash one of the lugs. I've been told that there is "a guy" out there that services them but I was also told to be very careful about choseing who to send it to. Probably not worth the effort and expense since it is WAY too small for me to wear. Oh . . . . and that scale . . . . what else do you weigh on that puppy?
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Post by saldog on Apr 19, 2023 9:54:39 GMT -8
69ChevelleSS, I had a hummer serviced about a year ago by Jarett Harkness, unwindintime@gmail.com. It took a while to get the watch back and it wasn’t cheap, but he did a full service on it and it ran well afterward.
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Post by longbike on Apr 19, 2023 10:22:31 GMT -8
Aloha This for a few hours in the ....A.M. Nice Watchs today Guys Inboost Fabulous that one really like it but never got close to get one yet. Victor ....Yours also nice ... . Louis
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Post by inboost on Apr 19, 2023 11:01:22 GMT -8
I have an old Accutron tuning fork watch that belonged to my father or grandfather. I tried to get it going a while ago and found a battery that should have worked but I think the movement was probably all gunked up from decades of sitting. The second hand tried to move but just couldn't get it done. Someone, somewhere along the line managed to mash one of the lugs. I've been told that there is "a guy" out there that services them but I was also told to be very careful about choseing who to send it to. Probably not worth the effort and expense since it is WAY too small for me to wear. Oh . . . . and that scale . . . . what else do you weigh on that puppy? saldog is correct - these take a special understanding to properly service. While they don't appear to be overly difficult to my eye after reviewing the service manuals they do need factory tools (not too difficult to get off Ebay or specialty websites), a microscope (a loupe won't do) and a very fine and light touch.
Whenever you hear of an Accutron being sold as 'humming but not running' you know someone was hamfisted in their attempt to service the watch and without the unobtainable replacement parts that watch won't be telling time again.
The scale is not off the set of Breaking Bad or anything like that, I promise. We actually used it to weigh the fuel coming out of fuel injectors to find their flow rate about 1,000,000 years ago in a galaxy far, far, away.
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Post by dapellegrini on Apr 19, 2023 13:12:20 GMT -8
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Post by raz on Apr 19, 2023 16:30:26 GMT -8
[/div] The scale is not off the set of Breaking Bad or anything like that, I promise. We actually used it to weigh the fuel coming out of fuel injectors to find their flow rate about 1,000,000 years ago in a galaxy far, far, away.
[/quote] LOL In Romania back on the days the family doctors had similar scales like that (with some sort of net around the weighing plate) that was used to weigh babies Anyhow, that is one heck of a scale! I am ashamed with my kitchen flower scale …
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Post by cd_god on Apr 19, 2023 16:47:03 GMT -8
Today's Seiko bible verse of the day: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5
Small watch makes my bracelet look big.
Where did you get the bracelet you're wearing there? That's some major bling 😎
EBAY
It is JUST A LITTLE BIT bigger than I had planned on.
Dude that was selling it must have a big ass wrist as his listing stated the only reason he was selling it was it no longer fit his wrist anymore.
I guess you can't trust sellers photos.
Sellers pic.
And to one up inboost with his 141 gram shiny post
I think if I ever fell in the water I would probably sink with all of the coins in my pocket and adornments on each wrist.
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Post by inboost on Apr 19, 2023 17:41:11 GMT -8
Dang @cd_god! keep clear of the deep end of the pool would ya? Those plants aren't going to water themselves you know
Pre-game for tomorrow - had to spool up the Accutron
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