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Thread: rolex watches...really?
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06-21-2022, 02:10 PM #376
Very cool. My grandfather was a tool and die maker too. Made lots of different parts for lots of stuff, but the typewriters always impressed me. I think he made stuff for Royal and Singer. Can't be sure. I do remember my dad was pretty pissed when I disassembled one. I think I could have put it back together too, but he boxed it all up and tossed it. In his mind it was a lost cause. Looking back, I am pretty sure I would have gotten it working again.
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06-21-2022, 02:13 PM #377
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06-21-2022, 02:15 PM #378
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06-21-2022, 02:16 PM #379
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06-21-2022, 02:20 PM #380
I worked summers in college at the shop (about 600 employee shop with inhouse carbide production and plating lines). Listening to the multi ton presses run all day long through ear plugs would always make me sleepy (plus getting up in time to get to work by 6:30 am). Standing at cnc machines and grinders all day did not treat his shoulders, neck, back and heels well. Paying for it now in his late 60s. Tough gig.
"We had nice 3 days in your autonomous mountain realm last weekend." - Tom from Austria (the Rax ski guy)
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06-21-2022, 02:23 PM #381
I used to have a gold Omega Seamaster Deville--got it as a prize. I like small, simple looking watches. 35mm case. I have skinny wrists. I got it as an academic prize, gave it to a kid. People seem to be asking 2--3 K for them online, so not in Rolex territory but when I wore a watch that was my idea of how a watch should look.
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06-21-2022, 02:24 PM #382
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06-21-2022, 02:36 PM #383
Obviously, everyone has a different style. Old Goat rocking a 35mm and Arnold rocking a 45mm Panerai probably both look great and if you like really big watches, go for whatever you want and make it work. I am not cool enough to pull off either side of the extremes. My wrist is 7 3/8" and I generally stick to 38mm to 43mm diameter watches depending on the lug width.
"We had nice 3 days in your autonomous mountain realm last weekend." - Tom from Austria (the Rax ski guy)
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06-21-2022, 03:10 PM #384
I'm 6 3/4
Wrists
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06-21-2022, 03:16 PM #385
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06-21-2022, 03:51 PM #386
Why would I want to spend 2-4x as much for a not Rolex copy when the point of posting the good looking sub-$100 auto Rolex copy with a US warranty was to reply to a post about fake Rolexes in Chinatown? Besides, Invicta makes that watch in different sizes including the Sub's original 44mm, and 40mm for chicks and accountants.
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06-21-2022, 04:18 PM #387
Sorry...what? The Sub's original size was 37mm when introduced in 1953 and then went to 40mm in 1959. Last year it went to "41mm"...but is really round 40.8mm.
If you want something more in the 45mm range, wouldn't it make more sense to buy reproduction of the Fifty Fathoms and not a blown Sub?"We had nice 3 days in your autonomous mountain realm last weekend." - Tom from Austria (the Rax ski guy)
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06-21-2022, 05:14 PM #388
2nd link I posted, the 9937 with the SW200 movement and assembled in Switz, has the 40mm case and sapphire crystal and takes 20mm bands. $169
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06-21-2022, 05:44 PM #389
I can't stand Russia, but they build cool-looking aircraft and watches
https://www.amazon.com/VOSTOK-Amphib.../dp/B08Y5G394B
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06-21-2022, 05:55 PM #390
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06-21-2022, 05:56 PM #391
Wonder when the Moonswatch will become available to purchase online?
"We had nice 3 days in your autonomous mountain realm last weekend." - Tom from Austria (the Rax ski guy)
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06-21-2022, 07:00 PM #392
Here's some Soviet style for $150
https://www.amazon.com/VOSTOK-Komand...st_sto_dp&th=1
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06-21-2022, 07:03 PM #393
My wrist is 7 3/4" and anything over 42mm looks like a friggin hubcap attached to my arm.
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06-21-2022, 10:38 PM #394
My wife bought me a Rolex for our anniversary two years ago. I've worn it exactly 3 times and it is now known as the wedding watch. I just can't get comfortable with that thing on. They're heavy and awkward.
Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and I absolutely intend to leave it to one of my daughters some day--I do appreciate it and enjoy wearing it on very special occasion. But for day to day, I'll rock my Timex or Garmin."All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."
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06-21-2022, 11:07 PM #395
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06-22-2022, 09:58 AM #396
Excellent looking watch OG. Similar to my favorite lately in the drawer (1960 2-tone). I didn't wear watches much during the pandemic as I was constantly working on something outside. Having to get used to having something on my wrist again getting back to work.
Maybe I need one of those fancy boxes some of you all have?
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06-22-2022, 10:13 AM #397
The cool kids rock a Swatch
MISSION TO URANUS
https://www.swatch.com/en-us/mission.../SO33L100.html
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06-22-2022, 10:29 AM #398
BTW mine had a leather band--I used light tan bands although they tended to get dirty and needing replacement frequently. When my mom died I inherited my dad's Omega--steel case. The other kid got that one. Neither of them wears a watch regularly but they wear the Omegas like jewelry when they want to dress up. I only wear a watch sometimes when I'm hiking etc and don't want to carry a phone. But the battery is always dead so I wind up taking the phone.
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06-22-2022, 10:29 AM #399
I'm not a jewelry guy, so watches should be practical to be worn. If I am scuba diving, then preferably an Omega Seamaster ( I like a black rubber band when underwater) or Rolex Submariner. The Rolex is also great for all outdoor activities. If in court, or on public business, then something like a Patek Calatrava with a crocodile band.
“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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06-22-2022, 10:37 AM #400
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