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Yes, they provide an extremely useful function: they sell watches :DOriginally Posted by MurrayMint
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
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I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
classic :DYes, they provide an extremely useful function: they sell watches :D
Eddie
ROTFL!Yes, they provide an extremely useful function: they sell watches :D
Eddie
No word other than perfect can do that justice Eddie.
I presume this one is going to be first come first served like all the other recent editions?
If it isn't there are very few hoops I wouldn't be willing to, at least attempt, to jump through.
Can we have White Gold hands then. :wink:Yes, they provide an extremely useful function: they sell watches :D
Eddie
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
No. Where? And in comparison with which other?
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
Indeed :lol: :lol:ROTFL!Yes, they provide an extremely useful function: they sell watches :D
Eddie
Very measured comment MM - Well done :roll:
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
I hate to be the first to point this out but they're going to have to go back, they left the date wheel off!
Extra jewel? I can't even spot the movement number some said was on it...If you look at this larger image, you'll see the depth and shape of the Geneva stripes. Compare this with the cheaper Geneva striped movements and you'll see chalk and cheese. Anybody spot the extra jewel?
Eddie
Worse still, I only got my new glasses on saturday.
Dave
They did once - it was a quick way of removing tooling marks from flat surfaces. Nowadays, since manufacturing technologies mean that's no longer required, it's just a nice, pointless bit of deco.
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
Extra jewel? In the middle of the caliber, for the second hand, right?
Good stuff Eddie!
Since the title of this thread is - "Got even more.....", how many movements in total do you have? :-)
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No worries, the number is on the movement above the gooseneck and is upside down in
this picture partially obscured by the watcha macallit. :mrgreen:
Dan
Balance Wheel.
They look great
They do look tasty.
Geneva stripes are not quite pointless,though I understand what you mean. However not all parts of a watch are purely functional and are a balance between function and also other factors. Geneva stripes are often also in service of the function of being an indication of the craftsmanship involved in creating and crafting the movement and invested in it. They were carried out in a specialised process done by specifically skilled craftsmen/women and specifically so. Interestingly, on some calibres they were done, and sometimes not.
Br,
AP.
I see what you mean, yes, thanks for the input.
"I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked ... it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."
I think the colour may have something to do with maturation and expiration dates. Like fruit. Once it turns red it has to be incorporated in to a watch within a month, otherwise the movement will go bad and will have to be thrown out. The yellow ones can last a little longer, but not much.
Very excited about this one! After being involved in the WUS Laco B-uhr LE, I know how difficult hand and dial development can be. However I have to ask: blued hands?
Oh I don't think you had to ask Colin :wink: .
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Dark blue? :blackeye:Oh I don't think you had to ask Colin :wink: .
Eddie
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
Cruel.Dark blue? :blackeye:Oh I don't think you had to ask Colin :wink: .
Eddie
john
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Better to be proactive than reactive. :wink:Cruel.Dark blue? :blackeye:Oh I don't think you had to ask Colin :wink: .
Eddie
john
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
Ok. Your point ;-)
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
I thought I'd ask if there's any news on this project.
(bracing for a)
:D
I've been thinking a lot about this movemnt and what type of case/watch it might go into. Now that historical watches are going out of fashion, it might be an idea to put it into something modern ... like a 42mm-44mm lugless perhaps?
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
John, it must be 35 years since i laid down my last copy of "Commando" and yet the words "Gott in Himmel!" rose; freely, easily and, it has to be said, despairingly to mind at those suggestions. :wink:
Unitas 6497-1 Stop Seconde Centrale "Premium"
hi eddie
any idea of what you want to do with these special mvt yet ? ;)
+1
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
The movements are now in Germany and a sample movement is with the casemaker.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
What sort of case are you thinking of for these movements?
Tris
Stainless steel.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
F.T.F.A.
I thought you were going to say 'watch cases'
This thread reminds me of
;-]
love eddie's humour
.
Come on Eddie out with it. Unless I really really dislike it, this is my next watch from you and my collection will be complete.
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
B-uhr with a type B dial.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Thanks. Are we going to be able to give any feedback, like on the tail-end of the seconds-hand ... ?
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
It must be also my next watch from Mr PLATTS
Try me ;-).
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I think you must be very patient Eddie. If I make, write or produce something and then people start telling me what's wrong with it, I just want to kill them...
As you can tell I don't work in a customer facing role really.
A monkey. Or maybe a banana to be more subtle
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
Vanguard Eddie?
Not yet, maybe never.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
My favourite is the little tombstone with a hole at the end. This can be seen across all of the originals. Here on a Stowa.
On a Lange
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Lange-Sohne-W...-/170866355603
On this Laco the counterbalance has been lumed and easier to see
http://germanwatch.proboards.com/ind...ay&thread=3276
Another Laco.
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
I've often wondered why the counterpoise is lumed, logic dictates that the tip should be.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I've always taken it to be just for indication of that the watch is running rather than for reading exact seconds in the dark, plus that:
- the counterweight solution provides a possibly larger area for lume than the tip
- a large lumed counterweight sits closer to dial centre then tip (obviously) and does not obscure/mess up the symmetry of the watch as much
I've had 2-years to think about the 1x Red v 49x Yellow stem markers.
I think that the production batch will have been randomly sampled, with 1x unit taken out to be tested.
If the red one is passed by the QA department, then the rest of the batch is good to go.
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