I can’t speak for the OP of that picOriginally Posted by orionz06
But I can say the vintage rolex experience is a sweet and savory life - until it isn’t.
At some point , for me at least, the wine turns to vinegar.
Vintage stuff carries someone else’s stories and I’m just not very interested in that at this point.
I am killing time by re-reading much of this threat and noticed that I've never posted the watch that started it all for me. My wife bought this watch from a local jeweler over 20 years ago. It was as an engagement present and she had the back engraved. Neither of us knew anything about watches. She just knew that I always wore one (typically a Timex Ironman) and that I didn't have anything dressy. She liked the way this one looked, and that's all she new about it. And she has good taste! It is a cool looking watch. There are lot of details you notice as you look closer: multiple textures on the dial, slightly chamfered hands, blue numbers on the minute track, etc. She had no idea what a monster her gift would create down the road. It is what got me learning about watches and eventually spending a bunch of our money on them.Other than the atomic/solar G-shock that I wore on duty and passed on to my oldest son, this is the only quartz watch I own.
It is an 8F32-0011 - one of Seiko's high accuracy, non-thermocompensated quartz movements. It has a perpetual calendar, a ten-year battery, and keeps within +/- 20 seconds per year (the thermocompensated 9F movements keep +/- 10 seconds per year). I wore it daily for over 15 years, and it shows. I even wore it on duty for a while before I started worrying about losing it. It just got it back from Seiko for a battery change and service. I shouldn't have to change the battery or set the date for another 10 years.
Yesterday, I get a phone call from my AD and she says:"I have good news and bad news"
The bad news: I'll have to wait a couple of quarters for a particular model and they're refunding my deposit.
The good news:
Ref#124060.
It's a classic that's always been kind of a grail for me.
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
Tudor Black Bay GMT with the leather strap. I was always a steel bracelet or bust purist, but the leather has won me over.
I really wanna like that so much more, such a great watch, just can't pull the trigger. Looks great on leather.
Tudor Black Bay GMT with the leather strap. I was always a steel bracelet or bust purist, but the leather has won me over.
Think for yourself. Question authority.
That's hawt. It looks great on leather or a bracelet.
Tudor Black Bay GMT with the leather strap. I was always a steel bracelet or bust purist, but the leather has won me over.
I want to like it more, too. I'd love to see the same watch in a BB58 form factor. Damn my child-sized wrists.
As you listen to the F.O. brief the leg . . .
Tudor Black Bay GMT with the leather strap. I was always a steel bracelet or bust purist, but the leather has won me over.
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master"
You know it!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😜
Of course, I’m an FO, so my briefs are vague, wandering, and boring.
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master"
Bottom Captain here.......could be an F/O again soon depending on the recovery.
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