Guess the title says it all. Three watches developed issues immediately.
One is my Damasko, where the rotor spins like a helicopter if I wind it with the crown. The power reserve also tanked now; at most 24 hours instead of the 46 I expected.
Number …
Continue readingI have a thing for big.
I have a thing for chronographs.
I have a thing for titanium.
When all three are combined, I'm in my happy zone.
The Nabucco tackles all three.
This is actually a 5(!) month old purchase that I am only posting about…
Continue readingI came across this photo and I thought it was cool to see the Speedmaster next to the USS Enterprise.
I'm a huge Star Trek f…
Continue readingHello all,
I have this watch:
Which in my mind is a continuation of what Porsche Design did with IWC. After Porsche and …
Continue readingAnd that happened to me over the last 2 months.I have, in my opinion, a supercool collection of titanium chrono’s and I found at long last titanium chrono’s with the specs and dimensions that I have been looking for.
1) Raymond Weil Freelancer, 45mm x 14mm day-date chrono
This watch came in almost wrecked, visually. Disgustingly dirty, so I…
I was wondering, are these screw-down pushers, or supposed to be?
I got this one, and I can’t seem to get the pushers to be screwed down. Not that I mind if they’re not even though it may look a bit odd, knurls without actually being able to be screwed down but okay. Weirder things have happened.
What I’m seeing is a column wheel, a balance bridge, and that’s about it.
Anyone any idea?
I like the dial and hands, I have to say. The watch runs fine. I used a bit of polish to get the worst scratches out of the plexi crystal, it was so bad it made the watch illegible. I bought it for 40 bucks, 20 years ago. I have no idea what this is and I’m open to hear anything about it.
NO I don’t ask this so I can sell. I won’t. I just want to know…
At first, I wanted the version with the Lemania 5100 but after the ordeal with the Eberhard I decided: never again. The L5100’s main spring costs as much as the whole movement for this watch, because I got the quartz version.
I always dismissed quartz because it’s not as eclectic as a…
