https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar…Timepiece-Gentleman-Anthony-Farrer-fraud.html
It ends just as you thought it would with guilty pleas.
Continue readingTHINGS WITH SPRINGS CH CHAT 02/02/2025
Hello Everyone
Just FYI . This is still a work in progress…..
The Things With Springs Clubhouse room is meant for a Live watch forum experience with a small GTG. We are striving for a collector to collector conversation.. Having collectors either em…
Who Does Not Own at Least One Quartz?
A couple years ago I sold a pile of watches at auction. Now I mostly wear my handful of Omegas, a small Rolex Sky-Rocket and my Baltic.
But I do like going into thrift stores and do look at watches.
Here’s my pile of working quartz. Not all from thri…
Continue readingUSS Wando Engine room clock
I bought this last week. Something I probably overpaid for. But not often you find a US Navy ships clock with the ships name on the dial. It’s an early clock the tugboat was commissioned in 1917 about what the serial numbers of the movement say when it was made. Ashton valve co would make gauges for the engine rooms of ships and trains and factories. My guess is this clock came with the gauges for the engine room of the tugboat when it was built. They would use Chelsea, Seth Thomas and E…
Continue readingA strange click while winding
Hi all,
I am still new to Omega, and the Grey Side of the Moon is my first Omega watch.
While winding the watch, after a number of turns, I hear a strange clicking sound, as if something is slipping inside the spring barrel. Apart from that, everythi…
Continue readingWRUR (Reading) Today?
In the spirit of the other what are you threads I thought I would start this one. In the little less than one month I have been on the forum I have found it to be a valuable source of knowledge for me. It’s also obvious that there is a wide diversity of individuals here from the world over so I thought it would be nice to see what you’re reading that others on the board might be interested in reading themselves. It doesn’t just have to be watch related and can be books, blogs, magazines or…
Continue readingExact version of the First Omega In Space… October 1962
In analogy to our topic on the exact Speedmaster version used onboard Gemini IV ( 4 times 105.003-63 ), it’s October 2020 and I’m checking my Walter Schirra Sigma-7 photo folder…
In articles, blog postings and the third edition of Moonwatch Only, I always posted that Walter Schirra’s personal Omega Speedmaster might have been a CK2998-4 as it looks like it didn,’t have a lollipop chrono hand … a striking detail I took along when I commissioned this Walter Schirra…
Continue readingIn articles, blog postings and the third edition of Moonwatch Only, I always posted that Walter Schirra’s personal Omega Speedmaster might have been a CK2998-4 as it looks like it didn,’t have a lollipop chrono hand … a striking detail I took along when I commissioned this Walter Schirra…
June 1, 1965…The Speedmaster is “Officially” Flight Qualified 58 Years Ago Today
It has been a couple of years now but I remember Jim Ragan telling me "Never believe what you read on the internet," after asking him to sign March 1, 1965, on his case back for my collection as the Speedmaster Qualification date. Jim told m…
Continue reading2025 F1 Thread
Well, racing season is officially underway with the 24 Hours of Daytona happening this weekend!
Also, My wife is currently flying Qatar right now and check out the PJ set they gave her! Matching joggers too!
McLarenLando Norris
Oscar Piastri…
My 2025 watch projects
Hello!
Continue readingI am posting this thread to keep tabs on myself, I have too many watch projects these days. I tend to set them aside and accumulate. Most are watches just needing a service. I also recently bought a pile of boxes from a closed watch shop. I thought it was mostly trash, turns out it is not… Lots and lots of bits to sort out:
So, even more projects. Excluding complete watches (some quietly waiting for years already) here is a first list of things I ‘d like to bring…
