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Images that lift your spirits

In these troubled times perhaps a thread where members may wish to post images that bring a smile or just help to lift your or others spirits ?
I don’t think they have to be your own pics as long as they conform to the above 👍

I’ll kick off with this poor image of myself and one of my daughters spending some time in Switzerland many years ago, real men are not supposed to be emotional but 😀

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The weather in your area today…

Gone for a stroll down to the beach today to take in some sea air….

The obligatory watch shot…

The weather where you are?…

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What were your favorite acquisitions in 2024 (watches)?

Another year is about to end, and even though I’ve been rather quiet here I’ve started to reminisce about how the horological side of the year has gone.

I produced the same topic the last years and loved to see which arrivals the members here were ex…

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So… any of our members here have an interest in firearms?

This is a taboo topic on a couple of other forums, for whatever mis-guided reasons, so I thought I’d start a thread about it here. I know there’s quite a few people out there who collect both watches and guns, so now you have a home for your discussions. Hopefully we’ll get to see some nice eye-candy and interesting threads.

We only ask that you try not to discuss gun topics relating directly to politics, since it tends to create conflict where there usually wouldn’t be any. There’s…

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With increased local armed robberies, I’m no longer wearing Rolexes

Well, it’s finally happened. I’ve stopped wearing Rolexes.

In my local area (SF Bay Area), there’ve been at least five reported armed robberies of Rolexes every week. Some are ‘follow homes’, others are parking lot confrontations or sidewalk hold up…

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Watches you spotted in TV shows/movies

Looked through our older threads and saw that we had a thread on watches that featured PROMINENTLY in movies and a thread specific to Omegas, but didn’t find exactly what I was looking for. I’ll kick this off with:

A cartier Tank on Discovery of Witches, engraved on the rear “To Phillipe 1922.” Close inspection of the TV screen it looks as if the hands are blued steel (does not show up well in the photo), so this may be a Louis Tank, although I’m no expert in this watch type and…

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WRFS What Returned From the Spa Today?

I don’t believe such a thread exists, but it should. Getting a watch back from the watchmaker is a bit like getting a new watch.

To kick it off, this little treasure just came back from from the spa today.

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Best packing and shipping practices?

Greetings all,
I very seldom sell watches and for the first time have sold two watches outside of the European Union.

I have pondered at length about each step of the packing process- being most nervous about potential thefts on the part of people rea…

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Anyone in Clocks (Bracket or Longcase)?

It is really relaxing to work on these when eyes become old 😉. There are magnificent one around, at very reasonable prices. OK, you need space, a castle would be best if you start collecting.

Here is a Scottish longcase clock made around 1760. It is o…

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The Great OF Baking Thread

Inspired by the Great British Baking Show.
During one of the episodes they had a German Schichttorte/Baumkuchen (layer cake/treecake) which we love and consume a lot when in Germany. inspired by the recipe we baked our own. Not bad for the first attem…

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