I used to have a tornado in port credit. Similar in concept to a crotch rocket except throttle was stuck open. Bloody scary but so much fun. Sold it after kids as they would get hurt on it.
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The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological
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He does , an S2 9.1 . I'm curious how you know Peter? thats probably a PM thing lol.
@mimico , come out in the summer , bring your favorite kid and we'll go sailing. My current C&C 30 is pretty civilized.
watch side , I'm looking for a Zodiac , Doxa or Rotary , dive watch with an orange face , in that order. anybody has a lead ....
Mad Mike
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Not much to see here.
The Timex on the upper left is still ticking, and it's still on the same minute as TAI. It's been in a box for more than a decade. The Guess on the lower left has a TX movement.
That looks awesome thanks for sharing.
Some interesting history on pocket watches....
Prior to WW1 men's wrist watches existed but generally the wrist watch was considered a women's watch and feminine. The fashion of the time for a man was to have a pocket watch (and they all wore vests of course) and they dramatically outsold wrist watches. Enter WW1, pocket watches were all but useless in warfare, in trenches, for cavalry, etc. Men began adding a second bow on the bottom of the watch (what a lug is called on a pocket watch) and attaching them to their wrists with leather straps (the early trench watches were born). Eventually the war departments caught on a started commissioning wrist watches.... After the war the fashion changed and soon the wrist watch dramatically outsold pocket watches.
Of course using cell phones to tell time just sort of brings it back full circle...
I have a pocket watch, manual wind Timex given to me (my "weight" on the chain is a my broken Mickey Mouse watch from when I was a kid, usually a small knife is used) and a modern homage to the trench watch (A Poljot in a pocket watch case with the second bow at the bottom for a strap). If you going to do the pocket watch, time to buy some vests, our just hipster it in your jeans pocket.
Prior to WW1 men's wrist watches existed but generally the wrist watch was considered a women's watch and feminine. The fashion of the time for a man was to have a pocket watch (and they all wore vests of course) and they dramatically outsold wrist watches. Enter WW1, pocket watches were all but useless in warfare, in trenches, for cavalry, etc. Men began adding a second bow on the bottom of the watch (what a lug is called on a pocket watch) and attaching them to their wrists with leather straps (the early trench watches were born). Eventually the war departments caught on a started commissioning wrist watches.... After the war the fashion changed and soon the wrist watch dramatically outsold pocket watches.
Of course using cell phones to tell time just sort of brings it back full circle...
I have a pocket watch, manual wind Timex given to me (my "weight" on the chain is a my broken Mickey Mouse watch from when I was a kid, usually a small knife is used) and a modern homage to the trench watch (A Poljot in a pocket watch case with the second bow at the bottom for a strap). If you going to do the pocket watch, time to buy some vests, our just hipster it in your jeans pocket.
Mad Mike
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Yup. Belonged to my late father in law. He was an engineer with IBM. He used the stopwatch to to time computers and machinery in the early 60s.
Mad Mike
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I'm off to Timmins 3 weeks, I'll nail that watch to Bill Barilko -- he's on a welcome sign on hwy101 near my house. We'll see if that works.
My wife makes stuff for the Argos, I sent some Argo stuff to Winnipeg fans this summer, that worked -- Argos won the grey Cup.
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Odd name for a clock company, tele in Greek means far off and chrono referred to time . Who names a clock far off time ?
Anybody got one of those kitchen clocks where the cats tail is a pendulum and the eyes shift . Those things are creepy.
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Anybody got one of those kitchen clocks where the cats tail is a pendulum and the eyes shift . Those things are creepy.
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Kind of by accident. Started with a Grandfather that I built from a kit when I was way younger. Then found a broken cuckoo that I fixed up and got running. Some freinds told their parents about me fixing the cuckoo and gifted me a couple that werent working anymore, got them running nicely. I got into the hobby of picking up 'broken' clocks and getting them running again, either from ebay etc or auctions. Found one huge beautiful grandfather at an estate sale that someone had converted to battery by gluing a Walmart wall clock to the face. Im guessing that grandma wasnt capable of pulling up the weights anymore but liked it so someone 'helped' by putting the battery one on the front. There was not a single thing wrong with it once I pulled the walmart clock off (and fixed the case). After that is was just a matter of finding clocks for cheap that just needed to be cleaned to get running again. I didnt really realize how many I had until I started to display them all and get them all running at the same time. Wife wasnt impressed. Now the majority are in the basement with the 'keepers' (the ones she likes) upstairs in various places. I only found out about the ones she likes when I started to sell some off and she got ****** when I sold a few, one of which was her favorite. The 'keepers' are only allowed to run if they can be silenced. The rest are run at my discretion. I only run a couple now as the time changes twice a year are a real pain.
That’s a good story . My grandfather kept about 10 wall/ mantle clocks running 1 minute apart so the chiming went on forever , both he and my grandmother were mostly deaf .
We have a grandfather clock that my wife keeps for sentimental reasons , not my style . The time is fine but the chimes are completely messed , it’s outside my skill set .
I do like the look of early case clocks , before the Victorian guided age .
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We have a grandfather clock that my wife keeps for sentimental reasons , not my style . The time is fine but the chimes are completely messed , it’s outside my skill set .
I do like the look of early case clocks , before the Victorian guided age .
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Squeeze has one from her Mom's place. Not sure it still works. Oh and as for the naming I believe you can blame General Electric.
this is the wife’s clock , far more ornate than I would like . My favourites are the 1700s American clocks , before that whole chippendale thing kicked in . Almost a Quaker ( shaker) style .Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com mobile app
I do not like tbe click but this 1800 work bench sits on the other side of the room and she doesn’t complain. Addams family decorating over here Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com mobile app
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