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The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

Priller said:
I've decided it's time for a dressy watch, classic and clean design and fits well under .... There's a Tissot Chemin de Tourelles model that looked fantastic under the bright jewellers lights when I was at Ashley,
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I have this in blue. It's decent "beater" dress watch, but a little too large for my taste at 42mm

If I could do it all over again, I'd go for the smaller version 39mm or the "gentleman "
 
He has a Universal automatic with the second hand as a small dial at the 6o’clock mark . Early 1960s for $650.00
. If mom gives me Christmas money I’ll
own it next wk. If mom stiffs me again I may have to buy it anyway .


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Small seconds is a dealbreaker for me unless it's on a 3 dial chrono.
 
crankcall said:
Timer related , on my sailboat we race is a gps based digital timer . We sail up to the committee start boat and ping the location , sail to the other end of the start line and ping the end marker. It then automatically computes the time when you sync it with the 5 minute starter gun . It will give you a readout on distance to the line based on approach speed and time to the line using the same GPS speed . If the race committee messes up time you can hit a re sync button and it fixes itself . Rechargeable and day/night screens . Once you start it then switches over to a digital compass and will tell you if your up or down on your path to the next turning mark. It’s worth about 2k US . You still need to know how to sail , but it does a job that used to be a PITA when trying to look at a watch and the 14,000lb boat aiming at you .
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As someone who loves the utter screaming chaos of a race start, I'm not a fan of this stuff. I think you should ditch the GPS and get the Heuer Yacht Timer and actually use it! If your club racing is anything like ours, the PHRF differences make the start less critical anyway, as the newer boats dash off ahead and there's less conflict at the marks and being ahead on the upwind leg is less of an advantage. Then again, I crew on my dad's boat, and he still races a Viking 34 specifically because it has a tiller, refuses to race anything with a wheel, and our main competition is a J/109. Then again again, he wasn't shy about flying carbon sails...

FullMotoJacket said:
Here's his FB page. The Zenith looks really clean.

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Woof. That Zenith is gorgeous.

SunnY S said:
I have this in blue. It's decent "beater" dress watch, but a little too large for my taste at 42mm

If I could do it all over again, I'd go for the smaller version 39mm or the "gentleman "
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The one in stock locally is a 39, and looks bigger than the diameter would suggest, so I can see why the 42 would be too big. It's one that looks unassuming in photos, but pops like crazy under the shop lights.

crankcall said:
He has a Universal automatic with the second hand as a small dial at the 6o’clock mark . Early 1960s for $650.00
. If mom gives me Christmas money I’ll
own it next wk. If mom stiffs me again I may have to buy it anyway .
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I hope Mom came through! Merry Christmas!
 
My background was one design, if you didn’t start at the front it was a lot of work, then big boats a 43 then 59 and last a 60, if you got buried there it was more work and with the timer mounted on the mast everyone knows the time . Watches are useless unless everyone gets one . Garmin and KHS have an integrated system where all the watches on board will sync and even the bowman gets a timer . It’s about 10k to integrate so that won’t happen now I’m a PHRF hack . Viking 34T would be a fun boat , I hope your dad flies spin so he can windshield washer his way downwind . I like those boats a lot. Of your dad raced out of RHYC or 50point I’ve probably sailed against him .
Back to watches , not boat timers . Mom was underwhelming this Christmas , looks like the Universal is on my dime
, however a 1960s Seamaster has turned up in the Millenium shop so that may win, and I do like waterproof watches .


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crankcall said:
My background was one design, if you didn’t start at the front it was a lot of work, then big boats a 43 then 59 and last a 60, if you got buried there it was more work and with the timer mounted on the mast everyone knows the time . Watches are useless unless everyone gets one . Garmin and KHS have an integrated system where all the watches on board will sync and even the bowman gets a timer . It’s about 10k to integrate so that won’t happen now I’m a PHRF hack . Viking 34T would be a fun boat , I hope your dad flies spin so he can windshield washer his way downwind . I like those boats a lot. Of your dad raced out of RHYC or 50point I’ve probably sailed against him .
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Derail alert!

Viking is a fun boat to steer, less fun for the grinders like me who have to work big gennys on a heel and dodge the tiller or get crunched between it and the seat. Early IOR, so not as tubby with the exaggerated tumblehome of the later boats stuck with those rules, and I think a very pretty boat. My uncle worked at C&C for many years, so he and my dad are both almost obligated to sail to those Niagara-built boats of the era (uncle races a Corvette out of RHYC).

He races out of QCYC, 14's until he got too old, then Shark one-design racing until he got too old, though I suspect he'll die on the Viking. He's always been a dinghy racer at heart, so refuses to go bigger, even if the PHRF against the J/109 is often very unfriendly (especially in Toronto Bay where having a tall mast is usually a big advantage). No spinnaker in the bay, but one definitely gets flown in the lake for regattas.

crankcall said:
Back to watches , not boat timers . Mom was underwhelming this Christmas , looks like the Universal is on my dime
, however a 1960s Seamaster has turned up in the Millenium shop so that may win, and I do like waterproof watches .
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You can have both for less than the Heuer!
 
My daughter gave me this portable sundial which includes a compass to orient it. Gonna have to do some research to see just how it's supposed to work.IMG_0977.JPGIMG_0979.JPG
 
Henry VIII had a sundial ring , famously used to tell him when to stop hunting and go bang Catherine.
There is a whole genre of collecting, pocket watches , sundials , scientific equipment . Something for everyone.


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You would guess Swatch, but Fossil did it. I'd rate it as one of their nicer pieces.

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FullMotoJacket said:
You would guess Swatch, but Fossil did it. I'd rate it as one of their nicer pieces.

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This literally posted up on my FB feed. Couldn’t figure it out.

How does a sundial work on your hand? You need to make sure you’re facing a certain direction? Elevation?

I saw the Fossil one actually is a normal watch underneath and cheap as hell at $80 down from $200 something.
 
mimico_polak said:
I saw the Fossil one actually is a normal watch underneath
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Yeah. The crown and the hinge/clasp are a good clue there's a movement inside/underneath. A test of it to see which method of keeping time is more accurate would be interesting.
 
timtune said:
Considering most of the gifts we exchange are thrift store finds I'm going to say it's a replica.
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You can force patina on copper/brass/bronze (hard boiled eggs, liver of sulphur), but you can't replicate 300 years of natural patina (and fool experts) like on that Willebrand.
 
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