As I wrote in the announcement yesterday we WIS love our little mechanical wonders. Watches are our greatest vice. At least they are the greatest vice we can openly talk about ๐. Now on a very solid second place we have our cars (and/or perhaps boat). So ...
I will go for the option without a car! Front: rather anonymous... Hood: still quite plain... Engine: awesome! Zenith Calibre 135 non-chrononmetre - Movement diameter 30mm, balance diameter 14mm(!), 19 Jewels, 1800vph! HAGWE Blomman ...
Encased it is 41mm, so a nice size. However still a project as I still want to change case etc. once I have the time... but certainly worth it. The sound is vastly superior compared to a lot of modern watches... Hope to share more info soon! Br, Dirk
... a real challenge: I canโt find any shot showing car engine and watch movement together and there is a limit to the quantity of shots to submit!! With your kind permission I will break a bit the rules showing the engine (sans watch) of our restored 196...
I have been eyeballing the perpetual calendar, but don't really want/need another one. But love the layout of that. And yes, please show this one more.
... I adored that car. But maintanenace was very high lately. I changed it for a smaller Citroen, a C3. The Citroens are my daily drivers to my job. I also own a Ford Mondeo (Fusion in USA) and an Audi 4 which rides my wife. But the Citroen is a very prac...
I have had one Citroen from Argentina - which looked like this when I first saw it, and later like this when another guy had spent a fortune restoring it. The restoration was over the top OTT in every way except mechanics, so it was only able to go 45 mph...
they were very popular here in the late 2960โs through 1970โs. The commercial version you show we called โfurgonetaโ something like โlittle truckโ. Nice to know you owned one!! As I said Iโm very fond of this brand! Cheers! Abel
But just like watches bikes have the same golden rule n+1 is the ideal number Pedal rather than petrol power No guesses as what this case back belongs to! Cheers JML ...
You can have toe clips, or clip in - but I fall off to regularly for that! As then your physically attached to bike & makes getting off harder. They on an orange 5 It's also quite clean at the mo! Cheers JML ...
I have had several! A Professional and an International The International was brown but I had it repainted a brighter color. This photo is from (gulp) 1974. Then my wife insisted on hers having an upgraded paint job too, which my pal Joe Bell took care of...
It's good to have history with something - whether it's a watch or a bike. My Trek is only 15 years old - but it happily has handmade in USA emblazoned on it. Thanks for sharing Cheers JML
... which is probably unfair to Christian, who really did a remarkable job on the architecture of the movement and, indeed, the watch as a whole. Thank you for your kind response. Cheers, pplater.
That seems to be almost as important here as passion, information and whatever the third thing was! Itโs really good to see you in full flight again Damjan. All the best, dear friend. Cheers, pplater.
Christian certainly put his heart and soul into the movement. Itโs very gratifying that it should find favour in this stratospheric company. Cheers, pplater.
In some respects, at least, it doesnโt get more unusual. In other respects, however, it is watchmaking stripped down to its purist form. Cheers, pplater.
... in the eye of the beholder. The fact that we are all able to agree that so many of the movements in this thread are truly beautiful may give the lie to that adage! ๐ Cheers, pplater.
...would insert a YouTube video of a fantastic piece by The Shadows. ๐ Thanks Mike; also a very enjoyable virtual tour of your garage. Cheers, pplater.
Haven't seen a movement with such many cocks other than one made by lang und heyne, which was one of my favorite movements! Awesome! Seems like pallet lubricating on this movement is such a bliss compared to another movement.
It's interesting that you should make that observation. Presumably you are referring to the Lang & Heyne 'Anton' tourbillon movement released last year, itself based on the 'Georg' movement released in 2017. These are they (photos courtesy watchandtim...
I like to think of my vintage 911 as the sport Rolex of cars. Robust, reliable and not very pretty under the hood๐ For this theme though I feel the need to post a picture of a Rolex engine that I truly like. I even find it pretty... HAGWE all ...
Thereโs a nagging expectancy leaking through some of your recent posts. Weโd be forgiven for getting the impression that you are lining up something โbigโ and out of left field in the near future, as you have done in the past with pieces like the Freak an...
But, the movement Iโm wearing is absolute tops in my eyes. Of course, I am talking about the mighty Datograph. Just a little city of activity. Here is a comparison with the PP 5270G. And here is the King Kong, the PP 5370: Sorry for breaking the 2 pic lim...
I have to get a larger property so I can park all my cars behind a fence. During this sequence this morning I had to deal with dog walkers, joggers and neighbors' cleaning ladies: WHAT A CUTE CAR! WON'T YOUR CAR START? WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY OLD CARS, AN...
I'm joining with the movement pictures. Well talking about cars, this one have something similar... A bumper. A bumper automatic movement ๐ As now I love bumper watch so much, because I could feel it bumps while I was wearing it so I decided to add anothe...
I hope I could see another bumper movement in the future from omega. Cz I find this thing is very reliable compared with another bumper movement from another company.
Unfortunately no chance of taking fresh pictures. So an archive one is all I can do ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ Fantastic shot of the ever so delectable 16.29, Arie ๐๐ป ...