It’s 1984. What were you doing? FP was setting out to make a double watch.
In 1984 FP began work on what at that time he referred to as a double watch. After 18 months or so of working on this watch he abandoned it. The movement, which he had failed to get to work in the way he intended, was resigned to a drawer and other parts ...
In 1984 I was looking forward to kindergarten.
Now I have a PhD, but I still don't know how double watches work!
Haha, it’s magic. Really.
Listening to FP talk about it there was so much trial and error and so many little variables in terms of movement construction and assembly which would result in resonance not occurring it does almost seem like magic when it works. And you’ll read here th...
I’m surprised the audience here so far has skewed on the younger side.
I was definitely eating solids at that time, whether I could tell the time by myself might be questionable though.
Fantastic post, Jay!!!
And what a superb specimen you have. Truly beautiful. More subtile than the yellow gold but just as nice. In 1984 I was 10 and had made a collection of swatch watches I enjoyed. Little did i know about where this passion would take me. To accomplish the c...
I didn’t think about this until you mention Gestalt just now but....
....it’s interesting to think that the sub dials which so perfectly make the Resonance dial work and the design language of which was established first commercially for the Tourby just happened to work so well for the Resonance. I wonder, did the original...
I was 20yrs old.
Looking at my dad’s Patek collection while drooling over Omega Seamaster watches.
That sounds like an OK place to be, from a horology perspective at least.
Do those Pateks still exist?
Yes. My dad is 93
We actually found all of the certificates of origins when we cleaned out his house. which was a surprise. I thought they were long gone. He had multiple blue ellipse watches and others I have yet to go through. One of them has the crown on the back of the...
I’m sure they ignite memories.
I’m it would make for a very interesting post over on the PP forum.
That sounds like a 3585!
I have one, I never posted before. Did it look like this? ...
Yes, they did a blue face. Both in YG case and WG case.
It’s a funky watch. If one likes the Nautilus and aquanauts, this could be something, although more dressy and 70’ties.
Hmmm, maybe we don’t.
How about telling us what watch you were wearing in 1984. I could see a YG President maybe?
This is true: SS Bulova quartz; black dial on a cowhide strap.
My only watch from 1978-1988. I was unaware.
“Unaware” is sometimes not a bad thing.
So what triggered the awareness? I assume that Bulova is sitting in a drawer in the garage.