AndrewD
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Avatars
Nice avatar, Sam. Is it a painting, or some post-processing of a photo? And more importantly, what watch are you wearing? 
You may be interested in this avatar thread from a couple of years back [click here ]. The psychology behind the choice of avatars is quite interesting; the persona that you want to be known by. Hiding behind anonymity or projecting something that is completely different from your true personality.
Enjoy.
Andrew
Good day for introductions…
Hello all, My friends post yesterday (L.Joel First time poster, long time lurker... ) has inspired me, so I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to this community. It is always a matter of curiosity when new people show up on disc...
Sam, it is a pleasure to welcome you aboard.
Thank you so much for your detailed presentation. I will be delighted to share with you our common passion about tic tacs. All the best, Nicolas
Thanks, I'll have to see...
... if I can spin Tic Tacs into a future article ;-) You literally have me still laughing!! Cheers, Sam
Tic tacs
Actually Nicolas uses “tic tac” to describe watches and possibly downplay his love for these little ticking timepieces. Tic-tac (or tick-tack) was used in the sixteenth century to denote a clock (and tick-tock is used in the same fashion). Or it could be ...
Welcome, Sam!
Always great to have new contributors here, and particularly those who bring deep passion and expertise to our horological hobby. Looking forward to your posts! Best, Gary
Hi Sam...
It would see that all my good friends are coming out of the woodwork! Nice to see you and Joel have come out....8^) I am sure your passion and dedication to this hobby will be welcomed and appreciated around here. Cheers Andrew
Greetings, Samster...
...great to see you over here also. You may be interested to catch up on some of this community by scanning the 'Introductions' thread in the TimeOut forum. Looking forward to your knowledge and enthusiasm on these boards. Cheers, pplater.
Welcome Sam, I am glad to meet you here ...
... and I am sure you will like our community! Regards, Marcus
Nice to see you here Sam
It was fun at Couture Time this year, and looking forward to seeing you on the boards here! Cheers, Anthony
Welcome aboard Sam.............
I can see by your introduction, that you will be a great asset to the forum :) Regards Tony
Hi Sam
great to see you here, count one more in the ranks of the Journe aficionados! Best Andreas
Great to have you aboard
Welcome Sam. PuristS is home to anyone who wants to share their passion for horology. I really hope it starts to feel like home for you as well. Like any forum, there are personalities to get to know and those with different collecting interests and views...
Beautiful introduction Sam
Welcome here! Looks like our GM is earning his payment :) :) :) Best regards Damjan
Hi Sam
Thanks for the great introduction and good to see you here! Looking forward to your input in our community. Cheers Andrew
Welcome ...
Sam, You are the one that made me to acquire my first Breguet on "the other forum". Welcome and I'm sure that you go to inspire us here. Nilo
Fantastic to see you here too Sam
Thank you for your great opening post. Best wishes, Joel
Avatars
Nice avatar, Sam. Is it a painting, or some post-processing of a photo? And more importantly, what watch are you wearing? :-) You may be interested in this avatar thread from a couple of years back [click here ]. The psychology behind the choice of avatar...
My avatar has changed several times...
... since I started becoming active on web discussion forums about five years ago. I tried various things from cartoons to a macro of the dial of the La Tradition I owned, to a photo of my self that was modified heavily with Photoshop® artistic filters, b...
That's cool, Sam ...
Thanks for the additional shots. I see the Marine now. I love all the nautical themes in that one. FYI, the weekly WristScan thread has started over on the WristScan Forum. The tradition here is that we do one thread starting Friday (somewhere in the worl...
