Since it’s introduction in 2013 the Sistem 51 has been a watch (or collection) that captured my attention. I cajoled a friend at the time to mule one from Switzerland as they were not yet available elsewhere (that’s the white one you see below). Most of y...
I can’t get into it. It was an impulse buy and made me resolute not to buy from HODINKEE ever again. By the way, why do you keep the screen plastic on?
The white, which is 7 years old, the blue camo and the black camo get most wear and are the oldest of the 6. I have to say the Hodinkee Blue with the unusual typeface / numerals and the grey blue dial is my favourite of the bunch, it’s one I wear on workd...
Unfortunately,mine has stopped functioning despite all attempts to run it,although the other three seems to work well. There's apparently no way to repair it.
I have all three of the hodinkee editions, as well as the "cream" which was one of the earlier models. I also have the flymagic from last year, which uses a modified and reversed sistem51 movement. I have to admit that I wear them rarely because they're a...
The Flymagic is an interesting derivative. Which version do you have? You should post it when you have time, I’d bet it may be the only one (or at least in very limited company) here.
I’ve always thought about shooting it properly but never got around to it. It’s actually quite a visually interesting watch (albeit completely unwearable for me, as it’s a large 45mm).
It’s my standard workout watch. I must have a thousand running miles on it this year, and it has been bathed in sweat dozens of times. Once I learned that the stem turns backwards to wind it, it has worked fine. And, yes, a mechanical watch is much better...