Horological Meandering

It’s been a true pleasure following you here for the last 10 years (in my case) and the raft of informative posts and articles has been astounding! You really make this community the special place, with always a personal experience (and interesting pictur...  

It’s always a pleasure to read your posts, inspiring, informative and with good humour. I particularly like joining you for a walk and hearing about your lifelong passion for cars, not forgetting your epic shirt collection. Thank you for everything you do... 

and for those always intriguing peeks at your car collection. I remember the Hawaiian shirt photo - I do have an entire closet full and I’ve been trying to wear them all this summer (which is finally cooling off a bit). I finally had to throw one away yes...  

We share the passion (or should that be addiction) for cars. Yesterday, I was involved with this one just having the final schedule of works completed … ...  

She is rather beautiful.

We don’t just deal with the watches and cars, but the heart-wrenching times as well, like losing our pets Those moments make this a special place that transcends budgets and borders and the BS in the world around us. Mike ...  

is it like this? As the AI suggests? Or even more casual? ...  

All the best.

Thank you Uncle Chico Mike

Once the dermatologist lets me out of the house (or the heat wave ends) ...  

Ps. Forgot to mention architecture and watchmaking. Thank you very much.

I can imagine having a shop here… ...  

Thanks for all the time, work and knowledge you put into this community. It would not be the same without you. Cheers 🥂

ah, yes. Cheers! ...  

WPS gives the best Rewards ❤️

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. . . for my GS addiction. He showed up at The Rainbow sixteen(!) years ago with his collection and I've been a fan ever since. [Mike's SBGW001 on my wrist, August 8th 2008] Art ...  

back in the day when going back and forth from San Diego to Los Angeles was a breeze... ...  

With much admiration for your mechanical, horological, and photographic skills and spirit.

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Such a pleasure to follow his every post written with so much knowledge and passion. Thank you for all you do to make this place wonderful. Bill

that you went to high school with my wife! You and Dario are responsible for me realizing how amazing Grand Seiko is way before most watch enthusiasts did. Your posts are always entertaining and informative. Keep 'em coming! ;-)

I was thinking about our mutual friend Gary (Navy SEAL plank owner + Rolex Gary) with his old wooden house and boat, and the day we spent aboard comparing our collections PS - the Kurt Klaus IWC party was 9-17-2003 (according to my camera which was obviou...  

Although I am way behind in the number of posts, I suspect I have kept pace with the number of words and images (and hopefully not consuming up all that digital space with useless content). Thank you very much for being a receptive and appreciative commun...  

Before I know it?

NT

despite all the chaos of jobs and moving and geopolitics. I do have a small bone to pick with your former employer — I bought a Continental "non-kinking" garden hose to support your enterprice, and now years later it’s kinking and cutting off the water wh... 

As you say it’s a former employer so I cannot help. As for the rest - thanks for your kind words 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I am much more into content than post number. You bring both to the Community, and I offer my sincerest gratitude!

I once decided to do a survey of content provided by our users on various continents - so figuring out which user name was from which region in the world, and how much content came from Asia, Europe, Americas, etc. As I started up a spreadsheet, I quickly... 

... through your neighbourhoods, discovering fauna and flora, sharing your love (and knowledge) for cars and watches, your collection of Michelin related objects, memories from the past, gastronomy or other interesting themes you bring to surprise us with... 

Thank you Abel I just happened to finish my sandwich of beef short ribs and au jus, and found this glass ready to toast with you. Cheers, Mike ...  

and the occasional Rolex (or Audi) rebuild - we are kindred spirts in these ways...

Thank you Mike for the friendship offline too! Cheers, Tim ...  

We’ve had quite a few good times, around diamonds, watches, cars, good food and lovely ladies. And on salt water. Cheers, Mike ...  

The first thing in the morning I do, is checking your and Mrs. C. morning walk. Thank you very much for everything you contribute to make this an even more nice place to be. Best regards, George.

Thank you again for your awesome posts 🙏

Congrats to our dear Miguel!!! Have another wonderful 18k posts my friend!!! René