Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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No functionality to the rings, they're an aesthetic tool to separate . . .
. . . the different types of wood in a handle. But pplater had a stroke of genius when he suggested trying a mineral rock native to Tasmania for the rings in our nearly matching cues . . . as far as I know our brace of Tasmanian devils are the only cues in existence to employ zaratite rings. I know of cues with malachite inlay, but have never seen any precious materials other than ivory used for rings.
No Purple Heart so a purple strap will have to do instead
Paraphrasing the old Roman wisdom, ‘When in Carinthia, wear what the locals wear’, strapping on the Habring2 Foudroyante felt like the appropriate choice. And before the Mad Druid asks, the strap is NOT made from the skin of the local dragon, the Lindenwu...
A still photo does not do this watch justice
The Foudroyante Felix has a very animated dial with the dead-beat seconds in combination with the foudroyante. I don’t own one, but it always catches my eye when I see one in a shop.
Right you are 😊👍🏻
Especially not my point and shoot shots 😂🤷🏻♂️ The full fascination comes from the movement of the hands like you say 🙌🏻👌🏻
The strap combo is perfect for that watch!
Being tempted by all of your great Habring posts I have finally also placed my order for one of their watches !!
It’s a wonderful watch 👌🏻👍🏻
Had the opportunity to play with it recently and am confident that you will really, really like it 🙌🏻🤞🏻
Love the purple!
My Habring2 foudroyante says hi! 😊. This was in the Staatsoper, but I also absolutely wore it when I was in Carinthia, too! ...
I was going to have a strap made . . .
. . . from this leather . . . . . . for this Omega chronometer . . . . . . but never got around to it. Maybe I should. ...
Purple straps are definitely fun - looking forward to seeing the results 👌🏻🤞🏻
And don’t you have a purple pool queue to go with it? 😁
Purpleheart handles . . .
. . . and shafts - good memory, K! And, if pplater is reading, purple flecks in the rings . . . . . . of our cues made of woods and rocks . . . . . . sourced from Tasmania. 🎱 ...
. . . and here are a few better images . . .
. . . of the zaratite rings . . . . . . in pplater's cue. pplater supplied the zaratite rock along with the huon pine and Tasmanian blackwood that forms the handles of our twin cues. [pplater's cue held in cue-maker Bob's hands just after it was finished]...
Simply amazing 👌🏻👍🏻
Do the rings have primarily a visual function or something else, too?
No functionality to the rings, they're an aesthetic tool to separate . . .
. . . the different types of wood in a handle. But pplater had a stroke of genius when he suggested trying a mineral rock native to Tasmania for the rings in our nearly matching cues . . . as far as I know our brace of Tasmanian devils are the only cues i...
Gives new meaning to 'awarded a purple heart'...
Very fond memories, Art; thank you. That was a while ago now - time flies. Is Bob still doing his thing? Cheers, pplater.
Bob is currently the oldest living Green Beret, having served in Laos in 1956, . . .
. . . and still making cues for a few select customers. I'll post one of his latest cue creations on TimeOut shortly. 🎱
Once upon a time purple was reserved for royalty.
I think that Habring qualifies. Very nice.
The combination of jumping and "flashing" second is so intriguing ...
... and unique! I love your pulsometer dial (I just mistyped "pilsometer", and on second thought, this might be an interesting complication as well: measuring the beer drinking rate per hour ... Marcus
Now that would be a complication indeed 😉😂
On a more serious note, love the complication combination as well 👏🏻👍🏻