A blue whale - courtesy of Seiko
Final shot shows it as close as it ever gets to getting wet! Full stats 42.6 13.8 126g Aka - a bit of a brick, or a blue whale! Cheers JML
Oh! By all means you should get it wet! It's so much fun to read the time under water!
Weighing In !...
NOTE: WPS cannot be held liable for lower back injuries caused while lifting and weighing watches for this contest [nt]
A huge killer duo you have, Cpt. I was surprised to read how heavy is your Zenith in titanium! [nt]
Hi Nicolas...
Two big weights you share here my dear Captain!! The Pilot Zenith is superb. I wonder which is its size case: 48 mm perhaps? No need to tell you...
Have a nice week end my dear friend. Stay safe! Abel
Thank you Abel...
My pleasure dear Captain! Agree that the Moonshine is an epic watch! Thank you for your good wishes my dear friend! Same to you! Cheers! Abel [nt]
I love surprises, and "Special," I'll say! And though my humbler cousin is partial to high registers, I'm afraid yours aspires to greater heights, indeed! Thanks
âOh my God, you actually bought that?!â
Was my wifeâs initial reaction. But I digress. I humbly submit for your viewing pleasure my positively whalian HD3 Idalgo XT-2 which measures in at a portly 62mm by 52mm. This is 3.2 times larger than a 36mm Calatrava, thus proving if there was ever a parallel universe where watches ate pies, this would be the watch that ate all the pies. The inspiration for this magnificent monstrosity was Wonder Womanâs cuff, a young childhood memory that was seared into 7-year-old Jorg Hysekâs mind following a chance encounter with Wonder Woman in Germany in 1960, right before the construction of the Berlin wall.
You will note that it has two dials and two straps because one dial and one strap would never be enough for a watch like this. Think of it this way: remember once upon a time there were very large floating hotels known as cruise ships? If you sat at the Captainâs table for formal night, you were served two lobster tails instead of one (betcha didnât know that), so this piece is clearly the Captainâs table watch of watches.
While itâs big in stature, itâs actually lighter than expected at 242g because itâs made from Amazonium, a precious metal found only on the remote island of Themyscira. In order to keep its origins secret, they named the piece Idalgo, which is derived from the Spanish name Hidalgo, which is a 2004 film starring Viggo Mortensen who is best known for playing Aragorn in The Rings Trilogy, which I believe is a hint that the Elves of Rivendell cast the Sword of Elendil out of Amazonium, too. Makes sense to me.
Without a doubt, this is the most uncomfortable watch ever made. Youâve heard the expression âIt fits like a glove!â? Now imagine if that glove was made by a blind monkey high on crack with complete disregard to any of your handâs dimensions. That is how this watch feels on the wrist. But hey, it looks great (if youâre into cuffs) and we have to suffer for fashion, donât we? According to the back, it is one of eleven, which is approximately ten more than they actually sold. I purchased mine in 2015, before recreational cannabis was legalized, making the buying decision even more quizzical. I wear the watch frequently, where frequently in this sentence is being used as a synonym for never. But, like an old pair of shoes, Iâve grown quite attached to it. HD3 is like the Leviathan Melvillei whale (I had to look that up) â long since extinct, but never forgotten. So here she is, my little Amazonian whale.
Whale on, my good fellows!
NickO
Wow, just...WOW
Photo credit Feldmar Watch Company website
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