Horological Meandering

Hello all,

My friend’s 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 discussion forums, so I thought I would share a little about myself with your permission.

My name is Sam Yukon, I have also been a long time lurker on this these forums, and I have always been thoroughly impressed with this community. The depth of knowledge, inspiring photography and gentlemanly interactions are all just wonderful.

Mechanical timepieces completely fascinate me, and have for most of my adult life. I am a former moderator for TimeZone.com's Breguet Forum and Ulysse Nardin Forum. Currently I am seated juror for the annual “Couture Time” watch competition in Las Vegas, and had the pleasure of serving this year with your General Manager, Anthony Tsai, in this capacity. We also shared a pleasant dinner with our significant others and fellow jurors which was one highlight of the event this year.

In my spare time, I also do some freelance journalism and photography and have recently started contributing articles to International Watch Magazine. For anyone interested, my latest writing for them may be found in the current August 2012 issue on page 90. It is titled “Tackling Time” and discusses how people, including myself, combine their passion for angling, horology and the outdoors.

I am blessed to own an award winning printing & graphic design company in a small East Texas town in the southern United States. I hold an Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. I spent 20+ years working in my family's former business, an engineering & metal fabrication shop that designed and built custom heavy industrial equipment from 1918-1999. I am married and love spending time with my wife, friends and church family.

While I already have some friends who are members here, I look forward to participating more actively in this community and getting to know more of you over time.

Cheers,

Sam Yukon

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

... if I can spin Tic Tacs into a future article ;-)

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 the small breath mint that was introduced in 1969 by the Italian company Ferrero. Only Nicolas really knows.

Look forward to your next watch review and the use of "tic tac".

Andrew

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Always great to have new contributors here, and particularly those who bring deep passion and expertise to our horological hobby.

It is a pleasure to see you here.

Fx

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

Looking forward to read about your passions

Oliver

...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.

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... and I am sure you will like our community!

Regards,
Marcus
This message has been edited by Marcus Hanke on 2012-08-05 11:46:41

It was fun at Couture Time this year, and looking forward to seeing you on the boards here!

Cheers,
Anthony

I can see by your introduction, that you will be a great asset to the forum

great to see you here, count one more in the ranks of the Journe aficionados!

Best

Andreas

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. That is part of the rich tapestry of PuristS.

Enjoy!

Warm regards,

Andrew

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Nice to see you here, too, Sam!

Best,
Ken

Welcome here!

Thanks for the great introduction and good to see you here!  Looking forward to your input in our community.

Cheers
Andrew

Welcome!
See you at Baselworld sometime...!?

I remember you  from TZ.

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

looking forward to your inputs and opinions. 

Thank you for your great opening post.

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

... 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, but I was never really happy with the results.

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 world) each week. Sometimes there is a theme, and sometimes not - it all depends on who wants to start proceedings. Despite the title, static posed photos are as welcome as wrist images. Feel free to join in, and have a great weekend.

Regards,

Andrew

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