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Greg Wilson
14 posts · Member since · 13 years · United States

Horological Meandering: Your driving down the road in Greese and......

Your in your new Ferrari with your STUNNING new bride, you stop by a road side sale and the guy says take my entire collection of 500 watches that are all high grade makers and you have only one place to put them in the car ( the PASSENGER SEAT!) if you need to stop and think about this for even ONE
13Y
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Horological Meandering: I see what you mean about space

I see the space between the scale and inner bezel but wouldnt that be the case no matter even if it were with its original case? space is space unless they trim the dial to fit a smaller case (and also a smaller movement) but I dont think they would trim a dial so the space on the dial must be facto
13Y
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Horological Meandering: Omega in Hawaii in SALT water

I met a guy at my hotel watch gift store when visiting Hawaii and his wife bought him an omega speedmaster the previous day (same as the one your fixing) he was showing the clerk the watch damage so of course I had to take a peek. Seems the watch was filled with water (SALT water) because he decided
13Y
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Horological Meandering: Tissot marriage movements

I had listed the watch for sale and some cried FOUL that its a botched changed face (because the two companies are not associated with each other) although some say they are and some articles say no. I decided to keep it in my collection with a ?. One thing that stands out even though the face and m
13Y
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Horological Meandering: Tissot Response ??

It says this on the wikipedia site Tissot should not be confused with Mathey-Tissot, a separate Swiss watchmaking firm established by Edmond Mathey-Tissot in 1886. so is it or isnt it the same or was the same. the name seems similar but so do many and maybe one used the same name to ride the coat ta
13Y
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Independents: Its a go cart with adrenalin

Looks like a go cart, what is the level of protection? then again even even Ferrari safety measures wont help at 200mph. at least if you hit something in this thing you have a chance sailing out of the front window and hopefully land in someones corn field. Speed does not kill, its how fast you stop
13Y
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Horological Meandering: What about this Tissot Mathey Tissot SAME?

I found this image. it's a TISSOT but the name on the face is not the tissot style logo on regular watches IN fact it looks just like the tissot in Mathey Tissots early watches.... Is there any connection? also note that the TISSOT on the case back is the logo most would recognize. BUT why is the Ti
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