12:52? A counterclockwise watch, I love the concept! :-) [nt]

May 11, 2019,15:06 PM
 

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Do you have any odd quartz Seikos lying around the house?

 
 By: cazalea : May 11th, 2019-13:24
Here's one of mine - a 1/100th second analog chronograph Honda F1 watch. Seiko fans, can you dig one out this weekend and share it? Cheers, Cazalea ...  

Quartz no but odd yes.

 
 By: Bill : May 11th, 2019-14:36
Tell me what you see. And notice the second picture was taken ten seconds later. ...  

It runs bass ackwards

 
 By: cazalea : May 11th, 2019-15:04
You must have hooked up the battery wrong 😜

Pretty cool [nt]

 
 By: Bill : May 11th, 2019-15:43

OK, Mike. Here's mine (with a story, naturally)...

 
 By: halgedahl : May 12th, 2019-08:25
This piece goes back to ~’91, when I was in my late forties and courting a lady from Norway who I’d met that February during a series of lectures she’d given on our Midwestern campus. After months of letter writing I picked her up in Boston for our first ...  

Great story, well illustrated, on-going -- I love it!

 
 By: cazalea : May 12th, 2019-17:08
Hi Fred, I've stayed in the Coply Plaza Hotel too, but a few years earlier than you, when my employer sent me off to New England for about a month of typography training in Boston and Manchester. Nice watch, too. It suits the purpose, and your occupation....  

Thanks for this, Mike!

 
 By: halgedahl : May 12th, 2019-19:57
And that new (old) Seiko looks quite handsome. You're a real mensch to have seen this one through. Yes, I'd love to see the finished project when you're done. But getting down to brass tacks… what I really love is that cat of yours! Mine says "Prrr." Have...