. . . I can relate to. Pentangle might be the most underrated band of all time, and Bert had the loveliest touch with acoustic guitar. Saw him perform once, up close, with Jacqui McShee and John Renbourn, here in LA.
Team, The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that is a surprise (to the observer), has a major effect. By extension, a "Black Swan Watch" is one that we never ever considered and it just show up and we a...
. . . and fortunately, it's one that's kept at home, not in the safe deposit box. Allow me time to take fresh images, which will be posted later today . . .
my convoluted blackswan story involves an conniving AD, a honest broker, death of a salesman, a petulant customer, a secret trip to Copenhagen, a inconclusive Italian elections, a Natalie Portman movie, a hotel in York England, a jazz album and what is a ...
I believe that we all missed you, or better, your ankle/ talocrural region shots. You missed a lot of fun but ... "the show that never ends". BTW: Beautiful Darth Vader Cartier. Cheers, Nilo
Ankles, shoulders and other anatomic watch shots. Of course, we should block any attempt from Graham (do you remember?) to show a ankle shot. Cheers, Nilo
carried close to mt chest, and displayed with effort whenever I stumble past a red light district. yes...card was engraved by SheWhoMustBeObeyed. best, Horo
you never know i may do a knee shot in the future. there is a shot i have considered doing for a laugh(but could never publish) sadly i dont have a strap long enough :) its good to see you back Horo. G.
. . . I can relate to. Pentangle might be the most underrated band of all time, and Bert had the loveliest touch with acoustic guitar. Saw him perform once, up close, with Jacqui McShee and John Renbourn, here in LA. A true master of his craft, he was . ....
i didnt follow his career closely, but I remember reading on the BBC of his death a few years back trust you to have knowledge of bands and artists...I wish I have more time these days to explore more music. best, Horo
Great topic Nilo! Not sure if this one qualify - a big chunk of RG like this one is very "out of character" for me... But on the other hand JLC and Reverso is not! :) Saw this on the wrist of one of the participants at a JLC dinner and fell for it right t...
but the rubber strap...the links are flimsy IMHO. and the few strands of hair left on the watch wrist felt under siege when i tried it. looks good on your wrist though. HAGWE my friend. best, Horo
Indeed, before getting them I had to discover them. It all started with a Rolex GMT. I discovered the 1675 in Mangum' series. It was my first Black Swan. In homage to it... ...
i am a bit of a fan of Ollech &Wajs. they made fairly small numbers of great watches selling directly through US military px stores or magazines. all very water resistant, functional, well priced and very underrated in my opinion. best G
... plenty of time to get to know each other I guess.... still no sparkle though but it's a keeper anyway.... well because it fits my thema of collection... ;)
Pete Conrad was one of the pioneers of the space program and completed multiple Gemini missions, landed on the moon with Apollo 12 and spent time on Skylab. He was apparently quite a character to. Andrew
Actually like Nicolas most of my watches seem to have some black swan elements. However, most recently I discovered the brand Doxa. I stumbled across when looking at some Cousteau divers pictures and noticed half the team work the Doxa sub 300T. I then st...
This was brand that went strong after the divers is 1967-early 1970's with many first to mark concepts and then the the quartz revolution took over the world and the brand fell of the face of the earth. But it was playing with the big boys back in the day...
From the day he bought it asking the the dive shop if he should go for the 200 meter Rolex or this new Doxa. The dive shop owners said the Doxa every day of the week 300 meters. And more stories about pay per foot in depth etc etc... He stop commercial di...
Apart from grandfathers pocket Cortebert earliest memories connected to watches are following brands Darwil, Omikron and most of all Doxa. Back in ex socialistic Yugoslavia Doxa was top tier what Rolex represents today Still have some samples from family ...
Have you managed to aquire the blacklung Bill? If so you are the grail hunter extraordinaire. G On 25 Apr 2013 23:20, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* Bill (registered) on April 25th, 2013 - 15:20 > > *Title: Doxa Blacklung...
or black seal ( actually brown). A common occurrence for me as I like to try new things and am often pleasantly surprised by the outcome. HAGWE :) Fernando ...
Never thought much about the 505 ... Until a recent chance encounter. Worst! I had to try it on my wrist! Turned out way better than expected! Assolutament e Nice shot! Nice shoes!
That turned beautiful swan. A watch I never thought I would get ... And has brought immense joy since. A humble Seiko 5 with a modified dial! Not to everyone's taste , but absolute love on my part. Horological journey brings one to unexpected places! Take...
i did find a couple for sale, but never pulled the trigger. i like the watch, but am pulled away by the 'copying' of the FF. its something i need to come to terms with before i get one. best G
haha. you know me. i love inexpensive pleasures. perhaps one day... G On 27 Apr 2013 18:08, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* flamenco (registered) on April 27th, 2013 - 10:08 > > *Title: Come to the Dark Side! > * > > *
On the back cover of Classic & Sports Car about 2000. I just had to have it. I knew nothing about watches and I knew I would never pay $2500 for a watch. But I just had to have it. I went into Harrods and they had one. I was stunned. But it was more l...
I actually prefer the later model mr Caz even though the original is an utter classic. G On 26 Apr 2013 06:21, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* cazalea (registered) on April 25th, 2013 - 22:20 > > *Title: When I saw this wa...
As far I know, the one on the first pic is rare and yours is the second one that I see. I didn't know that Seiko made some sort of "version 2.0" of this watch. I bet that this is the Spectreman watch: Now serious. Version 1.0 is a pleasure to wear. Cheers...
Belonged to my father from the 1960s. He had it on a huge gold bracelet and wore it for Black Tie events. He died in 1979, and I started wearing his watch in the early 1980s - as a teenager. I remember being invited to go "punting at Oxford" by a potentia...
. . . but this one took a circuitous route . . . . . . thru my sibling, who received it many years ago, and then forwarded it on to me when he learned I collected watches. Of course, it went straight to my watchmaker, who made two comments when I retrieve...
I was sure that you planed to post this one. Great story for a great watch. The only time that I saw my watchmaker curse (he is a very religious person) was when he was trying to open a back of a watch. Cheers, Nilo
nothing can come close to it. Back to pool hall after 3 months hiatus Purpleheart is still providing me with miracles but practice makes all the difference Sincerest regards from rusty Damjan
English upper class snobbery Baron. You had a lucky escape :) The upper classes all wear watches their great x3 grandfathers wore during the battle of waterloo and anything new no matter how lovely means you are just from the hoi polloi :) I'm not an inve...
Theres your answer then. Very rich due to farming subsidies, but only spend money on land, livestock, outbuildings and animals. You never see a poor farmer :) G On 26 Apr 2013 10:04, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* Baron (...
. . . which states that if you take enough watchmakers, and give them enough time, tools, and materials, eventually, one of them will create a Speedmaster.
it's clumsy it's unrefined but it is gift from my brother for making my PhD while he was still student so it is one of dearest I could ever have Here with his Black Swan family HAGWE all Yours D ...
i had searched for several years for a dragon dialled watch that I really liked, but failed to find one until I went onto one of my favourite independents sites, Angular Momentum. I have Don Corson to thank for this as he did a post on the brand which got...
I wonder if we could do a non-wrist wrist scan one week..!! See what turns up :) Pets wrists, ears, feet, ankles, skeletons, but lets hope NOT what G has hinted at...I don't think this site is an 18 only..!! Andy.
Sir Graham. I call G as Sir Graham because this game: King's Quest I, a game that my son played over and over when he was a kid. The hero ... Sir Graham. He, of course, fight dragons. Cheers, Nilo
He never ever dared to take a foot shot! Sir Graham and Roger Wilco are the heroes of King's Quest and Space Quest, two vintage computer games. Cheers, Nilo
Interesting topic for the day, Nilo. And great photos of that UN! As I find most watches busy, I would never expect that the ROC CoS would fit in at my place. I actually saw it up to several times without taking any special notice of it. Suddenly one day ...
For the sake of truth I never had a RO on my wrist but if I learned one point here is to "never say never, again". Yours has a busy dial and I love busy and complexes dials. Thank you, Nilo
Nice theme Nilo. Well for me the surprise has come from a watch I knew for a long time but didn't consider getting one day, at all. But one evening I tried it and it was love at first "wear". My 5712. Have a good WE everyone Mark ...
I first saw this on a trip to Paris to see the new Polaris.....somebody had one and I got to see it in the flesh instead of pics as it was quite a rare piece at the time and loved it instantly, got home and placed an order the following day..!! I then had...
the lighting was terrible...it was the back of Mo's shop with a huge skylight so anything with a reflection was terrible..!! Here is another shot to proove a point... But it is great for people shots.....does this count for this weeks wrist shot as nobody...
this was the work in progress....so amazing to watch the master in action.... Do you have any..? I don't but I do like them...especially when they are works of art like these :) Andy. ...
...happens to be a theme very close to the heart in this neck of the woods. Why? As 'sandgroper' will be quick to tell you, the black swan (and not the Sandgroper!) is the official emblem of the State of Western Australia, known to all who live here as 'G...
Additionally, the native flowers either side of the crown are known as 'Kangaroo Paw'. The black swan sits on a representation of a river. The river which runs through Perth (capital of Western Australia) is called the Swan River, famous for its many (you...
I only need to persuade my wife to resume travel. Every time I invite her for a trip, the answer is "We already had been there". Since Perth was never on our list ... it may be a good excuse. Let's see. Cheers, Nilo
Shortly after a very similar first reaction it became an obsession. Now, if only Kari would produce one in platinum at a similar price point it would be 'game over' for this little black duck. Errrrrrrrr... little black swan. :-) Cheers, pplater.
don't think I could afford it but nice to get first refusal..!! Speak soon dude, Andy. PS - you'll laugh at this... we went to Loch Fyne on Wed in London with G and 5 others and they said there was one turbot left so as I missed out last time G said I cou...
"Do you have turbot?" "Just sold the last one" "Haddock?" "Cat got it" "Plaice?" "Still on the truck love" "Cod?" "Those bloody Icelanders nicked the lot" "Monkfish?" "Oh, let me think...no" "Snapper, blue bone, barracuda, marlin, groper, trout, salmon, h...
... a bit trying to find which timepieces in my collection could fit your request for showing our "Black Swan watch". After thinking a bit about this, I discovered I got not one, but three Black Swans in my collection: First, a 1655. That is a reference t...
Is the definition of a Black Swan. Beautiful, balanced and is a LeCoultre. Not that the two Rolex are not swans but I love those aged chronos. Cheers, Nilo
... regarding the Le Coultre, it shares its movement with the Daytona. It´s dial is actually blue, which is clear on the center of dial, and gets darker towards its perimeter, where it blends with the black of the tachimeter scale. Very nice and unusual i...
... Le Coultre got a great charme, and a beautiful dial, but I guess the Daytona got its own legend and an interesting story behind. Glad you like it! I send you my best cordial regards, Abel.
Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new watches that he spent all his money on buying them. He cared nothing about reviewing his soldiers, going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new watches...
... focused, that I can even see those little dust speckles on the crystal! Must take care to clean it next time you take a picture! Look forward to view its marvellous movement! Kind regards, Abel.
Yes, it is the beginning of the day here in Arizona. I took this shot yesterday. It is actually seven shots, stacked together as one. I wanted to play with this photoshop capability with my new Fuji X100S. Notice in the second crop that the second hand sh...
This technique is called "stacked focus" and was originally created to produce microscopic pictures. I did some, using a very painful software application, that takes forever to produce the results. I didn't knew that this facility is now available inside...
Nilo, I wasn't able to do this from the camera, but it is quite straight forward using Photoshop. Just google Photo Stack, you'll see lots of examples. Not sure what other software does thinking (thinking that Photoshop isn't exactly inexpensive). --Sance...
When I was looking for a Longines Conquest. I found one on English E-bay. The picture was very fuzzy and there were not many who bidd on the watch. The seller would also only sell to the UK. But I was still interested and emailed him about that one hour b...
Anders, Congratulations to your Longines. A real black swan. I'm always chasing a Longines from the glorious pre quartz crisis days. Thanks for remind us about the swan neck with this beautiful GO movement. Cheers, Nilo
It was a bargain to find this Longines. Unfortunately, I sold it. But, I will meet the buyer on Monday. There is a man who is a collector of vintage watches and after he bought my Conquest, we have had some contact. Maybe I can buy it back. When I saw thi...