Watches.......the other type!
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ThundahBeagle
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Agreed. If I had $30k to spend on a watch, I'd have a 10 year old truck that ran tip top, and a new car for Lady Beagle.
ramblinChet
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One of my hobbies happens to be collecting mechanical watches. I guess once of my biggest disappointments related to full time travel is I rarely am able to enjoy even just a fraction of my collection and carrying around even a modest collection in a truck with a pop-up camper is beyond foolish. And although my home is in a wonderful neighborhood, I don't even have any of my collections stored there. But every time I stop home for a few weeks I make arrangement to pull a few pieces from my harem and take them out on a date for a few days.
On that note, here are a few that I have enjoyed recently...
DOXA SUB 1500T Professional - one of my childhood heroes, Jacques Cousteau wore a DOXA. Note the date being hung, I took this photo to send to DOXA and they immediately mailed me a box to return it for repair. An iconic dive watch with Navy no-decompression dive limits included on the bezel.
Rolex GMT-Master II - designed for pilots at Pan Am Airlines back in the mid-50s. This was my first nice watch purchased in the early 90s. This is a great watch for moving frequently between time zones.
Sinn U50 SDR-T - a dive watch made of German submarine steel. Very much a tool watch.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph - JLC, the watchmakers watchmaker. There's so much to say about this beauty but when you see her in person, you become speechless. A watch that balances elegance with sportiness.
So beautiful she deserves two pictures. I especially love how at certain angles the perimeter of the indices, hands, and signature, reflect light and come alive.
If anyone is interested I will be happy to post additional pictures of the other watches I wear over the next several weeks. Once I return them to where they are stored I likely will not see them for the next year.
Every man should have at least one fine mechanical watch.
On that note, here are a few that I have enjoyed recently...
DOXA SUB 1500T Professional - one of my childhood heroes, Jacques Cousteau wore a DOXA. Note the date being hung, I took this photo to send to DOXA and they immediately mailed me a box to return it for repair. An iconic dive watch with Navy no-decompression dive limits included on the bezel.
Rolex GMT-Master II - designed for pilots at Pan Am Airlines back in the mid-50s. This was my first nice watch purchased in the early 90s. This is a great watch for moving frequently between time zones.
Sinn U50 SDR-T - a dive watch made of German submarine steel. Very much a tool watch.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph - JLC, the watchmakers watchmaker. There's so much to say about this beauty but when you see her in person, you become speechless. A watch that balances elegance with sportiness.
So beautiful she deserves two pictures. I especially love how at certain angles the perimeter of the indices, hands, and signature, reflect light and come alive.
If anyone is interested I will be happy to post additional pictures of the other watches I wear over the next several weeks. Once I return them to where they are stored I likely will not see them for the next year.
Every man should have at least one fine mechanical watch.
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