jonal928
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Shortening the history of time
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Cockpit
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Time for rest with my loved ones
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Time is ticking
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Touching the moon
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Ghost Story
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Rolex 1680
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My orange day
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Ted Striker
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Archiver
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@jonal928 - you have fantastic taste in watches and cameras, and have many that I would want, myself! That early 80s Omega Seamaster (don't want to be James Bond) is great, same era/design as the Omega Titane. The Doxa Subs are soooo good, and you hardly see anyone with one. Your 1680 looks like it's in great condition, are you the original owner? You even have a Ventura titanium chrono! ***!
jonal928
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Thank you Archiver for the warm words. Loving and collecting watches, and we haven't talked about other good things, just like photography and cameras, is something that has been going on for me since I was 5 years old. Only, unlike cameras, watches cost a fortune. And again, to my good fortune I have been able to collect and keep with myself almost every camera and watch over the years. So yes, the orange Doxa 5000T is my everyday watch. While the rest I wear from time to time. My Holly Grille watch, of course, is the Rolex 1680 - a watch that has been with me for the last thirty years. It's nice to know that you've noticed the Ventura v matic chronograph watch. 
jonal928
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'WATCH' - by Fleming Bo Hansen - another Ventura straight from the MoMA Museum collection.
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The story of a watch
1984 Navitimer Chronomat - the first Chronograph of the new Breitling under the hands of the late Ernest Schneider. About 400 units were produced, which were on display at the Basel watch show, and were immediately purchased by interested customers. Later, the Navitimer logo was removed, and the watch with a few design changes became the familiar Breitling Chronomat.
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1984 Navitimer Chronomat - the first Chronograph of the new Breitling under the hands of the late Ernest Schneider. About 400 units were produced, which were on display at the Basel watch show, and were immediately purchased by interested customers. Later, the Navitimer logo was removed, and the watch with a few design changes became the familiar Breitling Chronomat.
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gnuyork
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As much as I am a camera nerd, I'm even more a watch nerd... I spend way too much time reading and learning about watches.
jonal928
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Two pictures - the same wrist watch I got for my wedding.
First picture - Twenty-five years ago with an omega speedmaster watch on my arm.
Second image - the same watch, this time on a tough and reliable camera.
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First picture - Twenty-five years ago with an omega speedmaster watch on my arm.
Second image - the same watch, this time on a tough and reliable camera.
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Jeremy Z
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Something about camera guys, watch guys and I think motorcycle guys. There's quite some overlap.
With watches, I'm about like I am in cameras. Though with watches, I did try Rolex a couple times; just not worth the money. With cameras, it the same, for me. I tried a Leica (borrowed) didn't like it. Rather have some nice Japanese ones, which are equal in quality, lower in prestige and better in value.
My favorite watches are low-mid level Seiko mechanicals and some mid-level Swiss or German by Limes, Hamilton and Tissot.
As for spotting them in the wild, whether it's a camera or a watch, they need to hold still and from a certain angle.
Submariners are harder to recognize, because they're the most copied watch design of all time. One has to get close enough to see the coronet, and even then, one can't be sure, as they're also probably the most counterfeited watch of all time.
With watches, I'm about like I am in cameras. Though with watches, I did try Rolex a couple times; just not worth the money. With cameras, it the same, for me. I tried a Leica (borrowed) didn't like it. Rather have some nice Japanese ones, which are equal in quality, lower in prestige and better in value.
My favorite watches are low-mid level Seiko mechanicals and some mid-level Swiss or German by Limes, Hamilton and Tissot.
As for spotting them in the wild, whether it's a camera or a watch, they need to hold still and from a certain angle.
Submariners are harder to recognize, because they're the most copied watch design of all time. One has to get close enough to see the coronet, and even then, one can't be sure, as they're also probably the most counterfeited watch of all time.
panerai
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I've been wearing the PVD black model since 2001 and after a short time. You don't even feel the weight. Dropping down to a lighter weight 40 mm watch feels like wearing nothing at all.
IWC is a very good brand. Think I owned about a dozen of those. Manual, automatic, gold and steel. Very classic watches
DON
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Cameras. I has it.
Very nice collection! Nicely choreographed photos, all of them.
Of the Breitling watches, not the one you show, I have always disliked their highly cluttered dials and claim to aviator preference. In my experience, pilots like their watches simple and easy to read, just like their instruments.
Calzone
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In 2003 I bought my Rolex Submariner No-Date. The AOL Time Warner skyscrapper had just opened and they had a Tourneou right near the entrance.
When I walked in a young salesman asked me if I needed any help and I asked if they had a Stainless steel Submariner. Not only did they have a SS Sub, but it was a "No-Date." Pretty much Rolex would rather sell $25K gold versions of the sub, so they limit the amount of SS versions.
So to annoy people I call my No-Date my "cheap Rollex." LOL.
The salesman tells me that there is a special promotion, and he explains they have an offer of Zero APR for 24 months to pay for the watch. It was a no brainer to buy the watch so I went to buy it.
A short while later a Manager comes from the back with the new salesman in tow. I could tell that something was wrong, and the Manager tells me that the special promotion does not include Rolex.
When I first put on the Rolex I could feel a powerful surge, and a sense of elevated power. In the past I was a performance artist, but I could feel a transition happening, as if the "Bankster" blood from my mother's side of the family got suddenly activated.
I was really disappointed. The Manager sensed my disappointment and said, "The promotion applies to all other watches we carry, but since there was a mistake we could make an exception."
"I'll take it then," I said, but evidently my response came to the Manager as a surprise, he basically thought I would be polite and eccuse the kind offer, but the aggressive bankster came out.
Effectively I mugged the Store Manager for his Rolex. He really did not want to give it up.
Even though I had 24 months, I paid off the Rolex in a year, because I went back to see if the 24 month zero APR offer still survived. On Wall Street they say when there are good deals "load up the truck." I used my tax return to pay off the balance.
I bought my gal a Cartier, then I bought myself a Panerai GMT 8-day, then my gal another Cartier. All four watches zero APR for 24 months.
Also know that this zero APR taught me a lot about hard assets and led me to Leica in 2007. I took a zero APR convenience check from a credit card company and opened a margin account at Scottrade.
Effectively I swing traded energy stocks against hedge funds. I gamed the market for 4 years until oil hit $135.00 a barrel and then closed my margin account. Later that day after oil hit $147.00 a barrel there began the "blow-off top; the credit crisis; and then the housing crisis.
Pretty much the only difference between a hedge fund and what I was doing was a "zero," where Hedge funds used 30-1 margin and I was limited to only 3-1 margin.
In 2007, during the credit crisis, I was sitting on cash. I started buying treasures that seemed everybody was selling at depressed prices to raise cash.
I bought a 35 Cron V.4 and 75 Lux V.2, both made in Germany (being made in Germany commands about a $100.00 premium), both in minty condition, for no-money.
It would be about a year later that I bought a Wetzlar M6 prototype to be able to shoot with the glass I purchase over a year earlier. Before all this I use to be a one camera guy, and my only camera was a Nikon F3P.
Moral of the story is never underestimate the power of an expensive watch. Also know the Wall Street ritual: with your first bonus after Grad school (MBA) go out and buy a Rolex Sub.
Also know that the Cartier's are like "get out of jail free cards" that never expire with my girlfriend. I'm a bad boy, and somehow I get away with a lot. LOL.
Cal the "Bankster"
POSTSCRIPT: My Panerai GMT is the same watch that Bill Clinton wore when he was President. I use to say "If it's good enought for President Bill Clinton its good enough for me," but my gal corrected me and said, "It should be if its good enough for you its good enough for President Bill Clinton. You are a better man. " LOL
When I walked in a young salesman asked me if I needed any help and I asked if they had a Stainless steel Submariner. Not only did they have a SS Sub, but it was a "No-Date." Pretty much Rolex would rather sell $25K gold versions of the sub, so they limit the amount of SS versions.
So to annoy people I call my No-Date my "cheap Rollex." LOL.
The salesman tells me that there is a special promotion, and he explains they have an offer of Zero APR for 24 months to pay for the watch. It was a no brainer to buy the watch so I went to buy it.
A short while later a Manager comes from the back with the new salesman in tow. I could tell that something was wrong, and the Manager tells me that the special promotion does not include Rolex.
When I first put on the Rolex I could feel a powerful surge, and a sense of elevated power. In the past I was a performance artist, but I could feel a transition happening, as if the "Bankster" blood from my mother's side of the family got suddenly activated.
I was really disappointed. The Manager sensed my disappointment and said, "The promotion applies to all other watches we carry, but since there was a mistake we could make an exception."
"I'll take it then," I said, but evidently my response came to the Manager as a surprise, he basically thought I would be polite and eccuse the kind offer, but the aggressive bankster came out.
Effectively I mugged the Store Manager for his Rolex. He really did not want to give it up.
Even though I had 24 months, I paid off the Rolex in a year, because I went back to see if the 24 month zero APR offer still survived. On Wall Street they say when there are good deals "load up the truck." I used my tax return to pay off the balance.
I bought my gal a Cartier, then I bought myself a Panerai GMT 8-day, then my gal another Cartier. All four watches zero APR for 24 months.
Also know that this zero APR taught me a lot about hard assets and led me to Leica in 2007. I took a zero APR convenience check from a credit card company and opened a margin account at Scottrade.
Effectively I swing traded energy stocks against hedge funds. I gamed the market for 4 years until oil hit $135.00 a barrel and then closed my margin account. Later that day after oil hit $147.00 a barrel there began the "blow-off top; the credit crisis; and then the housing crisis.
Pretty much the only difference between a hedge fund and what I was doing was a "zero," where Hedge funds used 30-1 margin and I was limited to only 3-1 margin.
In 2007, during the credit crisis, I was sitting on cash. I started buying treasures that seemed everybody was selling at depressed prices to raise cash.
I bought a 35 Cron V.4 and 75 Lux V.2, both made in Germany (being made in Germany commands about a $100.00 premium), both in minty condition, for no-money.
It would be about a year later that I bought a Wetzlar M6 prototype to be able to shoot with the glass I purchase over a year earlier. Before all this I use to be a one camera guy, and my only camera was a Nikon F3P.
Moral of the story is never underestimate the power of an expensive watch. Also know the Wall Street ritual: with your first bonus after Grad school (MBA) go out and buy a Rolex Sub.
Also know that the Cartier's are like "get out of jail free cards" that never expire with my girlfriend. I'm a bad boy, and somehow I get away with a lot. LOL.
Cal the "Bankster"
POSTSCRIPT: My Panerai GMT is the same watch that Bill Clinton wore when he was President. I use to say "If it's good enought for President Bill Clinton its good enough for me," but my gal corrected me and said, "It should be if its good enough for you its good enough for President Bill Clinton. You are a better man. " LOL
Derek Leath
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I have that Pulsar! I'm a watch guy too. Mostly vintage.