I'd wear the fiddy faddomz.

 

This post causes two Pavlovian responses from me.

Response #1:

It will if that caliber 2500 stops.


Response #2:

BLACK & ORANGE rule!!!

 

Hanging around waiting for lunch to toast.

 

Holy smokes Batman, a square watch!

 

Super, man

 

God, did I say that? Need to up my tablet dosage.

 

Giving this one some wrist time today. Need to keep it in trim until the regatta season kicks in again!
Elvström Lemania cal 1345.

The special bezel with the compass markers, together with the "First Mark" and "Reach" indicators are used to calculate tack angles for an international/Olympic regatta racetrack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_triangle).
The "Elvström" name comes from the man who invented this function in a watch, he is also a famous yacht designer and four times Olympic and eleven (11!) times World Champion. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Elvstrom).

 

2954 today, it might be the last time I wear it for a while as I have something pink arriving very soon...

 

What an interesting watch!

I can make out 5 circles in the dial sweeping between 10 and 2. What do they reveal?

 

Tough decision, life would be so much easier with three wrists wouldn't it?

 

Hi!

The 5 circles is showing the regatta countdown timer. Basically the 1345 has a second hand that is always sweeping.
When the single "chronograph" pusher is pressed, the second hand will go to 12'o clock in Flyback style.
The countdown will go into a 2x5 minute mode. At first the 5 circles will be light blue, and gradually be replaced by red.
When all 5 are red, the dial background color will start to fill the first field and so on, until the last circle is red (then you will have 1 minute before start). When all indicators are back to the color as shown in my initial photo, and the second hand reaches the top, it is race time!
The flyback reset function is very handy as a start may be postponed, and then restarted. It only requires one push on the chrono button to reinitialize a new countdown process.

Since the International Sailing Federation changed the starting procedure it is not fully compliant any longer, however it still works since the last section of the start procedure is signaled (horn) when 5 minutes remains.

Some pics enclosed:

 

Scottish sunshine again today although it takes it's time crawling over the horizon.

 

Gotta be jumbo and RG today..

 

close to the wind...

 

Happy Thanksgiving all!
Today I am thankful for this newly arrived faux-brick stretch-link Zenith S.58 bracelet from 4th quarter 1959.

 

Universal Geneve today