Great parody of the Hodonkee Clock and writing style:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexcha...nkee/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
(this is the last time I beat this dead horse😗)
Ok, I'm going out on a limb and I'm going to assume that the metal case and dial are made out of solid platinum which has a PVD coating of graphite and the leather is from the last known surviving Buffalo on the planet. The movement was manufactured by Patek Philippe.
The clock not only tells the time, but will also arrange and purchase all travel and accommodations at a substantial discount, will make reservations at any and all Michelein 3 star restaurants, provide complete security from all forms of theft including but not limited to cyber, financial, and property, and can also be used as a sex toy when your significant other is not present or when your significant other is present, and is a complete traveling companion that offers advice not only on the best tours, bars, restaurants, and hotels , but also will give excellent stock tips, and, finally, will answer any question you have while on your journey or at home.
how does the sex toy part of it work ? asking for a friend......
I bought this JLC because of the Fokker F27 aircraft on it. It seems it was offered by Fokker to special customers. It didn't work so I got it serviced and probably committed a sin by modifying its look. All in I spent about $2k on it but I love the uniqueness of it. I have no idea if its a real JLC movement but it says so on the dial 😉
I wonder if it's this guy: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2240587/valley-morning-star-harlingen-texas/
Wow, what an amazing find TDBK, Thanks 👍👎👎👎👎👎👎👎.
This helps me understand a little more of who Charles Lodwick was as I had nothing previously. I always found if strange as the clock came to me from an estate clearance in the USA which I assumed was Mr. Lodwick's home. What I couldn't put together was the fact that The Fokker F27 was built under licence in the USA by Fairchild Hiller from 1956, so why was he gifted this from Fokker and not Fairchild. Perhaps he flew outside of the USA as your article clip shows.
I now have renewed interest to find more info on the good Captain. Flying Ford Tri-Motors over the jungle with zero accurate navigation aids and landing on dirt strips was real flying. Today it's "Gear up, Flaps up, Shut up" for most co-pilots. I wonder what watches they wore....
I have spent the last ten years mounting and sanding the below Fokker F27-100 prop blade. I only work on it when I am feeling inspired, the rest of the time it sits in the cellar. I am almost finished and today I have renewed energy to tackle the hand polishing because I don't have a polishing machine. The base is quarter inch mild steel that was a nightmare to get right. I intend to artificially rust it so it has that deep red/brown rust look. I will then mount it on a 1 inch piece of glass/plastic cut to the same diameter and install led lights in the base so light comes from the base underneath the mild steel. The prop needs to be mirror finish and I have left all the dents and deep gouges in it as thats part of its working life. I might be finished before I retire in twenty years 😀.
How do we know 96 sold ?
Coincidentally I needed to eBay search for Hodinkee a few days ago, and I thought why not search for the travel clock at the same time. There were none listed and no completed listings as far as I could see. This is very unusual for a Hodinkee release as normally there’d be a handful of flippers trying their luck. Or maybe they haven’t been delivered yet, but I think it said somewhere that a batch were already produced so I guess those would have been delivered by now.
And just looked now and there aren’t any on chrono24 either.
Forgot to update OF about this....
So even though the crazy fallout of this whole bizzare episode of Hodinkee selling a travel clock for a huge sum of money... I decided to try and find myself something similar.....
