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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19For me. I will wear every newly purchased watch (used or new) for exactly 24 hours from and it must not come off the wrist for anything or anyone during that time 🤨.
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Pastorbottle
·For me. I will wear every newly purchased watch (used or new) for exactly 24 hours from and it must not come off the wrist for anything or anyone during that time 🤨.
The evil side of me hopes that this notion hadn’t occurred to you yet, but now that it’s been brought to your attention you now feel compelled to do so! 😁
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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19I guess you can set the alarm if the new watch is so equipped…… but if it is not equipped with an alarm complication, do you have to wear a second watch with an alarm complication the alert you when the 24hrs is up? 😁
The evil side of me hopes that this notion hadn’t occurred to you yet, but now that it’s been brought to your attention you now feel compelled to do so! 😁
Hehe. I have the Samsung phone for that. 😁
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Pastorbottle
·Actually Blubarb, expanding on the idea, how do you know the new watch is keeping good time? It might be running fast… if so then you couldn’t rely on it’s alarm complication to give you the true 24hrs……. You’d have to wear a second alarm watch as a control….. but what if that one also runs fast…. I know wear a third! But what if the third watch………….
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Pastorbottle
·I only ever had 1 Scamscum phone……. I never trusted it……..hated the damned thing before I even got it outta the box, I gave it flying lessons it flew pretty well, but the landing wasn’t good! Went back to iPhones.
Now I hope I’ve sown the seeds of doubt about the phone, so the only way to be sure is wear all those other watches!😁
Now I hope I’ve sown the seeds of doubt about the phone, so the only way to be sure is wear all those other watches!
😁
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··This Space for RentI hear you. I feel the exact same way about crApple phones.
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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19Actually Blubarb, expanding on the idea, how do you know the new watch is keeping good time? It might be running fast… if so then you couldn’t rely on it’s alarm complication to give you the true 24hrs……. You’d have to wear a second alarm watch as a control….. but what if that one also runs fast…. I know wear a third! But what if the third watch………….
Haha...you swine, Moriarty! You have me cornered! 👎 What to do? Looks like another watch...and then another...so far so good, but then disaster...
I think I will have to find a new superstition as this one simply isn't working. I am now caught in a logic loop I can't exit from. My error is in having a superstition that relies on the statement "exactly 24 hours". Hoisted by me own pedanticism! 🙄 Now that you have pointed out the logical fallacy, I am left with no superstition at all. 😵💫
Wait! Setting the watch by moving the hands anti-clockwise is a not on as I was told when I was six or so that doing such will bring bad luck. I have moved on.
Well done, sir! 👍😁😁
Wait again......I just realised it just has to 24 hours and not specific to the new watches recorded 24 hours. Just 24 hours from strapping it on. Phew! I think I am out of the loop. 👎 Probably best not to buy anymore watches until this conundrum is resolved. 😁
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Pastorbottle
·Haha...you swine, Moriarty! You have me cornered! 👎 What to do? Looks like another watch...and then another...so far so good, but then disaster...
I think I will have to find a new superstition as this one simply isn't working. I am now caught in a logic loop I can't exit from. My error is in having a superstition that relies on the statement "exactly 24 hours". Hoisted by me own pedanticism! 🙄 Now that you have pointed out the logical fallacy, I am left with no superstition at all. 😵💫
Wait! Setting the watch by moving the hands anti-clockwise is a not on as I was told when I was six or so that doing such will bring bad luck. I have moved on.
Well done, sir! 👍😁😁
Wait again......I just realised it just has to 24 hours and not specific to the new watches recorded 24 hours. Just 24 hours from strapping it on. Phew! I think. 👎 now I am lost. Probably best not to buy anymore watches until this conundrum is resolved. 😁
my work here is done! 😀
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.Any chronograph of mine sitting crown up overnight on the bedside table has to have a small cloth draped over top, apparently because my brain thinks a speck of dust might work its way in.
Oh, my, I can't unsee that one either. Maybe I'll install a dust-filtering fan in the room where watches are kept.
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.Used to be warm water, soft toothbrush (pilfered from The Dentist) and liquid soap once a week... but now I've gone to the darkest of Dark Sides --
I will only clean a watch when it is truly dirty (maybe once every four months?).
But -- I am still a stickler for time so I will hack and set a watch once it is +/- more than 10 seconds... Professional 3861 gets the treatment once a week, my Trilogies once every two weeks, my Serica 5303 once per hour and the Rawlexx -- who knows because I don't wear them much at all.
This ain't 'Nam, there are rules.
I'm realizing how sloppy I am with respect to time-keeping accuracy. I let a watch go to +120 sec for a "consistent gainer" and +0 sec for a "consistent loser" (which I initially set to +120 sec) before re-setting.
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MRC
·I only ever had 1 Scamscum phone……. I never trusted it……..hated the damned thing before I even got it outta the box, I gave it flying lessons it flew pretty well, but the landing wasn’t good! Went back to iPhones.
Back to Moto G phones for me.
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.Now that I've got a Moonphase back in the stable, I can add Obsessive, Compulsive Wristwatch Ritual #6: Setting the Moon Phase
Earlier today I posted this in WRUW...
...then I began to worry...was this really an accurate representation of today's phase of the Moon....or not???
So I consulted TWO online sources of lunar info and came to the conclusion that I may be behind by a day....so I got out a toothpick and punched the recessed lunar disc pusher once, and called it good. Maybe.
Earlier today I posted this in WRUW...
...then I began to worry...was this really an accurate representation of today's phase of the Moon....or not???
So I consulted TWO online sources of lunar info and came to the conclusion that I may be behind by a day....so I got out a toothpick and punched the recessed lunar disc pusher once, and called it good. Maybe.
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Aroxx
·Now that I've got a Moonphase back in the stable, I can add Obsessive, Compulsive Wristwatch Ritual #6: Setting the Moon Phase
Earlier today I posted this in WRUW...
...then I began to worry...was this really an accurate representation of today's phase of the Moon....or not???
So I consulted TWO online sources of lunar info and came to the conclusion that I may be behind by a day....so I got out a toothpick and punched the recessed lunar disc pusher once, and called it good. Maybe.
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Risto
·I only have a few quirks...
1. When I take the watch off my wrist, I ensure there's a carpet, a bed, or a similar soft/safe place under it. I once dropped a chronograph...
2. When I walk through the doors or pass too close to other solid objects I always swing my hands behind my back. This is already at the instinct level now.
3. When I leave home in a hurry and discover 10kms later I forgot the watch, I turn back 100%. But, this almost never happens. Perhaps I should keep one backup watch in the car 😀
4. I always sell white/silver dial watches... why do I buy them!!
1. When I take the watch off my wrist, I ensure there's a carpet, a bed, or a similar soft/safe place under it. I once dropped a chronograph...
2. When I walk through the doors or pass too close to other solid objects I always swing my hands behind my back. This is already at the instinct level now.
3. When I leave home in a hurry and discover 10kms later I forgot the watch, I turn back 100%. But, this almost never happens. Perhaps I should keep one backup watch in the car 😀
4. I always sell white/silver dial watches... why do I buy them!!
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.…That JLC is gorgeous, please keep posting lots of pictures of it. 😀
No arm-twisting necessary 😀
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.I only have a few quirks...!
Oh, but they are good ones!
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duc
·I'll be the first to publicly admit it; I've picked up some good tips in this thread. I just wish I had more patience for the perfect picture. Thank you Jones!
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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19my work here is done! 😀
No doubt you have left me with a three pipe problem, Moriarty. 😎
ps. Thanks to you, I now have an updated watch superstition - that is, I must not set the time by turning the hands anti-clockwise. It's the devil's work. 😁😁
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Pastorbottle
·Bonus! My casting of doubt is the gift that keeps on giving!
I’ll have you in a rubber room in no time!
let expand on the adjustment of the watch hands, being only adjustable in a fwd direction.
Surely this would also apply the travel especially when it involves crossing time zones, you should only be able to travel in an easterly direction never west for that would be going back in time.
I s’pose north and south travel would be fine so long as you avoid any westerly headings and went no further than the poles.
So I guess you are limited to circumnavigating the globe eastward bound and this would especially apply with the international date line.
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I’ll have you in a rubber room in no time!
let expand on the adjustment of the watch hands, being only adjustable in a fwd direction.
Surely this would also apply the travel especially when it involves crossing time zones, you should only be able to travel in an easterly direction never west for that would be going back in time.
I s’pose north and south travel would be fine so long as you avoid any westerly headings and went no further than the poles.
So I guess you are limited to circumnavigating the globe eastward bound and this would especially apply with the international date line.
😁
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.For me. I will wear every newly purchased watch (used or new) for exactly 24 hours from and it must not come off the wrist for anything or anyone during that time 🤨.
Brilliant!
Same with me, but with an added bonus ritual: when the watch first goes on my arm I register the time in my WatchTracker app. Since I have no idea how my watch's timekeeping will go...good, bad, COSC compliant, fast, slow, waiting that 24 hrs to register its timekeeping in WatchTracker is like waiting for Father Christmas to come to the house.
