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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.Geared up for some work in the garden today 😀
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CdnWatchDoc
·First purchase of 2024! Love the dial colour!
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Fish70
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C Master
·Brand new strap for my seamaster
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allwoundup
·The heavens here in the Garden State can't decide if it is snowing, raining, or sleeting....so I am going with this Empire blast from the past making use of a Taubert & Fils milestone "waterproof" case developed in the mid-1920s.
Taubert was a pioneer in precision machining stainless steel, which allowed it to build a case with a screw-down case back capable of being torqued down creating a tight seal. Taubert used a trademark decagonal case back that allowed the use of virtually any wrench to open and close the case back. The decagonal screw-down case back combined with a lead gasket and specially treated cork gasket through which the winding stem passed made for an effective and long-lived "waterproof" case design.
Taubert was purchased by Borgel in the late 1920s. Borgel continued use of the Taubert logo of a hand holding a watch head -- typically found inside the case back. This case design was used by many watch manufacturers, including many high-end manufacturers. The case design evolved from this very angular example to more rounded examples used by companies such as Mido in the 1940s and Gruen in the 1960s. They all make use of the decagonal screw-down case back.
Cheers!
Taubert was a pioneer in precision machining stainless steel, which allowed it to build a case with a screw-down case back capable of being torqued down creating a tight seal. Taubert used a trademark decagonal case back that allowed the use of virtually any wrench to open and close the case back. The decagonal screw-down case back combined with a lead gasket and specially treated cork gasket through which the winding stem passed made for an effective and long-lived "waterproof" case design.
Taubert was purchased by Borgel in the late 1920s. Borgel continued use of the Taubert logo of a hand holding a watch head -- typically found inside the case back. This case design was used by many watch manufacturers, including many high-end manufacturers. The case design evolved from this very angular example to more rounded examples used by companies such as Mido in the 1940s and Gruen in the 1960s. They all make use of the decagonal screw-down case back.
Cheers!
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Walrus
·Seiko the next couple days weatherman predicting nor’ easter with anywhere from a dusting to 1,000feet. If they start saying just a dusting I know we will be screwed
met new buddy today I think lizards are cool I just never understood the lizard for a pet but Mr. Fluffy really liked interacting with humans I was surprised he was a lot of fun.
met new buddy today I think lizards are cool I just never understood the lizard for a pet but Mr. Fluffy really liked interacting with humans I was surprised he was a lot of fun.
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ghce
·Sundays first watch of the day.
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Canuck
·For the last three weeks, I have worn my 61 year old Accutron 214 which I vowed I would wear over New Years. I did, but dam, I miss having the date on my watch. So today, I have donned my 1970 Caravelle electronic (not quartz, transistorized) with a Japanese balance wheel type movement. Sold for about $69.95 on a bracelet, yellow gold colour case, in 1970.
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega Aficionado
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Canuck
·In addition to my Caravelle electronic I recently showed, I am wearing a favourite pocket watch. When I picked it out, I noticed that it still had an acrylic crystal in it. How, thought I! So just prior to taking these pictures, I fitted the Waltham with a beveled glass crystal. Much preferred, to my way of thinking! This is an 18-size, 17-jewel, stem wound, stem set, 1883 model Waltham with a difference. Note the Canadian Pacific Railway logo on the barrel bridge. Worn on my @DaveK mystery braid lanyard.
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Lou P
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8926ob
·Spaceview today.
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DaveK
·In addition to my Caravelle electronic I recently showed, I am wearing a favourite pocket watch. When I picked it out, I noticed that it still had an acrylic crystal in it. How, thought I! So just prior to taking these pictures, I fitted the Waltham with a beveled glass crystal. Much preferred, to my way of thinking! This is an 18-size, 17-jewel, stem wound, stem set, 1883 model Waltham with a difference. Note the Canadian Pacific Railway logo on the barrel bridge. Worn on my @DaveK mystery braid lanyard.
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DaveK
·Momentum Sea Quartz 30 today, which is exactly why I’ve had the Magnum P.I. Theme song in my head all day
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bikehomero
·Yema 24.11.17 fron the 70ties with NOS plexi:
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