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CalgaryJim · Thurs. 1:16pm

No shortage of patina on this dial.

Aroxx · Thurs. 1:17pm

New books for creating artwork!

ShoopaChrono · Thurs. 1:58pm

gbesq · Thurs. 2:09pm

Good afternoon all.

bsowers34 · Thurs. 2:21pm

ShoopaChrono

That may have to be my next Omega. I want a moonphase version to go along with my four 3861s.

Dr.Sascha · Thurs. 2:46pm

Diving in!

ghce · Thurs. 3:25pm

The now so much less affordable Seagull chronograph based Red Star this morning.

noelekal · Thurs. 5:10pm

This morning I fired up this recently acquired 1921 vintage Illinois 19-Jewel pocket watch with its smart "Red Ball" dial for the trip up into Fort Worth for round one of cataract surgery which went off successfully. Round two is next week "same time, same station."

Surgical instructions included a proviso against wearing any sort of jewelry, but being a confirmed non-conformist I made the decision that an unobtrusive pocket watch on a DaveK mystery braid lanyard and tucked into my jeans' watch pocket would be a worthwhile infraction of those instructions.

I used it as well, during the wait in the surgical prep room. Nursing staff was charmed with the notion of a 100+ year old watch on duty.

"Does it run?!"

A quick photo on my leg, by the light of the desktop screen, of the "inwardness of the thing."

Rheide · Thurs. 5:26pm

Posted this watch before in this thread, but not with this strap. Just added it today. Went back on previous statement of “won’t use a NATO strap.” And love it so far. The packing, presentation and quality of strap and tool are what one would expect from Omega. Beautiful.

noelekal · Thurs. 5:53pm

Aroxx
New books for creating artwork!

After I had bypass surgery in late 2017 Mrs. noelekal fetched home a couple of those kinds of coloring books and a vast array of nice colored pencils in many hues to occupy me for the first few weeks post-op. One book was devoted to nothing but paisleys, which have fascinated me ever since I was a very wee lad. I used to beg my mother to wear some paisley garments she had hanging in her closet, but she said no, they were not currently in style. Later, all through my banking career I sought out paisley ties to wear with business suits, style be hanged!

The paisley coloring book was very therapeutic, though I spent more time on Omega Forums than I did on the paisleys at the time. I enjoyed it though and ought to get those books out and work out a few more.

You're sharing some very nice work, Aroxx!

Rogerg · Thurs. 6:23pm

This evening's new (to me) arrival...

ghce · Thurs. 6:55pm

noelekal

This morning I fired up this recently acquired 1921 vintage Illinois 19-Jewel pocket watch with its smart "Red Ball" dial for the trip up into Fort Worth for round one of cataract surgery which went off successfully. Round two is next week "same time, same station."

Surgical instructions included a proviso against wearing any sort of jewelry, but being a confirmed non-conformist I made the decision that an unobtrusive pocket watch on a DaveK mystery braid lanyard and tucked into my jeans' watch pocket would be a worthwhile infraction of those instructions.

I used it as well, during the wait in the surgical prep room. Nursing staff was charmed with the notion of a 100+ year old watch on duty.

"Does it run?!"

A quick photo on my leg, by the light of the desktop screen, of the "inwardness of the thing."

They really are one of the most delightful pocket watches ever made these 19 Jewel Illinois and that whole plum highlight makes them just that bit more memorable I was super lucky with mine that not only did I get the plum balls but plum sub second hand and plum damaskeening.
If you could have only one PW then these are certainly one the top contenders. Simply beautiful in every way.

Canuck · Thurs. 7:31pm

Several PWS (pocket watch savant) members have chosen to highlight pocket watches from their collections. I thought, why not me? Well, I wasn’t motivated. So I went to my vault and pulled out my 60 or so pocket watches to see if there might be one to motivate me. I found one! This is my 17-jewel, stem-set, 1883 model, 18-size, Waltham Canadian Pacific Railway model. Double-sunk, 24-hour, vitreous enamel dial. Roman number 1 to 12, and Arabic numerals from 13 to 24. Blued steel, spade style hands. Worn on an @DaveK mystery braid leather lanyard.

The pocketwatchdatabase site listing.

https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/waltham/10043531#summary-block