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ahartfie
··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flockMy beat-to-hell Wenger Swiss Army watch circa 1994. It was the first watch I bought as an adult (I was 23) and I had to save up for a few months as student loans were killing my budget. It was my daily until about 2009 when I replaced it with another Swiss Army watch. This was my first tool watch and I remember being awestruck at wearing such a chunk of steel. Now of course I laugh at that.
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Canuck
·My beat-to-hell Wenger Swiss Army watch circa 1994. It was the first watch I bought as an adult (I was 23) and I had to save up for a few months as student loans were killing my budget. It was my daily until about 2009 when I replaced it with another Swiss Army watch. This was my first tool watch and I remember being awestruck at wearing such a chunk of steel. Now of course I laugh at that.
Is that not a Swiss Military? There is a difference.
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Banner Roar
·First day on the wrist......love the size. Need a SS version asap.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesHow'd he shovel all that mulch out and spread it around the yard so fast!
Use a grain scoop.
And ... take one photo the day before, shovel a bit, go indoors and look in on Omega Forums, then finish up the next day.
Use a grain scoop.
And ... take one photo the day before, shovel a bit, go indoors and look in on Omega Forums, then finish up the next day.
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LouS
··Mrs Nataf's Other Sonthis just in, pretty happy
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calalum
·Old SM chrono. Impossible for me to really catch the dial color, which is mesmerizing.
Nick
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.First day on the wrist 😁
In the seller's photos the dial looked remarkably un-aged for a 20-year old watch (an early "U" serial number) so I figured it was probably fitted with a service dial in the not-too-distant past. My suspicion was further confirmed by the nicely glowing lume, despite the fact that it should only have 31% of its original luminosity based on the 12-year half-life for tritium (I own a 25 year-old Explorer 1 with tritium lume and it has zero apparent luminosity). I'm not complaining though.
In the seller's photos the dial looked remarkably un-aged for a 20-year old watch (an early "U" serial number) so I figured it was probably fitted with a service dial in the not-too-distant past. My suspicion was further confirmed by the nicely glowing lume, despite the fact that it should only have 31% of its original luminosity based on the 12-year half-life for tritium (I own a 25 year-old Explorer 1 with tritium lume and it has zero apparent luminosity). I'm not complaining though.
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duc
·First day on the wrist 😁
... a 20-year old watch ...it should only have 31% of its original luminosity based on the 12-year half-life for tritium...
I haven't done half life calculations in a long time, but I am coming up with 33.3%. I'm using a linear extrapolation. If that is wrong, please accept my apology.
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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.I haven't done half life calculations in a long time, but I am coming up with 33.3%. I'm using a linear extrapolation. If that is wrong, please accept my apology.
No apology necessary :- ) I got this from Wikipedia: N(t)= (1/2)^(t/T2) where T2 is the half-life.
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duc
·No apology necessary :- ) I got this from Wikipedia: N(t)= (1/2)^(t/T2) where T2 is the half-life.
I gotta use the grey matter a little more frequently.
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