WRUW Today?

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Edited due to decision swap from perfect bracelet to perfect matching strap (if I say so myself);
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Today would have been Dad's 90th birthday. Here he is celebrating my birthday in what I believe is 1973. He's got his 105.012-65. I've got my collar up...and eyes closed. 😜


So you guessed it, that's the watch I'm wearing today...YaY!

What watch was your dad wearing?
 
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What watch was your dad wearing?
I thought he was clearly saying he is wearing his father’s watch now. The watch on his father’s wrist is the watch on his wrist.
 
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Two for [Speedy] Tuesday on Omega party-time summer NATOs…3861 and 321 respectively…1861 is at the Omega spa for its first servicing otherwise I would’ve worn it as well…

Dang…chore time again [more furniture transporting/moving]…gotta do a strap change to the Rothco protective bands [as well as a shirt change]…



Bad hair day? No problem…just crop the bad hair out of the pic…

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A bit of pure gold with some nice numerals to brighten this rainy day
 
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Dang…chore time again [more furniture transport]…gotta do a strap change to the Rothco protective bands [as well as a shirt change]

Look at that sexy beast. Now I’m sure you were a Navy man. ::rimshot:: 😝 😁 ::stirthepot::
 
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Iconic UG - 1963 Universal Geneve Uni-Compax "Big Eye" Ref. 884100/02 (UG Cal.125)
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Dang…chore time again [more furniture transport]…gotta do a strap change to the Rothco protective bands [as well as a shirt change]…



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What’s most impressive is that the seconds and minutes hands of each watch are properly synchronized, and the watches are synchronized with each other!
 
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Launched on a week- long road trip to rock quarries up and down the state of California. Getting paid to blow sh*t up. Life is good 😁


Good fun there! There's not much that can't be solved by the application of high explosives. Unfortunately, that would likely be the way I'd approach watch repair if I encountered any difficulty.

I once enjoyed having a commercial loan customer who quarried rock around these parts of Texas. He invited me out to see them set off a charge. It was amazing! There was a rectangular hole in the ground about the dimensions of an American football field. The bottom of the hole was of solid limestone and perfectly flat on the surface. We retired to hundreds of yards away, down the road and around a hill and the charge(es?) were set off. It sounded (and felt) like a single blast. Stone rained down to within 100 yards of our vehicles, some as large as American footballs.

I remember walking back up the road around the hill to discover a huge, pyramidal mound 80-90 yards long and higher than a two story house sitting in the rectangular hole where it had previously been flat, perfectly heaped up and ready for the crusher.

On the walk back I picked up one of the rocks that rained down near us. It was cold, as if it'd been refrigerated. This was on a Texas summer afternoon with the attendant heat we are prone to "enjoy."

Getting in a late afternoon Speedy Tuesday photo.

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