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  1. ulackfocus Feb 25, 2012

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    ralpher and Trev like this.
  2. kyle L Grasshopper Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    Nice watch... I want something with a moonphase!
     
  3. ulackfocus Feb 25, 2012

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    I'm headed to Jesse's tomorrow night barring any weather problems. Besides trying on David's Conquest Power Reserve and somebody-else-around-here's 320 chrono I'll be bringing home a sweet vintage moon phase calendar (pictures forthcoming). It ain't as nice looking as that Perrelet though.
     
  4. Muttley Feb 25, 2012

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    I love the moonphases - can't wait for your pics :thumbsup:
     
  5. kyle L Grasshopper Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    You'll get to see the cursed bumpers again, the 352 and the 353 have been giving Jesse problems!
     
  6. ulackfocus Feb 25, 2012

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    Alright, I'll use the Force on them to help out. ;)

    ..... and I'm going to try on your 352 if it's intact. :taunt:

    Wonder if Lou has anything there I can wear for an hour or so?
     
  7. kyle L Grasshopper Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    Take a picture for me? I miss it! :(
     
  8. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    Make sure you take pics, I still havn't seen any yet!

    Was looking at this thing thinking well must be a very different in-house manual wind movement or something... then its an ETA 2892-A2 auto with some modification, if you're going to have an ETA movement, that's a very nice way to do it.
     
  9. ulackfocus Feb 25, 2012

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    ETA makes some solid dependable calibers, and I seem to gravitate to them & Seiko for my casual / daily wearers or beach / beaters. Never really noticed until a member of another forum pointed that out. Subconscious pattern I guess.
     
  10. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    The Seiko's are just weird, their winding mechanism, the magic fingers system, to my eyes, is about as painful to look at, and as technologically sophisticated, as a redneck beating his Chevy's starter motor with a sledge to get it going. Yet by some miracle of engineering, the damned things last decades and decades, one of my good mates had his Seiko 150M auto from the 80s only just serviced last year and it was still running within 2 minutes a day.
     
  11. ulackfocus Feb 25, 2012

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    The Magic Lever system was lifted from the IWC Pellaton. Seiko wasn't the only one to base a winding system on that design though. Cyma and Longines, plus a couple others, used it too.
     
  12. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 25, 2012

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    It reminds me of the winch used on our 40 year old boat trailer mechanically speaking, that's just why I've never understood how it's so effective
     
  13. Matty01 Port Adelaide's No.1 Fan Mar 6, 2012

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    I love those Perrelets. Have been lowballing on one on best offer on Ebay (but only necause I cant afford it at the moment) In the meantime Ill have to satisfy myself with my Parnis version.
     
  14. a1watch Mar 6, 2012

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    Go for it its gorgeous