Created my account in high school and purchased my first good pair of headphones from the recommendations here: Grado SR 80. Now I am an old fart who spends most of his listening time using earbuds that came with his phone. What have I become!?

Checking in!

I don't think the hospital is going to change their paper selection in the charts to suit my pen's needs lol.

The EF nib on the Safari turned out to be still too bold for me. I bought a Pilot Prera with a Fine nib and that has climbed up to be number two daily writer behind this:  

Can anyone point out a place where I can get the Lamy Safari EF nib, Converter, and Aurora Black ink in one place? Would like to dabble in the fountain pen world, and that seems to me like the best starter kit, but can't find anyplace that will sell all 3.

Rolex is used. I have yet to buy a new watch over $1000. The depreciation on a new timepiece is just too killer. And the value on used timpieces right now are too good to pass up.

My Omega Electric Blue finally gets a brother to play with:   (Gah I hate this new forum software! Now I have to add each image individually instead of mass generated by Photobucket. What a pain!)

Terre D'Hermes for me

Quote: Originally Posted by woof37 Nice. Seen the new Superoceans yet? Yeah, and I'm not a fan. The mock-ups look decent, but any pics of it from Basel looks like crap: And don't get me started on the lack of lume on the bezel. I greatly prefer the now discontinued SOSF.

Another Breitling joins the family:

Wow, that's an impressive collection!

Quote: Originally Posted by Arainach I'm not a fan of the artificial aging, sorry. That dial is carved out of a meteorite. No artificial aging there

I think I have fallen in love: The new OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz “35th anniversary”. Black meteorite dial with silvery finish subdials in rhodium-plated circling. Limited edition of 1,975 pieces.

I recommend you look at the Hamilton Jazzmaster line.

Was looking at a bunch of winders varying from some cheapos from ebay to some of the more expensive offerings from Orbita. I really liked the ones offered by Brookestone and Wolf Design, but Orbita just had too strong of a record in quality winders. And I also love their Sparta series. Altough...

Newest addition: Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant Legende

Quote: Originally Posted by nickyboyo perfect for when the fad of oversize watches and bling dies down. Sorry, big watches aren't a fad. People are only getting bigger, so there will always be a demand for big watches.

Quote: Originally Posted by dj_mocok How about Chinese Tourbillon? Had one for a year; sold it because the novelty wore off.

Latest addition: Guess you can say I like Chronomats (the "simple" 7750 movement hasn't slowed me down) : Planning on getting a Blue TT submariner soon.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mercuttio I'm not sure what about this commonly known fact is such a surprise to people. Have we all had quartz watches that long, or have many of you never been exposed to a mechanical? This is plain common sense. I'm sorry, but I have spoken with and...

Quote: Originally Posted by leftnose The oil in them dries up and solidifies. Not good. Lol, what?

Quote: Originally Posted by John2e Good to know. Thanks So the SeaMaster would be the equivalent of how many bulbs on the Lum-tec site? Probably1-2 ???? I would give it a max lume rating. And trust me, I have a lot experience with lume:

Quote: Originally Posted by John2e ???? I have been looking at Lum-tec watches. I notice a large variance for the luminace ratings for different watches. Some have 5 bulbs (very bright) others have 2 (not so bright). How does my Omega Seamaster rate in the luminace department...

Quote: Originally Posted by bhd812 Is that a fidty on a horn back? It's custom made Cali watch on a Ted Su Big Hornback. I highly recommend Ted Su straps. My Fiddy is on a ammo strap by Peter Gunny:

Just got the TK40 and spiced it up a little bit: What's the point of having a flashlight, if you can't even find it in the dark!