Christopher Ward Forum

Joking apart, that was actually a good article. When you come to think about it, before even radio was invented some kind of public time signal was clearly the best way to broadcast the time over a reasonably wide area. Think about the 1 o’clock gun at Edinburgh Castle, and of course the famous Gree...

I think there are plenty of watch owners who think they need: A 600m dive watch with HE valve to jump in a pool A gigantic pilot watch to fly with Easyjet A Motorsport chronograph to watch Lewis on the telly, or to boil an egg A GMT/Worldtimer to go to France for a weekend A super-subtle dress watch...

^^^Thank you. Not one I wear frequently but always a joy to wear for a couple of days now and then.

For that you join a waiting list already?

That’s a great look, Paul! Wouldn’t mind one of those for my Speedy.

Whether or not the modders (let’s not call them counterfeiters) deserve to get dragged through the courts of law is a moot point.

I should say that a visit from the Style Police is definitely in order, however.

That’s excellent news.

MMXVFLE

Not quite. It isn't Norwegian. It has, however, shuffled off its mortal coil and joined the choir invisible.

golfjunky wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:46 pm

Thanks bud. My first taste of vintage

That’s a lovely way to start, Greg.

You would need to be pretty brutal to break the mainspring on a modern hand winder.

I have (had) loads of vintage and modern hand wound watches over about 50 years. Never broken one yet.

Glad tidings, Lindsey!

^^^Plus one to all this.

I think some of us are at stage 6.5.

Beyond Consolidator if not yet Nirvana.

Mikkei4 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 01, 2019 9:34 pm

"Like wot I just done, innit?"

Good to see that your language skills have now expanded into street or gangsta or whatever it is.

I have always sought to include dialectology and sociolinguistics in my epistemological peregrinations.

That does look rather tasty, Neil.