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by time_lizard
Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

What a unique hybrid: Askania Bremen (with a compass-like dial) in an Askania Taifun case with bidirectional bezel - imitating a Damasko watch.
But I love it :lol:
by time_lizard
Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:02 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

My current non-stop wrist-darling: Victorinox Mach4 with a simple Unitas-engine, upped with handmade Sherpa-strap from Poland.

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Victorinox Airboss Mach4
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Unitas 6498-2
by time_lizard
Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:40 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

Brandnew summer watch
by time_lizard
Sun May 29, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: Vintage Watches (AVO's Playground)
Topic: The Pocket Watch Gallery
Replies: 115
Views: 42591

Re: The Pocket Watch Gallery

https://www.watchuseek.com/posts/38717002/ :lol: And so it has finally happened. I have been looking at these for years, and recently came across this reasonably priced, near perfect example. Complete with inner and outer boxes, and even the instruction sheet for opening the outer case. The movement...
by time_lizard
Fri Mar 11, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Review: Zelos Mako 500m Bronze Diver
Replies: 10
Views: 991

Re: Review: Zelos Mako 500m Bronze Diver

Thanks Des! Yes, I got distracted - or widen my collection horizon. I fell in love with bronze watches - and quite a few divers are bronze (or really brass). But I stick to my rule: buy a watch significantly below 1000€. I rather give it a boost by a strap, as I did here. All big fun, getting ever d...
by time_lizard
Fri Mar 11, 2022 7:07 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Review: Zelos Mako 500m Bronze Diver
Replies: 10
Views: 991

Re: Review: Zelos Mako 500m Bronze Diver

An old thread, an old watch. After long search I finally found my limited edition V2-specimen from 2018 in Australia! Meanwhile safe in Germany I have a beautiful cognac leather strap taylor-made for it, with matching blue leather inside. The strap is made by Pipala leatherworks in Poland, the handm...
by time_lizard
Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:24 am
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

Stowa Flieger vintage bronze with bespoke green Pipala strap from Poland
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by time_lizard
Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread
Replies: 6566
Views: 627695

Re: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread

I'm seriously considering moving on from Day dreaming to ownership Go for it, Steve! I got this sister model recently, in black and gold and the somewhat over-the-top camouflage dial. It is certainly not your taste, but the mechanics is the same. Solid , heavy, with a nice clicking bezel. IMG_3467....
by time_lizard
Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:07 am
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread
Replies: 6566
Views: 627695

Re: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread

Did someone say “left field”? Long ago during my engineering studies I enrolled in an industrial design lecture. What we learned there is a designer should not pass the MAYA-threshold. MAYA meaning Most Advanced but Yet Acceptable. I wonder if this watch is still cis-MAYA or already trans-MAYA :roll:
by time_lizard
Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:40 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread
Replies: 6566
Views: 627695

Re: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread

As a lover of functional, complicated and in particular pilot watches, the Reservoir Airfight Jet keeps me awake at night. A mechanical regulator with jumping minutes, jumping hour, date and a power reserve indicator (like a fuel gauge) :D But whoever designed it, he forgot the lume on the hours ind...
by time_lizard
Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:03 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

Richard D wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:08 am
Wow, a Copernicus Regulator :shock: . Tried in vain to contact Copernicus - not in existence any more.
A rare piece. And what a photo! Envy :mrgreen:
by time_lizard
Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:21 am
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Simple beauty
Replies: 40
Views: 1477

Re: Simple beauty

I love this thread because it expresses much of my reality, not able to afford the high-price spectrum, but finding gems below the 1000€/£ mark, particularly in used watch auctions. There is so much that makes my heart beat there! This is my newest acquisition, a heavily used older Fortis B42 Diver ...
by time_lizard
Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:14 pm
Forum: Straps
Topic: Pipala Strap from Poland for my new Stowa Bronze Flieger
Replies: 5
Views: 431

Re: Pipala Strap from Poland for my new Stowa Bronze Flieger

strapline wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:07 pm You seem to have a god-given ability for finding gorgeous straps.
Thanks Des, I definitely keep going :thumbup:
by time_lizard
Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:09 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Non CW of the Day
Replies: 75431
Views: 3874076

Re: Non CW of the Day

Fortis B42 GMT on white rubber strap :D
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Fortis B42 GMT
by time_lizard
Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Straps
Topic: Pipala Strap from Poland for my new Stowa Bronze Flieger
Replies: 5
Views: 431

Pipala Strap from Poland for my new Stowa Bronze Flieger

Finally it arrived: the new handmade green thick leather strap, orange inside, with marvellous green sides, matching to my new Stowa Vintage B40 Flieger watch. I had seen this strap somewhere on Instagram and contatced the owner - in Poland. He recommended the maker, Przemek Pipala, to me (and infor...