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- Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Feelings or looks?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 425
Re: Feelings or looks?
Everyday is a busy workday for us pensioners; mowing the lawn, chopping down trees, taking stuff to the dump, painting the kitchen . . . . wish I was back at work sometimes. So its a choice between these two . . . Untitled-1.jpg I'm planning to retire at the end of this year - but after reading thi...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Happy Birthday Amor Vincit Omnia
- Replies: 29
- Views: 562
Re: Happy Birthday Amor Vincit Omnia
Many happy returns, Steve.
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: The “Where’s My Watch?” Game
- Replies: 338
- Views: 8813
Re: The “Where’s My Watch?” Game
That part of London has changed so much in the last few years, Guy - but still the (very late) Victorian building opposite is certainly a sight for sore eyes
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:20 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Are regional nicknames offensive now?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1007
Re: Are regional nicknames offensive now?
There's no right or wrong to this; it's what each of us determines. I fundamentally disagree with that statement, and using Bob Dylan to illustrate it misses a key point. What may have been 'acceptable' in the past doesn't mean that it was right in the past - it was still wrong. I'm a 66 year old m...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Are regional nicknames offensive now?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1007
Re: Are regional nicknames offensive now?
I recently got into a debate with a man in his 20's on Facebook who was a relative of a friend of mine and was from Scotland. He got most offended when I referred to him by the nickname "Jock" which I thought was a term of endearment for someone from Scotland. He called me racist and all ...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bronze C60 300 - long overdue
- Replies: 202
- Views: 10369
Re: Bronze C60 300 - long overdue
I believe rehaut means flange. That would make sense, but rehaut sounds better. Flange always sounds to me like some kind of flobby tasteless dessert you might get in the school canteen: a sort of cross between flan and blancmange. :kotz: I'm afraid I've got flange with an alternative slang meaning...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bronze C60 300 - long overdue
- Replies: 202
- Views: 10369
Re: Bronze C60 300 - long overdue
I believe rehaut means flange.Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:50 pm @Hexean
It’s a French term related to “haut” = high, I guess because it raises the crystal to the correct height above the hands and dial. That’s what I have always assumed anyway, and etymologically it makes sense.
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bel Canto watches@
- Replies: 307
- Views: 25811
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bel Canto watches@
- Replies: 307
- Views: 25811
Re: Bel Canto watches@
Initial delivery date for my order for the black dial was November 2023 - now March 2024.
Mildly annoyed, but it is what it is and very much a first world problem.
Mildly annoyed, but it is what it is and very much a first world problem.
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: The Same Old Game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 338
Re: The Same Old Game
As Lady Bracknell famously said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyuoUwxCLMs I cannot comprehend the magnitude of the distress these poor people must be going through. And, doubtless, they cannot comprehend the magnitude of the **** I do not give. :irony: Although not quite the same, there are simi...
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CWL of the day
- Replies: 43357
- Views: 2538842
Re: CWL of the day
Looks outstanding, and an excellent choice.
Beautiful watch as well
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Direction of the watch industry
- Replies: 31
- Views: 878
Re: Direction of the watch industry
Will mechanical appeal to this cohort later in life when they have a bit of cash to splash?? Yes, I would think it will. It needs to be borne in mind that the number of people now who spend more than a few hundred on a watch is quite low - most much less than that. Us forumites/WIS are a pretty rar...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: Offtopic
- Topic: Direction of the watch industry
- Replies: 31
- Views: 878
Re: Direction of the watch industry
This thread has me thinking about my post about the Tudor BB54. It’s not priced at a point beyond my reach financially. If I really wanted that watch to commemorate my retirement, I could get it. But at 2x to 3x the price of a CW, is it 2x to 3x the quality? I just don’t know about that, and theref...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: Other Brands
- Topic: For Porsche lovers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 690
Re: For Porsche lovers
I always applied that saying to Saabs!
(from a Porsche driver!)
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Other Brands
- Topic: The "what watch are you day dreaming about now" thread
- Replies: 6566
- Views: 627845