The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1273

 

Congratulations and happy birthday!

Met up for lunch with a couple of very cool guys who are also watch enthusiasts (from other watch forums).  When are we going to have a "Watch Appreciation Thread" get-together, if anyone's up for it??!

 

 

 

 

 

Comment: 5270 looks LARGE right beside the 3970, 'no?  That's 36mm versus 41mm but since that's the case diameter that translates to roughly a 30% difference in case area.

that is a fantastic pic. im up for a watch get together. i plan on leaving with more watches than i arrived with.

Nice grouping of watches. Yes, the 5270 looks much larger, but the 3970 follows a more traditional size and appearance for their perpetual calendar chronos.

Haven't been to a GTG in a while. It would be fun to have a watch appreciation GTG. I may be able to go to NYC for a few days in May. Or if SF regulars are in the North East, I work near Boston.

I like stitches idea of leaving with more watches than he arrived with ; )
Edited by Dino944 - 3/20/13 at 6:23am

Can't speak for the radium watches, but the tritium studies were IIRC done with plastic cased watches, not metal cased ones.

Ball Watch, in a dark room, after being kept in a box for a few months.

Some of my RTW shirts do not have enough room in the cuff for my latest acquisition.... does anyone use button extenders? It seems, on the face, like a good idea that could go horribly wrong.

i have tried to get pics like this of my panerai, but cant get a good one. what is the required technique?

No technique on this one. Tritium gas filled tubes make it bright all the time.

On your PAM, you can get a good pic if you expose the dial to bright sunlight then take it into a completely dark room. Sunlight seems to charge the luminova best.

maybe i dont "charge" it long enough, as my pics never come out in the dark. will try the sunlight method. thanks!

You could also try increasing the exposure in order to let the light in for a longer period of time.

I like this lume pic I took--just regular point and shoot, but did a countdown.

try rolling up your sleeves when youre out in public touching yourself
 

amazing.