The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[Neville Southall]

I heard they use ETA movements and just add a consonant.

I JUST SPIT OUT MY ******* WINE. LMFA-MOTHERFUCKING-O. WOW.

 

[RSS]

"We need only mention the orgie in the church at Smolensk, strewn with more dead than it held already, the unfortunate men stumbling over the snow-covered heaps to reach the sanctuary, guided by music they believed to be from heaven, actually produced by drunken men at the organ; the organ itself half burnt, on the point of crashing down into the nave below."

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-1813, by Adrien Jean Baptiste François Bourgogne

Perhaps different from what you intended, but that passage took me back 50 years to a course on the Napoleonic Wars. I remember it because I was at the time learning to play “Litanies” — not the easiest work — by a much later French composer, Jehan Alain. I’d spent days in a church loft with a grand French style organ. Yes, very different from what a soldier returning from Moscow in the bleak of winter would have experienced … but there was the connection of the organ.

 

[am55]

Perhaps different from what you intended, but that passage took me back 50 years to a course on the Napoleonic Wars. I remember it because I was at the time learning to play “Litanies” — not the easiest work — by a much later French composer, Jehan Alain. I’d spent days in a church loft with a grand French style organ. Yes, very different from what a soldier returning from Moscow in the bleak of winter would have experienced … but there was the connection of the organ.

That is the best thing about you yanks, the positive attitude. No really! Have you ever visited St Sulpice and Ste Trinite and heard their Cavaille Coll? Extraordinary stuff. Almost makes up for having to be in Paris.

 

[Journeyman]

Four + One: Elegant Watches Strike A Chord With This Pianist

Refinement is Koji Attwood's forte, as both a musician and a collector.

www.hodinkee.com

ie. OG StyFoDude with a considered collection that's actually interesting.

@Thracozaag! How cool!

Years ago now, I remember he posted some clips on Styleforum of him playing piano - I think that he may still have been finishing his PhD, or at least near the beginning of his career. Great to see that he's doing well.

I personally think that all these luxury watches are just a jewelry.
Just a watch costs a couple of hundreds, everything above goes into jewelry territory.

That's essentially correct.

Nowadays, mechanical watches are an entirely unnecessary, inefficient, luxury good. We don't need to buy them at all.

That's why we need threads like these, so we can try to justify our choices and get validation from like-minded people!

 

[chocomallo]

Why hasn't the OF been given the nickname of the "Scarab"?

 

[NakedYoga]

Why hasn't the OF been given the nickname of the "Scarab"?

Be the change you want to see in the world.

 

[mebiuspower]

Can't get too close... macro lens is too sharp and I can see imperfections...

 

[thuhoan]

Can't get too close... macro lens is too sharp and I can see imperfections...

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Looks like a fine shirt too

 

[RSS]

That is the best thing about you yanks, the positive attitude. No really! Have you ever visited St Sulpice and Ste Trinite and heard their Cavaille Coll? Extraordinary stuff. Almost makes up for having to be in Paris.

Yes, yes, and yes. I stopped playing years ago, but my spouse continues ... keeps a harpsichord for practice. We have planned trips with a pipe organ as the destination. He favors late 19th and early 20th century French composers. A Cavaillé-Coll is rather the ultimate instrument for that style of music.

We don't exactly need urging to visit Paris. While COVID has held me back from travel, my partner visited St. Sulpice in September.

I think that positive attitude comes from being an architect. If one has sufficient commissions, one lives with criticism day and night. Architects can be a rather bitchy lot. Oh well, as Wilde said "the only thing worse than being talked about it not being talked about." Hey, just a little positive spin.

 

[chrfi]

New battery, new caseback seal, crown lubricated, pressure tested for 10bar. Ticking nicely again!

Photo shows the Rolex logo on the sapphire, that's not normaly visible at all - at least with my eyesight.

 

[Clouseau]

TBH I only look vaguely at this thread, but I am always surprised to see how lively it is. So it’s time to share my best watch that my father left me, it is a gold Piaget from 1950. It would certainly need a better picture, but here it is.

 

[smittycl]

TBH I only look vaguely at this thread, but I am always surprised to see how lively it is. So it’s time to share my best watch that my father left me, it is a gold Piaget from 1950. It would certainly need a better picture, but here it is.

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Very nice!

 

[Clouseau]

Very nice!

And it works perfectly well my friend.

 

[Newcomer]

Beautiful, @Clouseau

This is one of my favorite threads on SF (and in my opinion, it has some of the liveliest watch discussions on the interwebs). It is a pleasant mix of watch pictures, extremely informative posts, ****-talking, etc. Vintage SF.

 

[Newcomer]

Also, @Keith T - I'm happy that you got that Tank LC for yourself. It is a beautiful watch! You should share more pics .