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Jake is struggling through a bus station with two huge and obviously heavy suitcases when a stranger walks up to him and asks “Have you got the time?” Jake sighs, puts down the suitcases and glances at his wrist. “It’s a quarter to six,” he says. “Hey, that’s a pretty fancy watch!” exclaims the stranger. Jake brightens a little. “Yeah, it’s not bad. It’s an invention of mine I’ve been working on. Check this out” – and he shows him a time zone display not just for every time zone in the world, but for the 86 largest metropolises. He hits a few buttons and from somewhere on the watch a voice says “The time is eleven ’til six” in a very West Texas accent. A few more buttons and the same voice says something in Japanese. Jake continues “I’ve put in regional accents for each city”. The display is unbelievably high quality and the voice is simply astounding. The stranger is struck dumb with admiration. “That’s not all”, says Jake. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very high-resolution map of New York City appears on the display. “The flashing dot shows our location by satellite positioning,” explains Jake. “Zoom out”, Jake says, and the display changes to show all of eastern New York state. “I want to buy this watch!” says the stranger. “Oh, no, it’s not ready for sale yet; I’m still working out the bugs”, says the inventor. “But look at this”, and he proceeds to demonstrate that the watch is also a very creditable little FM radio receiver with a digital tuner, a sonar device that can measure distances up to 125 meters, a pager with thermal paper printout and, most impressive of all, the capacity for voice recordings of up to 300 standard-size books, “though I only have 32 of my favorites in there so far” says Jake. “I’ve got to have this watch!”, says the stranger. “No, you don’t understand; it’s not ready…” “I’ll give you $1000 for it!” “Oh, no, I’ve already spent more than…” “I’ll give you $5000 for it!” “But it’s just not…” “I’ll give you $15,000 for it!” And the stranger pulls out a checkbook. Jake stops to think. He’s only put about $8500 into materials and development, and with $15,000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in only six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in front of him. “Here it is, ready to hand to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it.” Jake abruptly makes his decision. “OK”, he says, and peels off the watch. They make the exchange and the stranger starts happily away. “Hey, wait a minute”, calls Jake after the stranger, who turns around warily. Jake points to the two suitcases he’d been trying to wrestle through the bus station. . “Don’t forget your batteries.”

Rare wristy from MOAB, my ML Pontos 500 meter diver on Gen ML Nato.

Look at my group shot pictures above, all my watches are always synchronized Pics from my DRSD are old ones. BTW, let me congratulate you for your job on dials cause it's a real pleasure to look at it and compare it with gen pictures without be frustrated because of flaws

Blue Milgauss from Noob with the pebeo vitrea emerald green glass paint mod. To do this simply cover tightly with aluminum foil then run finger nail around base of crystal to cut out and remove center. Run paint marker once around the edge. Start and stop at the 10:00 position to hide any overlap from view. Remove remaining foil after drying a few minutes. Paint becomes water proof over several days of drying.

Marti they are all over and you want a good pic! Ha you know I can not take one of those.

MMM DD with the new end pieces for strap wear. Really liking this set up. Sent from my droptop using telepathy.

Date? On my watch? Well lookie there, there IS a date on that beater. Who woulda thunk it? Pfffffft.... it's right once in awhile. Good enough for me.

I didn't realize how much I missed seeing those classic By-Tor shots!

GMT Master II today.