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Syttende Mai!!

Stick around for awhile and... turns into......

Driving home 5 minutes ago I came across these 3 characters prowling about. This is 4 miles down the mountain from home, so they ought to be home in time for dinner!

I don't want to be a party pooper but some of the details look wrong compared to my old 1665 MBW. In fact this looks more like a contemporary PT to me. Can you get a photo from the 6:00 end of the case to show the droopy CGs and the sloped case side opposite the crown? My tells: the insert, the finish on back of the CGs, the CGs are short (in pics 4 & 5), the rehaut looks too deep, the lugs don't extend far enough past the endlink. Are you sure all photos are of the same watch?

How about one of these?

Oldest (and only) remaining rep is an MBW DRSD. It's 14 years old now and starting to go "tropical" from the sun.

Niiiiiiiice, T. Mine was looking pretty sharp too, until it went completely brain dead. It lost its little electronic mind and wouldn't even restore to factory settings. After some days of fighting it I got it back to life but I'm stuck on 4.3.2 and un-jailbroken. Argh!

Mr. Allen Swift of Springfield, MA. received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly Phantom-1 Roadster from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928. He drove it up until his death in 2005 ... at the age of 102. He was the oldest living owner of a car from new, having driven this one 77 years. He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death. It has 170,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition. That's approximately 2000 miles per year.

BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Best answer ever.

Nice stories, B! I was wearing my modded MBW DRSD and popped into a store for some tools. As I left I saw the jewelry department had something big going on so I detoured inside. Lo and behold, there's all these guys in suits with trays of the new Rolex models (this was about 5 years ago). They assured me I needed to sit down at the expensive glass counter and have an expensive cup of coffee in an expensive glass cup, while they trotted out these sparkly new watches about which I cared not a whit. All real watches wear acrylic domed crystals, after all. So I held a few and clucked my tongue and "admired" them, wishing I could escape (in their defense the coffee was very good) until an elderly gent wandered by behind the counter, doing the Grandfather Time impression, just as I reached for another model. My sleeve slid up and lovely stainless steel glittered. He glanced down, and did the world's biggest Deer-In-The-Headlights impersonation. Imagine The Scream by Edvard Munch and you're close. With muted voice, barely above a whisper, he muttered "My God, that's a RED" and reached with trembling hands. "May I??" I didn't have the heart to say no, so I handed it over the counter, asking him to please hold it above a padded surface (like it's never been bashed on a rock before??). With the utmost care and reverence ... I swear he had his staff put on Durufle's Requiem as he held it ... he asked if he could work the movement, I said sure, why not? So he gently unscrewed the crown, he smiled with near ecstasy at the feel of the threads, and he (wait for it....) turned the crown. That's right, he set the time on an old steel tool watch. As if it was the Mona Lisa or something. I doubt anyone but his wife has ever seen that expression on his face. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was a fake. I think he would have cursed me in a dozen languages and thrown me out, or burst into tears. I'm not sure which. Anyway, yeah you can wear the beasties. But you're on thin ice. Ya gotta know your limitations. You've got to be prepared with an answer for when the question comes. "Is it real?"

Oh baby!!! I like your approach a LOT better than mine. You'll notice my bezel didn't pop off either.

Ah, you misunderestimated me. Sorry 'bout that. I didn't mean for protection against cuts, no no no. I meant wear gloves so your hands don't slip on the axe handle. It's easy to miss.

Probably not. Like Freddy said, most people have no idea what it is, and the red lettering means nothing to them. They'd have no reason to question it, but might comment on "why is that red?" That isn't always a good indication of age. Lots of vintage watches still look pretty good. But there will be an overall sheen of "It's been worn. A LOT." I think you've answered your own question. Most people won't know what a DRSD is, so no biggie. But the people that do know live in pretty rare atmosphere and when you're called out, you won't just get a curious glance ... more like full-on scorn. Not pretty.

I use a blade from a utility knife. Tap it gently into the crack between bezel and case, working your way around the perimeter. Wear gloves. This will also remove tight crystal retaining rings.

So sad... the man was soft spoken and talented. A rare breed. RIP Noah.

Verrrrrrrry nice! Look how those end links fit that case!

Garrrr, it be September 19th then? Shiver me timbers and hoist the chocolate!

Very nice! Those thin cases are spectacular.

As quickly as it begins, it ends. Hey what does the wind chill chart say for 25 degrees and 155mph wind?

Well we survived our little breeze today, it scoured all the packed snow (8" of it) off the driveway down to glare ice. It blew all the snow off the yard and left a 10 foot drift on the downwind side of the house, blocking the garage door completely. An hour with a shovel and Brunhilda the snowblower fixed it. Now there's a fire in the stove, a nice Shiraz in the cup, and the stars are coming out. Life is good.

Dang, 1.3cm is epic for a set of buds! I listened to WADS of headphones for years, from cheap crap-phones to high end studio jobbies, and settled on some Advent that were acceptable. Then one day my daughter handed me a set of Skullcandys and suggested I try them. The harsh upper end was annoying but I felt things rumbling in my chest, music I'd never heard before. I put in a CD by Thousand Foot Krutch and there was a whole bottom octave there I'd never heard before. I played it over and over, gritting my teeth against the harsh upper end but just digging that huge bottom end. Then I tried modding them with foam plugs and the results are prett-tt-ty darn fine. For 20 clams you can't go wrong. Pick some foams to damp them to your liking and enjoy.

If you're looking for massive bottom octave bass look at the $20 Skullcandy buds. They're flippin' amazing. But the harsh upper mids will drive you crazy until you mod them with some foam plugs. Then, they're just flat amazing. But they're still not Klipsch X10s.

The weather's taken a moderately breezy turn this afternoon.

Here's what "Summer" looks like here... find a spot where most of the snow has melted off and take a snooze!