I remember watching the Rape Ape on ABC back in the 70s. I think it aired after Hong Kong Pooney.
Amazing what they could get away with in cartoons back then.
That is astonishing that somebody would use water-soluble adhesive for this application.
I think they sent the Wicked Witch of the West to the glue factory and came up with this.
My in laws were over for Thanksgiving a couple of years back. In the dining room is a Jackson Pollock-type painting that I did years ago. My brother-in-law (a parole officer and mama's boy) attempted to give me some [censored] by scratching his chin and telling the room that he saw sexual frustration in the painting.
My reply:
"Yeah, I painted it before I met your sister."
So I guess what we need is an Asian El Primero movement.
Damn! Just the thought of it is like a ray of light through the clouds.
Here are my nominees:
Doxa Diver:
Original Heuer Steve McQueen Chrono:
Glashuette Senator Sixties Chrono:
I've had trouble with those kinds of winders. The watches didn't sit vertically enough to spin the rotors well. I had to prop up the rear of the device to get the watches' rotors to spin.
t200, you can have those watches fixed. Just find a rep-friendly watchsmith in your area, or arrange to send them off to The Zigmeister, Vac, or another fixer on this board with a good reputation.
In a million years our descendants can open Liberace's casket and find this watch; brought into being out of his body's carbon, the time, and the pressure.