docdoowop Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 Do we need one? should we start a submissions process with adjudication by member votes? just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 I think what the forum needs is more members with watchmaking knowledge/experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 "I think what the forum needs is more members with watchmaking knowledge/experience." Agree. One reason for the slowdown in traffic might be the younger generation being more interested in modern watches that are widely available as 'super reps' and generally more reliable than what we are used to. This may have erased much of the need for modifying/repairing tips from forums like this one. Otoh, RWI has over 1450 posts on Rlx '1016' watches so there is still quite a bit of interest in do-it-yourself vintage projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdoowop Posted October 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 Acquired knowledge takes time and commitment... younger people may be in university and most of their time may be spent on their studies rather than how to fix a watch....there are people for that... the watch hobby can time consuming... my thread was about specifically a logo for the top left corner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 freddy , We were always the store of knowledge and expertise for modding , movements, vintage whatever for the rep world. i doubt we are deficient in that area, what we lack/lacked was volume of members just to make the place fun to hang out at. I can not tell you how many times guys at RWG bz would call us the knitting circle, I replied " my guys are sitting in ivory towers thinking up builds your guys are buying whatever the latest thing factories try to sell them." That is not our problem even with some older guys no longer able to mod as they do not see so well! Yes this is true................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 8 hours ago, Mike on a bike said: We were always the store of knowledge and expertise for modding , movements, vintage whatever for the rep world. i doubt we are deficient in that area "Were" is the salient issue. We no longer are, nor have we been for several years. I think a simple perusal of RWI's daily postings will demonstrably illustrate the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 "Were" is the salient issue. We no longer are, nor have we been for several years. I think a simple perusal of RWI's daily postings will demonstrably illustrate the point." Yeah. It looks to me like... We ain't no fun anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 You are correct Freddy past tense but even with our modders at their height it was so tough to get the place alive /fun as automatico states tough in cheek and I tried everything photo contests, raffles with outrageous amounts of watches to take a chance on for a few bucks, chasing dealers around to post their new stuff here as they did elsewhere and other things but nothing took. Now you tell me more modders on RWI (I do not go there much at all) well that is very bad news. Well I am not in hot seat anymore others are going to try their hand, let us wish them luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 22 hours ago, Mike on a bike said: I tried everything photo contests, raffles with outrageous amounts of watches to take a chance on for a few bucks You are making my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Yes I am I guess, my point was that even at our height of modding prowess we were a sleepy place/ not fun WTF are we going to do now as we are deficient to other boards in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 More traffic is what’s needed. The fun will come. To gain some attention I’ll post some photos of bobbies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 I didn’t know you were a keen ornithologist. I do like boobies. Here is pair of great tits bouncing around 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtools Posted November 3, 2023 Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 Hey, that's a nice pair of Great [censored]! Thanks for keeping us abreast on the subject! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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