jcsbomber Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 Received my 217 and have decided that bigger is better... =) Wonder how long my Daytona will sit unworn now that I have this beast... Anyway, here are some initial shots... Click below for all pictures... http://www.the-sundays.com/timezone/bigandlittle/index.html and my former "daily wear" bunch...
ryyannon Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 Good grief. I didn't know the 217 came in a 54mm case.... Or did the Datejust shrink in the wash?
jens Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 and my former "daily wear" bunch... Hmmmmmmmm. Daily wear Daytona, gun...... I won't ask what you do for living.......
KB Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 I'll go a little further.........'Former daily wear'...............Is that a wedding ring sitting there? Ken
Pugwash Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 I won't ask what you do for living....... Note the Mont Blanc cufflinks. That says he ... um "writes a lot of contracts, capisci?"
Markus Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 What's with the pictures of guns? I don't get it? Is it big and clever? We don't have guns here in the UK so maybe I'm missing out on something? We have knives, would that be cool if I posted pictures of watches draped over some big knives? Or Knuckledusters?
Polynomial Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 What's with the pictures of guns? I don't get it? Is it big and clever? We don't have guns here in the UK so maybe I'm missing out on something? Yeah, but we have knifes ha?
Markus Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 Yeah, but we have knifes ha? I'm preparing a photo shoot as we speak with my Speedmaster Broad Arrow and a carving knife I have in the kitchen, should look seriously cool.
Pugwash Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 We don't have guns here in the UK so maybe I'm missing out on something? It's an American thing. Just leave them to it, they'll never understand. I'm considering doing a photo-shoot with a frying pan or claw hammer, as a homage. Or maybe a bottle of bleach and a stanley knife. Or, in true Scum style, maybe a Snooker ball in a sock.
jcsbomber Posted June 10, 2006 Author Report Posted June 10, 2006 Hehe, maybe I should clarify something really quick... In my "former daily wear" shot, I mean that ONLY the Daytona is no longer in the daily wear bunch... I WILL be wearing the others (esp. the ring) =) As for firearms, I apologize to anyone it might have offended but for me they're just another passion (sort of similar to watches)... My intent was to show my wife's Datejust as belonging to the relatively small Glock 26, contrasting it with the BEAST I just received yesterday (the 217) and a "real gun" (Mossberg 500a)... =) I guess it was only funny to me... (Markus, good luck with the knife shoot, maybe I'll try my hand at that next)
jcsbomber Posted June 10, 2006 Author Report Posted June 10, 2006 Okay, couldn't resist... (did get some weird looks from the wife as she's trying to make dinner) =) Is this what you're thinking??? I'm preparing a photo shoot as we speak with my Speedmaster Broad Arrow and a carving knife I have in the kitchen, should look seriously cool.
Pugwash Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 Is this what you're thinking??? Ok, you stole my Frying Pan idea too ... grrr. Ok, Stanley Knife it is ...
sye46 Posted June 10, 2006 Report Posted June 10, 2006 This is the closest thing to a firearm I have. My EX Power 240 Single Pump Action Watergun and my IWC Portuguese Chrono Somehow.... it doesn't have the same effect as with a real gun
Pugwash Posted June 11, 2006 Report Posted June 11, 2006 Sweet "99E" man!!! Rep or Gen??? It's a frankenknife. The case is gen, but the blades are aftermarket. I do have the original oiled brown-paper blade inserts, though ... let me get my caseback tool out. Oh, wait, you were joking, weren't you. Damn, I need to be more careful.
jcsbomber Posted June 11, 2006 Author Report Posted June 11, 2006 I do like the colors better though... Somehow.... it doesn't have the same effect as with a real gun
Estaban Posted June 11, 2006 Report Posted June 11, 2006 Both guns and the people that own them suck. That's just my opinion. Sorry to offend, but I see no place for them here or any place else.
jcsbomber Posted June 11, 2006 Author Report Posted June 11, 2006 Haha, I am!!! Oh me me look at me!!! Ken
jcsbomber Posted June 11, 2006 Author Report Posted June 11, 2006 Not offended, just curious why you think that??? Both guns and the people that own them suck. That's just my opinion. Sorry to offend, but I see no place for them here or any place else.
Pugwash Posted June 11, 2006 Report Posted June 11, 2006 Not offended, just curious why you think that??? Oh, in case it went un-noticed, the creepy (I hope) Stanley Knife photos are how we Europeans see gun pics. I'm not going to over-analyse it myself. Gun pics don't offend me as much, but there's something very American about them. Most Europeans will never touch, own or need a gun in their entire lives.
jcsbomber Posted June 11, 2006 Author Report Posted June 11, 2006 I apologize, the "creepy"ness of those photos must have gone right over my thick-American head... I thought you were with me in as much as the knife you showed (great photo by the way, nice lighting) was a "tool", like firearms are to some... I don't want to further your image of Americans and firearms so I will say this... There are also very many of us who will never "touch, own or need" one here in the US also... I'm guessing I had better find some other "objects" to photo with, anyone remember "Watchchick"??? J Oh, in case it went un-noticed, the creepy (I hope) Stanley Knife photos are how we Europeans see gun pics. I'm not going to over-analyse it myself. Gun pics don't offend me as much, but there's something very American about them. Most Europeans will never touch, own or need a gun in their entire lives.
ehtolcad Posted June 11, 2006 Report Posted June 11, 2006 next time take pics of the watches with a 10 gallon hat and a slice of apple pie in the background. that'll really get 'em going
savage_here Posted June 11, 2006 Report Posted June 11, 2006 How did this turn into an American bashing thread? I mean to say that guns are an "American thing" is like saying that bad teeth are a "British thing". It's not true is it?
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