A Few Thoughts and Questions

[F15DOC]

First off, may I say in the most cordial way....

DAMN YOU ALL!!

You have all slowly continued to get me addicted to watches!!

I miss the days when I viewed a watch as a simple thing to tell me the time, and the only thing that mattered

was that it didn't cost too much so when I banged it up I wouldn't care and that it was waterproof and could handle some G Forces....

sigh...

Those days are long gone, and it is all your fault... DAMN YOU!!!

LOL... <chuckles>

Anyway, on to my true questions here.

I am slowly accumulating various reps, and slowly becoming more and more willing to spend more and more on them....

Did I say...

DAMN YOU ALL!! already?

Oh, I did.... OK, good....

So, now that I am beginning to accumulate some reps, some good, some not so good...

I need a few items.

First of all, my dresser top is starting to look like a scrap heap of watches, I need a case.

Nothing fancy, don't want to spend watch money on a storage case,

but I certainly need one to protect the watches and keep them organized...

and to "hide" the growing numbers of watches by not making them so obvious to my wife!!LOL

I am hearing this more frequently....

"You bought ANOTHER WATCH!!"

LOL, I think I am going to record it and post it one of these days!!

The second thing that I need is some basic tools for switching straps, dang, some of those straps are pricey!!

Did I say...

DAMN YOU ALL!! recently, no?

Well OK, now I have!!

What I am cursing and thanking you all for is getting me into this great hobby.

I got a great comment on an IWC Schaffhausen I have been wearing for a few days, and it is a kewl

to connect with other watch appreciators

So, suggestions on where to get a case and what basic tools would you suggest?

I am not yet into modding watches or getting into that side, but I see my OCWD (Obsessive Compulsive Watch Disorder),

kicking in, and I probably will start modding watches at some point.

First thing first... lets just start with changing out straps and giving me the ability to take a caseback off.

I found this on eBay... garbage? basic starter set that is ok?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Watch-Band-Strap-Remov...1QQcmdZViewItem

And a case like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-20-UNIT-WATCH-CASE...1QQcmdZViewItem

Give me your thoughts and comments please....

Roger L

F15DOC

Edited June 19, 2008 by F15DOC

[hiker01]

Ok Pilot! Here's some for tools:

Screw drivers:

http://www.ofrei.com/page238.html

Strap removal:

http://www.ofrei.com/page_226.html

Case openers: BTW - I have the rubber ball:

http://www.ofrei.com/page215.html

Here's the main page for all the tools that you need:

http://www.ofrei.com/page235.html

Good luck and have fun! A tip: Have a secret room in the house that your wife doesn't know about and store your

watch collection their........and some of those underwears you collected, too!!!!!

[chrgod]

Yes, I know the feeling! It is a slightly weird hobby..

Another thing you will need soon is a set of different springbars. These things break easily, and there is nothing more rustrating than having a nice watch with a broken bracelet, just due to a minor springbar.

Naarika sometimes have a nice set of basic tools and springbars, I bought my tools from him.

[Birdman]

You could go to my website to buy them and get free US shipping and I am a whole lot friendlier

Click Here

Birdman

[Ztech]

LOL F15DOC,

Welcome to the world of reps and watches in general. You'll get used to the ebb and flow of this obsess... umm... hobby. It seems about time that you start building that Bat Cave in your house so you can carry on your secret life without your wife being the wiser.

z