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reckon swatch hit the nail on the head with that model!
Mar 21, 2011,20:17 PM
I really like it and have seen it on quite a few wrists! very striking, yet simple design.
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A Casual GTG – Part 3
By: AndrewD : March 21st, 2011-17:27
Hi All Last night a small group of Melbourne watch aficionados got together again, ostensibly to discuss horology, but in reality any excuse to share a beer or two. So here are a few photos from the evening. Hope you enjoy … The Seiko Quartz Astron 40 th ...
And for Grumio ...
By: AndrewD : March 21st, 2011-17:38
Who recently unveiled his first JLC on the Forums, a 34mm MUT [ Click Here ], here are some photos of our new toys together ......
Simple - meet complicated. Complicated - meet simple.
By: grumio : March 21st, 2011-20:09
Great to meet a few new new watch friends, and to catch up with old ones as well. From a plastic swatch to a dead seconds tourbillon, and just about everything in between. Quite a pile on the table there. I really liked that Astron. Not something you see ...
Well...
By: aptronym : March 21st, 2011-21:38
....I don't know why Andrew didn't take close-ups, but it's the AMVOX2 Chronograph DBS - 192T450 if you're wondering.
Thx. [nt]
By: KC74 : March 21st, 2011-21:40
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my pleasure...
By: aptronym : March 21st, 2011-21:44
...the watch isn't mine, but I know it well
Not shy. Just my shaky hands. Too many great toys ...
By: AndrewD : March 21st, 2011-23:31
... and I didn't get photos of all of them. But it is the AMVOX2 DBS, as Aptronym points out. 44mm and in light titanium with a partially skeletonized dial. But still the chrono counters are very legible. Short lugs so it sits very well indeed on the wris...
What an eclectic mix....
By: aptronym : March 21st, 2011-20:17
...I love the variety in these photos. It's part of what watches are about, for me. The sheer breadth of different interests. Some of these watches I know well, but others not at all. I'm also curious about the Swatch, although I have a hunch re: whether ...
I guess so!
By: aptronym : March 22nd, 2011-16:22
But I did make a call yesterday and find out, hehe.
Again apologies
By: flamenco : March 21st, 2011-22:47
for the no show. got me dates mixed up, most embarrassingly ......
Many thanks
By: biblio888 : March 21st, 2011-22:45
Thank you Andrew. It was a pleasure to be able to see and play with not just one but two FPJs. Best Peter
Great to see you ...
By: AndrewD : March 22nd, 2011-00:22
... Peter, and pleased you could share the evening with us. See you in Sydney next time. Great pair of watches by the way. Andrew
I love these GTG reports!
By: dxboon : March 21st, 2011-22:51
It's so much fun to see who will turn up wearing... Great, eclectic collection presented at this gathering. I am enjoying each watch -- especially the colorful Swatch! No food present at this GTG? That doesn't sound like a bunch of PuristS. Where there ar...
Hehehe!
By: dxboon : March 24th, 2011-07:06
Hope to see you soon, Art! Cheers, Daos
LOL!
By: dxboon : March 24th, 2011-21:29
Hopefully for hot wings at the Rainbow Room! Come visit us and join in! Daos
Additional info for Magnus
By: Tom the Tinkerer : March 22nd, 2011-03:00
That one I can help with... though I should probably do a more comprehensive post or series... Basically it's the culmination of 7 weeks /5 years of work, in which I was trying to complete an ETA 6498 based custom movement/case/dial, but ran out of time b...
Thanks for that further info, Tom...
By: pplater : March 22nd, 2011-04:46
It was clear that your watch was a 'custom' piece and, to a lover of Independents, it was the first to scream out of the photo. You have been running a blog, haven't you, on the manufacture of your watch? A mutual acquaintance pointed to it some time ago,...
More more info....
By: Tom the Tinkerer : March 23rd, 2011-01:19
Yup, the movement is mine as well, I had hoped to case it instead of the ETA, but ran out of time before heading O/S, and also was running out of tools, raw materials, and health... The blog is woefully out of date unfortunately, shortly after my last pos...
Thanks Magnus!...
By: pplater : March 22nd, 2011-04:36
For a moment there it looked as if everybody had just missed it. Great to see a hand-made in there. Cheers, pplater.
Have a stare at...
By: BDLJ : March 23rd, 2011-05:06
..the modified movement Tom has created....the more you stare, the more interesting it is...nice to have the creator there to explain the modified layout.
Harumph!...
By: pplater : March 22nd, 2011-04:48
You 'wise men from the East' have all the fun... >:-( Cheers, pplater.
We are clearly going to miss you at IGOTT2 ...
By: AndrewD : March 22nd, 2011-14:57
... if all your GTG's are like that. Actually Graham, we were all very well behaved. There is always family to get home to, so these are usually quick GTG's after work. And we are not up to the standard of the Sydney Tarts who meet weekly. And we had an i...
one day i hope to...
By: G99 : March 22nd, 2011-15:00
one day i hope to make it Andrew so i can try some of that dishwater you Ozzies call beer G...
Now, now, pplater....
By: BDLJ : March 23rd, 2011-22:55
....a proper footy pie has lava hot filling on encapsulating a still frozen core. Like a reverse Uranus...and about as appetising...
Another great looking GTG! :)
By: blomman Mr Blue : March 22nd, 2011-14:58
You guys really know how to have a good time! Thanks for sharing all these beauties with us, Andrew! Happy to see some JLC’s among you! Best Blomman
Nice watches
By: SamEE : March 22nd, 2011-20:04
That looks like a fun GTG. Nice Pics, especially the dead seconds F.P. Journ. Thanks for sharing! Cheers SamEE