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Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
My Orient hand winds and hacks.
It has the newest F6922 movement.

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Originally posted by sybo:
My new G-Shock!!! I LOVE their Solar models! This pairs up with my phone!

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Originally posted by rduckwor:
XL is a good looking wathc! I agree that Orient make some good stuff.

What's the purpose of the upper button on the XL? Is this some form of kinetic movement?

Thanks,

RMD

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Originally posted by at-home-daddy:

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Originally posted by rduckwor:
XL is a good looking wathc! I agree that Orient make some good stuff.

What's the purpose of the upper button on the XL? Is this some form of kinetic movement?

Thanks,

RMD

No, it’s a push button that advances the day-of-the-week, while the single pull of the crown advances the date only. A different setup than I’m used to, but that’s the way it’s designed.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
If the hands are radium, they still aren't acutely dangerous unless the radium is swallowed or breathed. The fact that yours is out of the case makes it somewhat more likely that you could ingest some radium if a piece were to flake off. Wear a mask and gloves, at least, if turns out to be radium. (Even better, find someone set up and willing to work on it.) Just wearing a radium watch isn't very risky, though.

Don't get me wrong, the radium is still there, emitting radiation. Even if they no longer glow, it is because the flourescent paint is worn out, not because the radium isn't still radioactive. But there is so little radium in a watch, that the radiation danger from external exposure is negligible.

Watch dial painters were harmed by radium because they licked their paint brushes to put a point on them. They had long term, internal exposure.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/health/11real.html

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Originally posted by JD83:
Took advantage of the crazy prices nowadays that the 16710 GMT and Sub 14060M are fetching and traded these, plus cash



for this white gold DD40(came w/stickers attached, box, tags,
and paper :



(A classic "buy low, sell high" transaction).

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Originally posted by JD83:
Took advantage of the crazy prices nowadays that the 16710 GMT and Sub 14060M are fetching and traded these, plus cash



for this white gold DD40(came w/stickers attached, box, tags,
and paper :



(A classic "buy low, sell high" transaction).

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Originally posted by r0gue:
Those 5 digit Rolex sport watches are commanding a premium because Rolex has jumped the shark with their new models. (My opinion), and thus people can taste the vintage classic feel in these models and they've really drawn back the availability of them on the pre-owned market. I can't fault your decision if that's what's calling you. But I suspect one day, you'll be amazed where those 5 digit models ultimately go to. Double current values is not out of the question (my opinion again).