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Scratched the itch for a Bauhaus inexpensively with Klasërn. The watch was designed, produced, and marketed by a young graphics designer who immigrated a couple years ago from South Vietnam. He is adding to his resume by working on a degree at North Texas University. The three tier dial won me over. It is a 38mm 3ATM Ronda 585-2H-D3 quartz piece with sapphire glass and no seconds hand nor lume in keeping with the minimalist Bauhaus theme. Shipped with both a tan and black leather quick disconnect straps. Rear has 4 screws to remove the rear plate to access the 362 battery. With a coupon the delivered price was just a hair over $88.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: bald1, Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Shaman |
Let me see the balance bridge and escapement.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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| Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast  |
Bingo. That’s the giveaway that they just modified/bedazzled quite effectively an ETA 2824-2 movement. They got a ton of small details right...BUT not all of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Seeker of Clarity |
Love the Bauhaus!  | |||
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Raptorman |
It has a butterfly balance bridge and the correct type plates. The Omega coaxial movements were developed from the 2892-2. However what it does not have is a free sprung balance and a silicon spring. If he takes a picture of the escapement, you will see a Swiss fork and two regulators. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| always with a hat or sunscreen |
Thanks r0gue. You might be shocked at how little it cost.  10% coupon code FIRST10 from klasern.com gets it for well under a Franklin. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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I took JHE’s advice and picked up that Tissot diver. It’s a neat watch, definitively more dressy than the rest of my divers. It’s interesting to see how the watch uses a modified ETA 2824-2 movement with a lower beat and a hell of a long power reserve (80 hours). Tissot made some effort to decorate the movement and I do like the display case back. Apparently the watch can be regulated but a brief internet search brought up all kinds of conversations on how Swatch will probably just replace this particular movement rather than service it. Movement replacement makes sense at this price point, Seiko does the same thing with its watches that fall in this pricing category. The more I wear it the more I like it. The bezel insert on this watch is growing on me. It ghosts out under low light and gives the watch a more formal appearance. Notice how the 30 second mark on the bezel insert ghosted out in the pic.   This message has been edited. Last edited by: stickman428, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| Raptorman |
Tissot is a SWATCH group product like Blancpain, Omega, Longines and Hamilton. ETA is their primary movement manufacturer as they have owned them for some time after selling off Lemania to Breguet and then have now bought them back. Tissot benefits from ETA's innovations along with Omega's technology. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Looks good. I like the bracelet. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast |
Mars_Attacks, The reason I was talking about regulation on this movement is because Tissot claims such a thing to be unnecessary. From a review of the Powermatic 80 “The high-tech escapement has no regulator; the rate is set at the factory with a laser, making the manual rate adjustments normally required by a mechanical watch unnecessary.” Link to the review I have not had the watch very long but I will say so far it has been VERY accurate. The 21mm lugs will limit band/bracelet options a little but it did come with a decent bracelet from the factory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
It appears to have a free-sprung balance (regulated by the position of the "screws" on the balance arms) which can be very accurate. Elgin tried this in the late 50's-60's before they folded tent and went under. I would not doubt that Swatch puts a nice movement in the watch. Very nice watch! RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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I have a 21mm lug watch, and it does limit you most places for selection. I've found that the Euro Watch Band Center has almost 200 leather bands in 21mm. I've never searched their other styles (metal, synthetic, textile etc) for 21mm. Their prices are in Euros, and they ship via DeutschePost which takes about a week, and at a very reasonable price for shipping. When in doubt, mumble | |||
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Thanks for the link Henry, I’ll check them out. I won an auction I wasn’t expecting to win recently  . and now for something completely different.... My first bronze watch! (CUSN8 bronze w/ SS caseback) And one with a honey of a movement! Siletta SW200 that’s keeping exquisite time.  When I inevitably whittle my watch collection down to only a dozen or so this baby will be one of the last standing. It’s amazing. I got it used so it’s already acquired a little patina that I look forward to adding to. I wasn’t too keen on the rubber strap so I added something more comfy and aesthetically pleasing.    upload picture to web~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| always with a hat or sunscreen |
That Zelos Mako diver is an interesting piece. Wasn't familiar with the brand so I looked it up. A microbrand out of Signapore started in 2014. Some kickstarter history too. Here's an interesting review: https://www.ablogtowatch.com/z...m-dive-watch-review/ Microbrands are proliferating with some excellent stuff out there. FWIW that Bauhaus piece I recently picked up was also a microbrand product of a limited edition of 100 pieces. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| Seeker of Clarity |
That looks cool! Hard and soft at the same time. I may have to try a bronze one day. | |||
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| Raptorman |
That Zelos is awesome. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
This June, I traveled to Germany where I thought I could pick up a Rolex GMT. No such luck. But as I was looking at the Rolex store in the airport, this caught my eye. It looked so nice, I fell in love and bought the watch.   I think I want a Sky Dweller anyway at this point. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Seeker of Clarity |
Understandable, ... she'd be hard to resist. Lucky for you she wasn't selling Hublot. | |||
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| Raptorman |
Soob meir seeblay. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3S3Vbna2Vo ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Seeker of Clarity |
Toured (Explored) Pitt today with my kid. Amazing weather, it was freezing in the shade, and hot in the sun. Cathedral of Learning in the background.  | |||
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