Indeed.

An Egyptian diver's clock

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Originally posted by jhe888:
A new strap:

I like it. What make/source?

Babu Handmade Leather

www.babuhandmadeleather.com

Very nice quality, reasonable price. Shipped quickly from Vietnam.

Man, these micro brands are addicting. Decided to try a Zelos and picked up their new 40 mm Swordfish (S/N 006). Got the launch price of $269 and I'm impressed. The blue on the dial of the outdoor shot is just the reflection of the sky. I tried a leather band on the indoor shot and you can see that the dial's black.

Here's the Phoibos I ordered.

It's very Yachtmaster-ish and I just love the polished stainless / blue dial combo.

Tooky13, yes. Micro brands are VERY addictive. Gorgeous Zelos! I came close to pulling the trigger myself but I scooped up the same watch as Mars attacks. Elshan Tang makes some amazing watches. I did recently pick up a Zelos Horizons V2 with the frost/ full lume dial and I am loving it!


She isn’t fancy but this is one of my favorite watches a Seiko PADI Turtle in its natural environment. This watch is just amazing.

The mesh looks good on your turtle. Who made it?

Thanks! Strapcode winghead 22mm shark mesh.

Today I’m doing a bit of a science experiment to see how salt water and sea foam patina my blue dial Ventus Northstar. I did a forced patina on my green dial Northstar and it ended up looking 200 years old afterwards.

This is a cool brass watch!

That was fast.

Who knew the French were watchmakers? I'm really liking this one. Really nice build quality, in house movement, and super clean dial.

I have a Yema bronze diver. I am quite happy with it. Well built, and an in-house movement is nice.



It is on a leather strap now, and the bronze has dulled, as you would expect.

JHE888, awesome watch! You should have some fun forcing a patina on it. A little bit of lemon juice diluted in water will bring it right back to its shiny original state.

Unless you’re going for more of a natural patina over time which is cool too.

I looked at that exact watch. I decided I wanted something that wasn't a diver, but looking at that makes me start to consider using my points for a discount...

How's that Superman keeping time? My Flygraf has been excellent thus far. Roughly 5 seconds a day fast over the first week.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Unless you’re going for more of a natural patina over time which is cool too.

That is my choice - a natural patina. That photo was made right after I bought it. It is now not shiny. I'll take another photo next time I wear it.

It keeps good time, but I don't wear it for an extended enough period of time to have observed it for a week (for example) straight.

rOgue, thanks for posting up that YouTube video on how to sharpen screwdrivers. I really enjoyed that and ended up subscribing to his channel. I can’t wait to get some better tools and start playing around with my Seiko automatics.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
rOgue, thanks for posting up that YouTube video on how to sharpen screwdrivers. I really enjoyed that and ended up subscribing to his channel. I can’t wait to get some better tools and start playing around with my Seiko automatics.

I'v endeavored to establish a hollow ground profile for doing Rolex bracelet screws. Taking a cue from gun smithing tools I'd seen. They work fabulous. Never slip.

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Originally posted by r0gue: I'v endeavored to establish a hollow ground profile for doing Rolex bracelet screws.

This works great for getting a perfect profile on screwdriver blades, though it's a bit expensive for a single-task tool: https://www.esslinger.com/horo...harpener-msa-01-504/