Wrist Check 2017

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chuds285

147 posts

140 months

Friday 14th July 2017
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My new blue/black on the terrace at the Burj Al Arab Dubai Saturday evening, lovely place!
Can't get the picture straight though. smile



CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Friday 14th July 2017
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ColdoRS said:


Another watch picture...

My well-loved Dreadnought Voyager today in France.
Don't see too many of those around these parts thumbup

For today my Sinn EZM13, bracelet adjusted to taste biggrin



hilly10

7,076 posts

227 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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Doofus said:
terrydacktal said:
Look at the photo though - he has it pushing into the back of his hand and too far forward.

I'm with Chris, he is wearing it wrong and it looks mad.
Why can't he do whatever he wants? Why does wearing a watch need an arbitrater?
For those who worry about how I wear my watch. A pic today showing normal wear, hope this satisfies the obsessive amongst us

PS If I raise my arm the watch will slip a good 1" down my wrist





Edited by hilly10 on Saturday 15th July 09:07

L99JKB

182 posts

129 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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My Breitling Avenger 2 GMT. Taken in Cala Canutells Menorca.

T6 vanman

3,056 posts

98 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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L99JKB said:
My Breitling Avenger 2 GMT. Taken in Cala Canutells Menorca.
Sorry for your loss ... There are thief's everywhere,
I'll keep a look out in the pawn shops whilst out on holiday in a few weeks thumbup



Gunk

3,302 posts

158 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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T6 vanman said:
Sorry for your loss ... There are thief's everywhere,
I'll keep a look out in the pawn shops whilst out on holiday in a few weeks thumbup
He might have taken it!

L99JKB

182 posts

129 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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Gunk said:
T6 vanman said:
Sorry for your loss ... There are thief's everywhere,
I'll keep a look out in the pawn shops whilst out on holiday in a few weeks thumbup
He might have taken it!
Ok, I walked straight into those comments. Of course I meant that's where the photo was taken.

Octoposse

2,153 posts

184 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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Cosmonaute brightened up with a new shark mesh strap - came this morning. Really happy - lovely feel, and less than £60.

NDA

21,493 posts

224 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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Octoposse said:


Cosmonaute brightened up with a new shark mesh strap - came this morning. Really happy - lovely feel, and less than £60.
I'm a dumbo - what's with the numbering?

ou sont les biscuits

5,087 posts

194 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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NDA said:
I'm a dumbo - what's with the numbering?
It's a 24 hour dial. Designed to be impossible to read at a glance. I loved mine to bits, but it drove me crackers.

NDA

21,493 posts

224 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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ou sont les biscuits said:
NDA said:
I'm a dumbo - what's with the numbering?
It's a 24 hour dial. Designed to be impossible to read at a glance. I loved mine to bits, but it drove me crackers.
I thought that - but 16 at the 8pm position etc? Odd.

ou sont les biscuits

5,087 posts

194 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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NDA said:
ou sont les biscuits said:
NDA said:
I'm a dumbo - what's with the numbering?
It's a 24 hour dial. Designed to be impossible to read at a glance. I loved mine to bits, but it drove me crackers.
I thought that - but 16 at the 8pm position etc? Odd.
Well, 16 hours is 2/3 of the way through the 24 hour day, so that's where it needs to be smile

WhisperingWasp

1,450 posts

136 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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Slight impulse buy. Couldn't make my mind up on what I wanted. Saw this and went for it. Pleased so far.

ETA wonky pic, don't know how to fix.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

223 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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NDA said:
I thought that - but 16 at the 8pm position etc? Odd.
This probably shows it a little clearer, Glycine Airman 2000 back on a divers strap....


NDA

21,493 posts

224 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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gizlaroc said:
NDA said:
I thought that - but 16 at the 8pm position etc? Odd.
This probably shows it a little clearer, Glycine Airman 2000 back on a divers strap....

Thank you.

1600 hours is 4pm. I don't see why '16' (for example) would be at the 8pm position.

I am obviously being incredibly thick! Just never seen time displayed in this way before.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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NDA said:
Thank you.

1600 hours is 4pm. I don't see why '16' (for example) would be at the 8pm position.

I am obviously being incredibly thick! Just never seen time displayed in this way before.
The hour hand only goes round once a day. So 12 noon is where 6 normally is.


battered

4,088 posts

146 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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desolate said:
The hour hand only goes round once a day. So 12 noon is where 6 normally is.
I couldn't live with that. A single hand 24 hour dial would drive me mad, but might possibly be tolerated, but a conventional layout that only rotated once every 24 hours would be impossible. 12 noon with "little hand up and small hand down"? No thanks, not ever.

NDA

21,493 posts

224 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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desolate said:
The hour hand only goes round once a day. So 12 noon is where 6 normally is.
Oh I seeeeee!

Obvious when you know. Thank you.

What a weird arrangement. I'd find that very confusing.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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battered said:
I couldn't live with that. A single hand 24 hour dial would drive me mad, but might possibly be tolerated, but a conventional layout that only rotated once every 24 hours would be impossible. 12 noon with "little hand up and small hand down"? No thanks, not ever.
In pre digital days it would have been very useful as a tool - one way to ensure you where at the 'corrects' 3 o'clock.

Octoposse

2,153 posts

184 months

Saturday 15th July 2017
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NDA said:
desolate said:
The hour hand only goes round once a day. So 12 noon is where 6 normally is.
Oh I seeeeee!

Obvious when you know. Thank you.

What a weird arrangement. I'd find that very confusing.
Had this watch at least eight years so I don't even think about it - so much so that I was momentarily confused with the "What's with the numbering?" question! Interestingly, I can also read 'conventional' watches without conscious adjustment . . . the brain is a wonderful thing . . .

Just loved the Cosmonaute when I first saw it long ago. And adore it again on the new strap (original tan croc very shabby now). It is an affectation I admit though - seldom in my life of Excel spreadsheets, the school run and occasional stand-up poetry do I need horological confirmation of whether it's morning or afternoon! Still cool though . . . .

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