Watches

Not necessarily for me, but I do like the colors. And for the price point for a ceramic, pretty cool!

Not for me, but I like the colors. And the price point for ceramic is not bad either. What do y’all think?

My excuse? 15year old #SARB017 is losing a (nearing)minute daily and rotating bezel's gritty from min 30 to min 45.

Solar+GMT Sumo's surprisingly light(coming from SARB017 and Garmin Instinct). Doesn't feel too tall nor overhang on my 7.25in/18.4cm wrist.

On Single pass RSM Field Grey Herringbone Twill strap until I get bracelet link removal tool. Love this strap as I can position all the hardware away from bottom and underside of wrist, makes sysadmin'ng a breeze.

Seems that I got lucky with alignment draw? Seconds hand appears to be mostly hitting all indexes on the rehaut, missed a by bit from min 45 to min 60.

Overall, Chuffed to bits.

tissot crono, some hands arent very legible. put a nato on for the summer. found it for 40% off.

Heya! I thought I'd mention that I've been doing a bunch of development on the optical Timex Datalink watches! I have been carefully sniffing data from the original Timex software with a logic analyzer, and have fully reverse engineered every Datalink protocol, the serial Notebook Adapter, and even the CRT syncing graphics! This means that every Datalink device, including every Timex and Motorola watch, all PDAs, and the funny e-BRAIN talking toy is supported!

For those that aren't familiar, the Timex Datalink is a watch that was introduced in 1994 that is essentially a small PDA on your wrist. The early models (supported by this software) have an optical sensor on the top of the face that receives data via visible light.

The original data transfer method involves drawing patterns of lines on a CRT monitor for the watch to receive with the optical sensor. CRTs use electron beams that draw scan lines one-by-one from top to bottom, then it returns to the top and repeats for the next frame. This means that the electron guns turn on when its drawing a white line, and and turn off when its drawing the black background. This produces flashing light as the graphics are drawn, which is ultimately received by the optical sensor and decoded by the Timex Datalink device.

For laptop users, Timex also offered the Datalink Notebook Adapter. Instead of using a CRT monitor, the Notebook Adapter simply flashed a single LED light. This adapter is fully supported by the Timex Datalink software, and sends the same data as a CRT.

However, Notebook Adapters are rare and expensive now, so I reverse-engineered one! Here's my timex_datalink_client Ruby library communicating with my DIY Datalink Notebook Adapter to emit data to a Timex Datalink watch!

And if you want to try the reverse-engineered CRT graphics, I got you covered! I reverse-engineered that, too!

As a fun tidbit, these watches are flight certified by NASA and is one of four watches qualified by NASA for space travel! Here's a shot of James H. Newman wearing a Datalink watch on the Space Shuttle for STS-88!

Here is my Ruby library with all options for all watches reverse-engineered into a tidy model-based syntax!

• https://github.com/synthead/timex_datalink_client

Here is a Notebook Adapter emulator that is fully compatible with all Timex software on old and new machines, and also works with my library too!

• https://github.com/synthead/timex-datalink-arduino

And if you have an anchor that happens to contain an electron beam and wanna try it, here's my library for drawing graphics to a CRT to transfer data!

• https://github.com/synthead/timex_datalink_crt

This has all been done over months of careful effort with lots of VMs, Pentium machines, Windows 98SE, logic analyzers, and solving data puzzles little by little. On July 4th, 2023, I'm proud to announce that I have reverse-engineered every Datalink device with 100% feature compatibility! This is definitely a passion project by all means, and I thought I'd pop in and share this passion with y'all!

Enjoy!

Just got the skx off of ebay. Making sure it's waterproof!

I received a Texas A&M branded Hamilton watch as a present and am looking for info about the age and maybe movement model of the watch. The back side has been ground flat so it has no discernable markings.

Around the engraved logo are the words "AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS", which was the original name of the university before it changed it in 1963. So I believe it must be at least that old.

I’ve been a big fan of integrated bracelet watches since I started collecting in the late 90’s. This is one of my more recent acquisitions- the bracelet is so interesting!

Hi everyone. I recently decided I really didn't like owning a lot of watches, and for my upcoming 40th birthday, decided to consolidate into this Rolex Explorer 114270 from 2017.

I've always liked Rolexes from the early 2000s as I feel like they're a good combination of vintage and modern. This watch really wears comfortably like my old Tudor Prince Date Day, plus it has the tooly charm of my Sinn 556i.

I think I've finally found the watch that is "me": simple, dependable, understated (for a Rolex), and a bit boring.

It started as a eBay Frankenwatch. Unfortunately, and obviously, the 6309 in it was useless. Also, it was completely the wrong type of crystal, just ground to fit. So, it got one of my spare 7S26's. It took a custom spacer to fit, and I had to grind a larger bevel on the rotor to fit it in the caseback. Hands and dial are Yobokies.

Edit: also, it came with no gaskets, even on the crown. So, it got a whole new set.

I originally picked up this watch from Chrono "like-new" and it came basically new, like it was only worn once before me. I first got into collecting watches when my grandfather passed away and left me a very cheap but sentimentally meaningful Tourneau watch. Over the years Grand Seiko quickly became one of my favorite brands. I had always wanted a Snowflake and I began saving for one and then came across the White Birch on in a video from Watchfinder & Co. I basically immediately decided that I wanted to save a bit more for that instead. I tried it on a few times at Grand Seiko boutiques but was waiting for the right time for myself to get it.

I decided on the Spring Drive since I wanted that unique movement which I think makes Grand Seiko really shine. The Hi-Beat version is beautiful too, but I think the Spring Drive White Birch looks better overall.

I recently got the Classic 40 and I'm in love with it. It's so clean and stunning. I do wish it had the old logo though.

The Ikarus is 9 years old this year and was my first Stowa purchase, it's a bit of a special version as well, it has the old logo, onion crown (special request from me before they started doing it as standard) and TOP movement oh and also my engagement watch!

The build quality of both is superb and I'm really happy to add another Stowa to my collection.

Casio F-91W, never let’s me down.

Added double domed ar coated sapphire

From the article (I am not the author)

Only Watch is a huge deal in the world of watches. You are completely forgiven if you haven’t heard of it, as it’s a charity event that happens only every other year and this is only it’s tenth edition this year. Started in 2005 it was a way to raise funds for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Since then, it has become a milestone event in the watch world, as pretty much every relevant name in the industry contributes a unique timepiece - hence the name Only Watch - to be auctioned off. And they bring some crazy pieces - in 2019, a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A sold for CHF 31 million.

The last auction raised CHF 30 million with only 53 watches for sale. This year, there are 62 watches going up for auction and I’m going to do something crazy - here’a list of all 62 of them. In alphabetical order.