New week wrist check 10th December 2018

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For TGIF...

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15 hours ago, dave47 said:

Nice watch!  What make guitar is that in the background?  I'm a self-taught picker and grinner.

dave

Hi Dave,

It is an old Yamaha. I don't remember the model at the moment. I am also a self-taught amateur. the book I learn from was "Method de guitar Carulli" :-)

Rob

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Hi, Gang!  Happy Friday!!

For today's ride, this ROLEX GMT-MASTER II w/ ceramic-style Pepsi bezel I purchased from DHGATE for $58 + change. It arrived earlier this week. Well packed for shipping, it was a joy to open and investigate; it turned out to be a mixed bag of surprises: on the one hand, the case, dial, bezel and cyclops were truly impressive. From a short distance it DOES resemble a gen. The GMT hand is functional (in following the hour hand), but it's not adjustable. I could live with that; the seconds hand moves along quite smoothly, and the luminous markers are great -- for a while, before they fade. On the other hand, the "s/s" Jubilee bracelet was terrible, in that it arrived in a form that would have satisfied The Hulks wrist; moving the MICROCREWS was a challenge: I thought they had been cemented inside the links. Trying to reinsert them to size the bracelet proved to be useless.  After spending almost two hours trying to rejoin the links, I gave up and took the bracelet and screws to one of my watchsmiths, who couldn't do it either. In his words, he said "The Chinese screws are poorly machined. They did a terrible job." The screws varied in thickness and length, so I gave up and put this beauty on a spare brown leather strap with a Rolex crowned buckle & went on The Bay to order a better made s/s Jubilee bracelet.  Still, the watch is indeed very lovely and seems to be well made.  dave:

 

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8 hours ago, Thang said:

Hi Dave,

It is an old Yamaha. I don't remember the model at the moment. I am also a self-taught amateur. the book I learn from was "Method de guitar Carulli" :-)

Rob

THANKS, Rob.  I've learned from various source, including my wife's brother-in-law (a bona fide musician), my wife herself (who played a little), and from just sitting down, experimenting, listening to songs to figure out both the melody and appropriate -- or approximate -- chords. One of these days ...  .

dave

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I am going to miss this one!

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Life is good.

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Cool! Mine says how do.



Showcases my one and only successful self-mod - removing the case text for a cleaner look.

I know the time is incorrect but had to dust it off for a pic when I saw yours


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This one won’t be leaving my wrist for a while  

 

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1 hour ago, Howitzer said:

 

Cool! Mine says how do.



Showcases my one and only successful self-mod - removing the case text for a cleaner look.

I know the time is incorrect but had to dust it off for a pic when I saw yours


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I’ve been meaning to do that too! 

 

1 hour ago, repmaster1234 said:

This one won’t be leaving my wrist for a while  

 

Ah nice! 

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5 hours ago, repmaster1234 said:

This one won’t be leaving my wrist for a while  

 

That is incredible. I saw the pics in a few other threads too, just awesome. But what's the story, where did it come from? Seven months in the making I see, but by whom? You? Tripdog? Someone else? Please explain all - perhaps in a thread with loads more cool pictures....!