tribefan 6,768 Posted March 28, 2020 Coming soon....... If anyone has insight on the origins of this latin, I would be most grateful. I'm not sure my interpretation of this is 100% sound, so rather than share it, I'd be interested in others take on this. The original plan was to shoot this with an anodized blue and fill the letters with white or gold, but after screwing up the first coats of blue and stripping it back I liked the blue in the letters so I buffed the brass and shot it with clear. More to come..... Cheers 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCRich 13,744 Posted March 28, 2020 Can't wait to see how this turns out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tribefan 6,768 Posted April 19, 2020 5ml of that vintage stuff is quite a bit when it goes shooting across the room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simonix 8,660 Posted April 19, 2020 On 28/03/2020 at 22:55, tribefan said: Coming soon....... If anyone has insight on the origins of this latin, I would be most grateful. I'm not sure my interpretation of this is 100% sound, so rather than share it, I'd be interested in others take on this. The original plan was to shoot this with an anodized blue and fill the letters with white or gold, but after screwing up the first coats of blue and stripping it back I liked the blue in the letters so I buffed the brass and shot it with clear. More to come..... Cheers My Latin isn’t the best, but the bottom bit says “integrity and freedom” “regina” means “queen”, but don’t know the other word “incautus”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,490 Posted April 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, Simonix said: My Latin isn’t the best, but the bottom bit says “integrity and freedom” “regina” means “queen”, but don’t know the other word “incautus”. To me it's wrong. The suffix "us" is for male names, and Regina is obviously not a male name, that should be "incauta" in proper latin. Incautus means "unwary", same as english word incautious. By the way, these watches were used by italian fascists, friends of nazists. They were looking back at Roman Empire as an example (which they were following very very badly as only a fuckin' fascist can do) and this is why they were using latin mottos (but translated into italian to have more grip on the population) and often writing the U like a V (i.e. ever heard of BVLGARI? That's a U written in latin, the brand is pronounced bUlgari). So, in the end, if you want a watch that takes back some of that kind of flavor, check at these ones: Semper adamas - always strong like a diamond Sufficit animus - Bravery is enough Memento audere semper - Remember to always dare Iterum rudit leo - The lion roars again Donec ad metam - Until you reach the target Fidem servabo genusque - I will keep the faith and lineage Et ventis adversis - Also with the advert winds Numquam deorsum - Never low (referred to the flames that always go up) These are all from the most famous poet of the time, who also was a war pilot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_D'Annunzio but are referred to the 1st world war, before Fascism. The proper fascist ones, more accurate for Panerais, are these: https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Slogan_fascisti but personally I'd be ashamed to go around with such things on anything of me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadApple 13,081 Posted April 19, 2020 Your Vagina is Itching? Why put that on a watch dial?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tribefan 6,768 Posted April 19, 2020 OK, well this one is politically neutral. It even has a swiss movement. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
