mclarendude 8,008 Posted February 14, 2021 New arrival, the supposedly now discontinued Colt 41. Have always respected Breitlings but thought were not my style, but I couldn’t pass this one up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intresting 21,689 Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, mclarendude said: New arrival, the supposedly now discontinued Colt 41. Have always respected Breitlings but thought were not my style, but I couldn’t pass this one up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Clean dial, retro-esque bezel. Is the bezel fixed? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mclarendude 8,008 Posted February 14, 2021 Clean dial, retro-esque bezel. Is the bezel fixed?No, unidirectional!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khronos 1,339 Posted February 14, 2021 10 hours ago, mclarendude said: New arrival, the supposedly now discontinued Colt 41. Have always respected Breitlings but thought were not my style, but I couldn’t pass this one up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This is lovely, so clean and the color of the dial is amazing! @FunnyStarSystem Yum! What a lovely Sinn, my favorite actually! I've swapped the great lookin nylon strap to the regular rubber strap on my Tactix Delta sapphire Solar. The damn thing was bloody uncomfortable.. Oh, on solar charging - it's a goddamn rip off, it does nothing. I've left it in direct sunlight for 3 hours, 90000 lux and guess what happened? Nothing!! Not a single % of battery life added. Jack shit. So if you're deciding whether to get a solar Garmin - don't. The thing is worthless. You just pay over your teeth for a non existing feature. But it looks lovely, doesn't it? I feel like some kind of a pro. A proper mall ninja. It has a "Kill switch" too. Now how cool is that? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFleischer 4,355 Posted February 14, 2021 Underappreciated Colt 41 here too, GMT version. I'm moving back to smaller watches, 41 is the sweet spot. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunnyStarSystem 7,538 Posted February 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Khronos said: I've swapped the great lookin nylon strap to the regular rubber strap on my Tactix Delta sapphire Solar. The damn thing was bloody uncomfortable.. Oh, on solar charging - it's a goddamn rip off, it does nothing. I've left it in direct sunlight for 3 hours, 90000 lux and guess what happened? Nothing!! Not a single % of battery life added. Jack shit. So if you're deciding whether to get a solar Garmin - don't. The thing is worthless. You just pay over your teeth for a non existing feature. But it looks lovely, doesn't it? I feel like some kind of a pro. A proper mall ninja. It has a "Kill switch" too. Now how cool is that? I remember back in my 20's (which should tell you how long ago this was) my father, who prided himself on being an early adopter of technology, got the first publicly available Garmin GPS unit and sat it on the dash of his car. He drove us all insane with the damn thing because we lived in Manhattan and everyone knew how to get around the city and the various gridlock points at different times of day, but if you ever rode with him he insisted on letting the technology make the choices. And holy shit was it was crude! It had no real time information so couldn't tell which paths were free or not, didn't know which crumbling highway entrances had been closed for years or which one way streets the garbage was being picked up that day, thus trapping you in a honking line of idiots. I pleaded with him, "just use your own damn brain", and he would shout back, "I paid five hundred dollars for this goddamn thing, we're using the GPS!" Good times, thanks for jolting my memory of it I wish that thing had a kill switch. Anyway, cool watch, it has a similar graphic look to those first GPS units. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RussP 22,204 Posted February 15, 2021 Work watch: 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mclarendude 8,008 Posted February 16, 2021 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khronos 1,339 Posted February 16, 2021 On 14. 2. 2021 at 21:28, FunnyStarSystem said: I remember back in my 20's (which should tell you how long ago this was) my father, who prided himself on being an early adopter of technology, got the first publicly available Garmin GPS unit and sat it on the dash of his car. He drove us all insane with the damn thing because we lived in Manhattan and everyone knew how to get around the city and the various gridlock points at different times of day, but if you ever rode with him he insisted on letting the technology make the choices. And holy shit was it was crude! It had no real time information so couldn't tell which paths were free or not, didn't know which crumbling highway entrances had been closed for years or which one way streets the garbage was being picked up that day, thus trapping you in a honking line of idiots. I pleaded with him, "just use your own damn brain", and he would shout back, "I paid five hundred dollars for this goddamn thing, we're using the GPS!" Good times, thanks for jolting my memory of it I wish that thing had a kill switch. Anyway, cool watch, it has a similar graphic look to those first GPS units. Thanks for sharing the story, I really enjoyed it You should write a book, I like your style if writing. I'm the same with this Tactix Delta thing, I keep measuring stuff and my vitals. And honestly have no idea to what end or what to do with all this information... I think I just like to change the settings and discover new things every day, there's something calming about it. You can't do any of this with your sub. Maybe that's why I get bored with watches even before they arrive from China.. I could try taking them apart, but I know it's a dead end. There's no "Back" or "Undo" button in that situation That old Garmin thingie looks awesome, I'd put it on display somewhere in my apartment. I'm a sucker for old useless tech. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RussP 22,204 Posted February 18, 2021 Presage with Arita Porcelain dial. Strap, courtesy of @TanGo 838 TGIF people 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RussP 22,204 Posted February 19, 2021 Had an opportunity to try on an Arnie today: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites