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Ron
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"Dog ear" strap overhang on small wrists -- one solution

I gather I'm not alone in the small-wristed watch world when I say I'm bugged (maybe way more than I should be) by the dog ear overhang as seen above...
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The "pandas" dial, which completes my trio of Hongqi art dials

By Liaoning Peacock Watch Factory, Dandong, Liaoning (Province), China. Two photos of the old factory buildings, taken in Sept 2023 (now vacated for t...
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Tandorio 36mm 200m NH35a auto / sapphire mil-style

At roughly $85CDN w/bracelet I figured I'd try the bracelet version. There's nothing wrong with the bracelet--it's actually a decent enough build, exc...
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Recent Comments

commented on AlbertaTime's WRUW ·

Thank you! San Martin SN0116-G GMT

commented on Anyone Know about Kurono Releases? ·

Need a double "on fire" emoji for that piece.

commented on Fume Finesse ·
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commented on Freshly Minted Private Pilot! (And the watch I wore) ·

Everything from Tiger Moths, Expeditors and Ansons through T-33s to CF-100s, He flew from 1938 to 1958. His final at the stick flight was in a glider at 80.

commented on Freshly Minted Private Pilot! (And the watch I wore) ·

Serious congratulations. It's a respectable accomplishment (among other things, my late dad was a career RCAF flight instructor/pilot) Good on ya.

And I understand about smaller watches.

commented on Hongqi "Rocket seconds hand" watch with Mao quote bracelet ·

Good hunting. Mind you, Hongqi were pretty good watches.

commented on Hongqi "Rocket seconds hand" watch with Mao quote bracelet ·

Enicar (and Titoni) are both brands with a very high presence in China over the last, say, 80 years. 2nd hand watches from both brands are common. So are redials and rebuilds etc--but also, so are completely and fully legit examples.

I think they didn't leave the factory like that, with the rocket hands.

My theory--and I could be wrong--is that (similar to watches with "to serve the people" where there absolutely were legit originals that left the factories with the red inscription back in the day) the vast majority of available "TSTP" examples are redials to increase marketablity, and the vast majority of rocket second hands are rebuilds/added later.

And they're all very cool, even if not completely historically authentic.

I think the rocket second hands were originally Hongqi.

The rocket second hands may have some connection to the Hongqi named series of surface-to-air missiles (variants of the Soviet Dvina system), but that's conjecture on my part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-75_Dvina

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Hongqi "Rocket seconds hand" watch with Mao quote bracelet

The photos above and below are all from two 2009 AMCHPR photo-shoots. I can provide proof-of-life 😊 but I liked these old photos enough not to need a...
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San Martin SN0116-G GMT arrives at the AMCHPR

I'm pretty impressed with this one: my new "summer watch" and my first GMT. San Martin SN0116-G GMT: Ceramic bezel, sapphire crystal, NH34 GMT movemen...
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Old Faithful

My trusty old and overpolished datejust...
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Baihua--Shenyang City Watch Factory, Liaoning Province

It's been a few days since this arrived, and I did a WRUW post a couple of days ago, but on a different (leather instead of fabric) strap. It's been a...
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Beifang (Northern) brand from Harbin Watch Factory

An early luminous civilian watch, likely early 80s, although HarbinWF was producing the brand by 1975. Sorry for my bad photography today, but here's...
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Beijing Watch Factory SB-5G (circa 1970)

This the last non-standard/tongji watch movement/model from Beijing Watch Factory. I always like Chinese lacquer finishes on vintage dials. They prese...
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Allenby 94204 - very affordable.

Extremely inexpensive, but it is Swiss and it runs A-OK. Very light. Purchased in 2008 for $49 CDN. Model 94204 Allenby (evidently by Victorinox--see...
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