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Newby in Louisiana
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I have fallen in love with the Powermatic 80 in a Gentleman with the tiny little hash marks every second around the dial. If properly selected, the gorgeous dial screams class and old money. Plus, I get frissons and the vapors when I sync the exact time to the five pips on the shortwave, and then that sucker gains exactly two seconds a day for months on end.
Do you hear me? This is a mechanical watch that gains two seconds a day, regularly, for months on end. Like, well, like clockwork. Eat your heart out, Seiko5.
Sometimes when I check the time with the five pips on the shortwave every day, I get so excited I have lay down in a darkened room with a damp washcloth on my forehead.
TTFN,
BILL
When I bought the green Alpinist with the wretched Seiko brown embossed leather strap about five years ago, I bought a fitted Miltat bracelet for over $100, thinking it would adequately replace the ex-works Seiko embossed aberration. It didn't.
While the Miltat fitted bracelet was quite lovely in itself, it simply did not go with the green dial Alpinist. I have regretted not putting a really good brown leather strap on the bugger for over four years now.
TTFN,
Bill