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IWC Mark XVI and Visconti Opera.

 

 

Let's see some of your favorite fountain pen and watch combo photos, if you got them

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This is a quick and dirty picture using my cell phone (pardon the quality) ... two aviation inspired items in black and stainless:

 

Swiss Army automatic pilot chronograph and Parker "51" flighter.

 

Both my go to every day users.

 

http://i6.tinypic.com/1zh1is2.jpg

A pen a day keeps the doctor away...

 

Parker "51" flighter; Parker 75 cisele; Conway Stewart Dandy Demonstrator; Aurora 88P chrome; Sailor Sapporo ; Lamy 2000; Lamy 27 double L; Lamy Studio; Pilot Murex; Pilot Sesenta (Red/Grey); Pilot Capless (black carbonesque); Pilot Custom 74 Demonstrator; Pilot Volex; Waterman Expert 2000 (slate blue)

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Here we go...

My everday $14.95 Benrus WalMart Special.... and a beautiful Sheaffer 1250 Balance in virtually mint condition.

When you spend most of your day working with your hands, you don't buy good watches... to me a watch is a practical tool. I appreciate the look of fancy watches, but just can't see myself spending money on one... same way with pens... That might be the reason I don't own a high end fancy modern pen.

OH, the fact that I am cheap might also account for this.

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Tom - I used to have around 10 watches, none of them super expensive (I'm also pretty cheap) but all relatively nice automatics and vintage models. I traded and bought/sold similar to pens. Then I had my first child, my now 4 yo son. I've now added another, my 5 month old daughter. Watches are generally more expensive than pens (not nearly as many Phileas, Safari, heck Snorkel or "51" priced watches) so I have now settled on 3 watches. I have the gold Hamilton that my father gave me as a high school graduation present, the chronograph pictured above, and a Seiko automatic dive watch. That along with a couple black plastic watches and most of my bases are covered. Particularly when you add in the 3 vintage pocket watches I also own (one from each of my grandfathers and one from my godfather).

 

For a guy who was once a died in the wool WIS (Watch Idiot Savant) I have found myself wearing my Timex Ironman and Casio GShocks more than anything else - playing around with small kids and a couple dogs isn't the environment even for my Seiko - which in the watch world is generally considered an inexpensive watch!

A pen a day keeps the doctor away...

 

Parker "51" flighter; Parker 75 cisele; Conway Stewart Dandy Demonstrator; Aurora 88P chrome; Sailor Sapporo ; Lamy 2000; Lamy 27 double L; Lamy Studio; Pilot Murex; Pilot Sesenta (Red/Grey); Pilot Capless (black carbonesque); Pilot Custom 74 Demonstrator; Pilot Volex; Waterman Expert 2000 (slate blue)

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Sorry, haven't got any pen pics. Here are a couple of watches

 

A not so good pic of the one I'm wearing today - 1963 Omega Cal. 562 Pie Pan Constellation.

 

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/omegacon1.jpg

 

Girard Perregaux demonstration watch sent to jewellers c. 1950

 

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/2d_2.JPG

 

c. 1954 Le Coultre Futurematic (note lack of winding crown)

 

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/JL.jpg

 

I like the idea of combining pen and watch images - I have a new digital camera that I need to evaluate for macro and that would be a great subject for test shots.

 

Mind you, pens are dead easy to photograph compared to watches - you need to remove the crystals on many watches to prevent glare, or use a light box to photograph them.

Bill Spohn

Vancouver BC

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence"

 

Robert Fripp

https://www.rhodoworld.com/fountain-pens.html

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Very nice pie pan Connie and what looks like a grains of rice bracelet! A stainless pie pan is pretty much the only watch left on my wish list - basically like yours - dagger hands and block markers (rather than arrow head). I can't tell if yours is gold capped or not, I like them both.

 

It remains for me one of the most enduring watch designs and as far as design on a broader scale, up there with the Jaguar E type, the Parker "51" and a host of other items that I hold in high regard.

A pen a day keeps the doctor away...

 

Parker "51" flighter; Parker 75 cisele; Conway Stewart Dandy Demonstrator; Aurora 88P chrome; Sailor Sapporo ; Lamy 2000; Lamy 27 double L; Lamy Studio; Pilot Murex; Pilot Sesenta (Red/Grey); Pilot Capless (black carbonesque); Pilot Custom 74 Demonstrator; Pilot Volex; Waterman Expert 2000 (slate blue)

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Yup - I lucked onto some NOS beads of rice bands, otherwise a bit hard to come by. Had to get the watch from Spain (another ebay adventure) but was quite pleased with it - which is why I often wear it.

 

I like 50s and 60s style - see my car page at CARS

 

for far too many (I don't still own them all :rolleyes:

Bill Spohn

Vancouver BC

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence"

 

Robert Fripp

https://www.rhodoworld.com/fountain-pens.html

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Excuse the reflections on the watch, just a quick snapshot. The watch is a Tag Heuer which never normally leaves my wrist, the pen is a skip find Conway Stewart 27. For a number of years I used to wear a fake Tag Heuer, which I still have and it still works perfectly, as a result of that, most people who know me assume that the watch in this photo is also a fake. It's not, it's the genuine article. If only I had the money, I could get very interested in Tag Heuer watches.

 

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It doesn't really show up on the photo, but the watch face is actually a very dark green, hence photographing it with a green pen.

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Connie, very nice vintage Omega. I got a Vintage Omega that had the textured face and black band, it might have been a frankenwatch but I loved the face so much. It never kept good time so the seller took it back. I ended up getting a new Tag Monza for half price but while it is nice, it does not have the cachet of that vintage Omega. I would have had to spend over $200 to fix it I bet. Ill still be on the lookout.

 

I had bid on some LeCoultre Futurs with the help of a guy from watchzone who lived in Niceville, Florida. Nice guy. I might try again, who knows

 

Sam

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Here are a couple that I took for selling purposes on this and other boards.

 

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/Ragnarok69/IMG_2645.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/Ragnarok69/penwatch.jpg

 

Wierd, I thought I had more than just those two.

 

Anyway, let me know what you think :)

 

Cheers,

SG

PenRx is no longer in business.

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I had bid on some LeCoultre Futurs with the help of a guy from watchzone who lived in Niceville, Florida. Nice guy. I might try again, who knows

I have about a dozen Le Coultres but I think the Futurematic is my favourite. Great watch, andtakes very little motion to keep it wound. I prefer the black face but the white is very nise as well.

 

You should be able to find a decent one on ebay for $800-1800, depending on case material and condition. Of course that would also buy a couple of pretty nice pens....

Bill Spohn

Vancouver BC

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence"

 

Robert Fripp

https://www.rhodoworld.com/fountain-pens.html

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Since Life is about making the best of materials at hand here is my submission:

 

The watch is my Swiss Army of the day- $10 on ebay.

Pen is Waterman M something with a radically flexy broad nib- $14 at Mifflinburg,PA antique store day before yesterday.

Background is Mirriam-Webster's Collegiate- Priceless.

 

I don't know if you can see it in this picture but the song is "Hard Headed Woman" Cat Stevens :ltcapd: borrowed from my sister- also Priceless (my sister, that is!).

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"All the Federales say,

We could have had him any day

We just let him slip away

Out of kindness, I suppose.'"

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I'm a colorful kid at heart!

 

 

http://students.washington.edu/laud/pens/stuff.jpg

Out of thin air, quote of the moment (6/1/06): "boredom leads to creativity, as compulsion leads to innovation"

 

-Name your kids dudley, cause the name is feeling a little deprived =P

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will i be the only one with a non-analog chewtoy rubbber watch??

Out of thin air, quote of the moment (6/1/06): "boredom leads to creativity, as compulsion leads to innovation"

 

-Name your kids dudley, cause the name is feeling a little deprived =P

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will i be the only one with a non-analog chewtoy rubbber watch??

Hey it's a swatch :) I have a very very very thin swatch watch too...it's very cool!

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A defunct politicial campaign watch and a $2 cartridge fountain pen loaded with red ink.

 

The only wearable timepiece I own. AND, it is right twice a day. This is unlike any politician I have known. I haven't owned a politician and am not sure if I could afford one I would want to own any now in orfice.

 

Ron

 

yes, it was intentional.....http://www.otherpower.com/images/scimages/284/perotp.jpg

"Adventure is just bad planning." -- Roald Amundsen

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Didn't have time to set up a flash properly, and I'm still playing with the macro on the Sony R1 (think I might like the older Minolta D7i a bit better for macro work - the depth of field is off on this shot and I should have manually set a higher f stop), but I thought that the watch on my arm and the current pen in my pocket actually made a pretty good match - an Omega Constellation Pie Pan and a Shaeffer Legacy Heritage King's Gold.

 

Probably should have gone for a fine nib, but I'm learning to like the M in this pen and a great writer - starts right up after being left sitting uncapped for 10 minutes.

 

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/i/non-rhodo/omegaheritage.jpg

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Bill Spohn

Vancouver BC

"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence"

 

Robert Fripp

https://www.rhodoworld.com/fountain-pens.html

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