Let's see your watch and fountain pen photos

[Blade Runner]

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Daily users -

Omega Seamaster Professional GMT

Montblanc stainless steel Solitaire

Left arm

 

[winedoc]

DJR and Dani

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Watches/tn_IMG_0949.jpg

 

Kevin

[purpledog]

The combination of a fountain pen and a watch in a photograph is really interesting. I have enjoyed looking at the photos.

 

It is a pity that I have a wrist like a lady's and cannot wear most modern watches as the dials/casings are big enough to cover my wrist. I can only target vintage watches that have smaller dials.

 

purpledog

[HDoug]

It is a pity that I have a wrist like a lady's and cannot wear most modern watches as the dials/casings are big enough to cover my wrist. I can only target vintage watches that have smaller dials.

 

I have girlscout wrists -- but can still find some pretty cool watches. Omega makes midsize watches -- 36mm - 37mm Seamasters. Tutima also makes middies for many of their watches. If you're into Asian watches (Seiko, Citizen, etc.) you can look for domestic market versions that are smaller. I have a 38mm domestic market Seiko diver that looks like a proper 42mm on me. And you can't beat vintage watches made before McDonald's supersized the population.

 

Doug

Edited March 23, 2008 by HDoug

[AutomagV]

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Lamy Al-Star, Ohto Super Promecha, Tombo Mono Zeros, Molekines, and a Seiko

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/aribus_/CIMG4635.jpg

My Monster is a carnivore

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/aribus_/CIMG3674.jpg

I bought this band because it reminded me of the UTS band but more chunky.

 

Lamy Al-Star and Seiko Monster with custom mods (Face, hands, band). I'm a broke art student with an unhealthy gadget and office supply fetish, so a U-boat or Panerai is way out of my budget. I beat the hell out of my watch, but I think it gives it character.

Edited March 24, 2008 by AutomagV

[thehobbit]

TIt is a pity that I have a wrist like a lady's and cannot wear most modern watches as the dials/casings are big enough to cover my wrist. I can only target vintage watches that have smaller dials.

 

Also the german manufactory Stowa produces watches with reasonable sizes...

EDIT: Their Antea models measure 35,5 / 36,5 / 39m,

Edited March 24, 2008 by thehobbit

[RyanL27]

Here is my daily duo:

 

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/RYANL27/IMG_0011-13.jpg

 

[Rincewind]

I no longer have this pen (Parker 51 SE) but I still have the watch, a CTI.

 

- Stuart

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Grey_Wanderer/pentrace/51watch800.jpg

[Bryant]

Wow, some great Pics! I am drooling here! I dont think I have spent more time on any one thread!

My pics are not the best, but here is my 2 cents!

Cheers!

Bryant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RichardS]

IWC Fliegerchronograph with Marlen Baselea

 

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1585/iwcmarlen2zq3.jpg

[georges zaslavsky]

It is a pity that I have a wrist like a lady's and cannot wear most modern watches as the dials/casings are big enough to cover my wrist. I can only target vintage watches that have smaller dials.

 

I have girlscout wrists -- but can still find some pretty cool watches. Omega makes midsize watches -- 36mm - 37mm Seamasters. Tutima also makes middies for many of their watches. If you're into Asian watches (Seiko, Citizen, etc.) you can look for domestic market versions that are smaller. I have a 38mm domestic market Seiko diver that looks like a proper 42mm on me. And you can't beat vintage watches made before McDonald's supersized the population.

 

Doug

Quality of today Omegas are less better than the pre 1983 ones, the pre 1983 Omegas had their own inhouse movement, now most of Omegas autos are powered by a widely modified ETA 2892.

[HDoug]

Quality of today Omegas are less better than the pre 1983 ones, the pre 1983 Omegas had their own inhouse movement, now most of Omegas autos are powered by a widely modified ETA 2892.

 

And that's one of the problems with today's conglomerated, globalized world. There are fewer independent makers -- manufactures, I think they're called in the watchworld? Just like pens. And everything else. I mean, isn't Breguet owned by a conglomerate? Is everything in the world made by a huge corporation that just sticks a label on at the end of the assembly line? Oh well.

 

I love the old Omegas, but I don't know if I will ever own one. At this point, I can do pens OR watches, not both, and pens are around 1/10th as expensive.

 

Doug

 

[Ovidius]

 

Seiko Automatic and blue Parker Reflex.

[purpledog]

Not too long ago, I posted a question on getting watches with small dials. After that, I got 4 small-dialed watches that suit my small wrist. Here is my feeble attempt to take the photos of the 4 watches, with pens to match them. Please don't laugh at my photos, I know they suck but I have tried my best.

 

Omega Seamaster with Sheaffer Legacy.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2425240155_f22ae6c9c7_b.jpg

Seiko (don't know model) with Sheaffer Targa.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2297/2426051830_975b8daf0c_b.jpg

Croton (don't know what model) with brandless rosewood pen

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2426052046_2dec3a8b73_b.jpg

My favorite, so far: Seiko automatic with Sheaffer Prelude

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2091/2425239961_65642fe9f5_b.jpg

 

If anyone can tell me more about the watches and the models, that would be great. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank a fellow FPN member, OiRogers (Matt), from whom I have also learnt quite a bit about watches.

 

purpledog

Edited April 19, 2008 by purpledog

[Sallent]

My daily watch and my two workhorse pens.

 

A Rado Diastar with a tungsten carbide bazel, saphire crystal and a 25 jewel ETA automatic movement. The two pens are my trusty Pelikan M200 and my fvorite Pelikan M400 White Tortoise

 

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z248/osall001/RADO/RadoandFPs.jpg

 

[Deirdre]

Bryant, I don't know about your taste in watches, but you have enviable taste in pens!

[Serpentum]

Pelikan Spirit of Gaudi with it's sculpture and Rado.

http://www.pipeandtea.com/pens/radopel1.jpg

Edited April 22, 2008 by Serpentum

[Doug C]

Quality of today Omegas are less better than the pre 1983 ones, the pre 1983 Omegas had their own inhouse movement, now most of Omegas autos are powered by a widely modified ETA 2892.

 

And that's one of the problems with today's conglomerated, globalized world. There are fewer independent makers -- manufactures, I think they're called in the watchworld? Just like pens. And everything else. I mean, isn't Breguet owned by a conglomerate? Is everything in the world made by a huge corporation that just sticks a label on at the end of the assembly line? Oh well.

 

I love the old Omegas, but I don't know if I will ever own one. At this point, I can do pens OR watches, not both, and pens are around 1/10th as expensive.

 

Doug

 

HDoug,

Manufactures aren't necessarily independant companies (they can be, but can also be owned by another megacompany). Manufacture refers to a company that makes at least one (according to Swiss law) proprietary caliber. The caliber is the watch movement, and most Swiss watch companies (probably on the order of 80-90%) do not use their own movement. They merely encase them into their own designs. Most of the movements are made by ETA, which is the big Kahuna of calibers. They make everything from cheapie quartz movements to high end mechanisms. Usually, they will offer 5 different levels of movements (usually having to do with quality of parts, and how rigorously they are regulated), and they also offer different levels of finishing.

 

There is another tier in the Watchmaking world where the company will buy something from companies like ETA called an Ebauche, which is the movement without the escapement. A lot of companies will complete these half built movements with their own parts, finish them (the fancy designs on the movment like Perlage, and Anglage) , and then call them their own.

 

BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with ETA movements, but 1) in some cases some high companies can do more esoteric designs, and 2) there is a certain snob factor with having a 'manufacture' movement, and not one of those crummy off the shelf Breitlings, Tag Heuers, Oris, etc (not my feeling, but in the world it is common. And you don't want to have a $10,000 watch that has the same movement as your friend's $3,000 watch). Kind of like how upset we all got in finding out that OMAS started using Bock nibs. They work as well in some cases, but it just isnt the same.

 

Another consideration is that the Swiss industry uses 'division of labor', which means that in most cases, they dont 'produce' anything. They (I'll use Oris as an example since I have two of them and love them), will design a watch, then contract out a producer for the dial, another one for the case, yet another for the strap or bracelet, movement, etc, and then assemble the watch themselves. It is their watch, in that they came up with the design, but didnt actually produce all of the pieces.

This is a dirty little secret in the Swiss watch world, but why dont people get upset when they find that Ford doesnt build every little pieces of a car they produce? They will have a seat supplier, battery supplier, etc.

 

Even with in the true manufactures (Rolex, Jaeger Le Coultre, Patek Phillipe, Audemar Piguet, VC, etc), they will sometimes use pieces from outside, and there are glorious names like Patek Phillipe that have used calibers from other companies from time to time.

 

ETA is trying to change the rules by saying that they will no longer sell ebauches to other companies. At some point in the future if you want one of their movements you will need to let them build the entire ball of wax.

 

Probably a little bit more than you wanted to know right.

 

Sorry.............got carried away.

 

Another Doug.

 

[vhild]

I just read in some watch magazine that Omega is re-introducing full in-house movements in their timepieces...

[NABodie]

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Edited April 26, 2008 by NABodie