Let's see your watch and fountain pen photos

[dandelion]

Hi folks,

 

I've tried to take a picture of my MB Starwalker Cool Blue. Hope you like it.

 

Lovely blue colour - great shot!

[Themistokles]

 

Lovely blue colour - great shot!

 

Thanks, but there is still room for improvement. I dislike the refection on the nib. And in the cap you could first see the tripod. Argh!

Edited January 20, 2010 by Themistokles

[dandelion]

Lovely blue colour - great shot!

 

Thanks, but there is still room for improvement. I dislike the refection on the nib. And in the cap you could first see the tripod. Argh!

 

Everything can always be improved and we are often too harsh on ourselves. I enjoyed your shot - you don't have to point out its flaws.

[mandarintje]

Wonderful photos ! I've never seen pen/watch porn so I had to immediately take photos of mine....

Edited January 28, 2010 by mandarintje

[mandarintje]

I'm sorry, I should have resized that, I see in the rulebook now. I thought the forum would resize it as it added it!

At least now you can see the Porsche pen on a molecular level

And yes, it appears I didn't adjust my date!!! been a hectic few months, and of course it thinks there are 31 days in every month.

Edited January 29, 2010 by mandarintje

[jorgerp1]

Wonderful photos ! I've never seen pen/watch porn so I had to immediately take photos of mine....

 

 

Nice watch

[Judland]

Greeting, Gang! I just recently found the Fountain Pen Network and I'm looking forward to catching up with as much of the activities in the forums as I can.

 

To get things started, though, I thought I'd share some photos of a few pens I have in my collection.

 

I've been collecting and using (on a daily basis) fountain pens for about six years now. Pocket watches, I've been collecting for just a little longer.

 

 

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/64/50/7236450.f15cd24a.500.jpg

 

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/64/51/7236451.575db557.500.jpg

 

http://u1.ipernity.com/14/64/52/7236452.9223b800.500.jpg

 

Link to slideshow:

http://www.ipernity.com/doc/virtualsky/album/172714/show

[Shangas]

Hi Judland,

 

I admire a guy who owns a pocket watch. I admire him more if he wears it. Do you? I wear mine.

 

Your two hunter-case watches look rather modern, though. What are they? You got any more?

[Judland]

Hi Judland,

 

I admire a guy who owns a pocket watch. I admire him more if he wears it. Do you? I wear mine.

 

Your two hunter-case watches look rather modern, though. What are they? You got any more?

Thanks, Shangas. Yes, I wear them most days of the week (I wear the wrist watch once a week or so - but prefer my pocket watches).

 

None of the watches in my collection are antiques, but I like them very much none-the-less. However, the chain on the watch in the first photo is an antique.

 

The watches I have in my collection are made by Donato, Colibri, Relic, Cardinal and I even have one made by Coleman (it's a sort of "Outdoors Man" pocket watch, which I thought was very unique - it even incorporates some wood in to the hunter case). Some of them are battery powered and some are spring powered.

 

The watch in the first photo is a Donato, and the second one is a Colibri.

Edited February 3, 2010 by Judland

[bphollin]

Here's my "flight certified" combo in honor of today's successful shuttle launch. The G-Shock 5600 is flight certified for shuttle flight but not for EVA. The bullet Space Pen was an unexpected gift from a FPN friend.

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4341979969_fb820f4539.jpg

 

If you've never seen a night launch, you're really missing something special!

[pen4hobby]

[Shangas]

I'm rather proud of this photograph that I took this evening:

 

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Writing%20Pictures/watchform.jpg

 

Items on display:

 

1922 Wahl Art Deco gold-filled fountain pen.

Ca. 1957 Ball railroad-standard pocket watch.

Ca. 1925 Wahl Art Deco gold-filled ringtop fountain pen.

Reprint of a 1956 railroad pocket watch time-inspection card.

[dandelion]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FODBn3j5KLc/S4w-NIYfcWI/AAAAAAAAREY/z0kdrbRMZY4/yolII_0010.JPG

 

Yard O Led Retro and Yard O Led Viceroy Victorian and my late grandfather's pocket watch.

More photos of them can be found here at my blog.

[Siv]

I can't believe I have been on FPN so long and not contributed to this thread!

 

Glycine Airman MLV (converted to purist 24h) and Conway Stewart Knightsbridge

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4399567515_12e7024a75_b.jpg

 

Forts Flieger 24h & Danitrio "Fellowship" shape "Flan"

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4400336720_8844a5be8b_b.jpg

 

Breitling Cosmonaute & Visconti Black Ripple

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4400336486_26a26a227e_b.jpg

 

Glycine Airman 2000 & Montblanc 149 (Rh trim)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4399567777_32d8dae431_b.jpg

 

Ocean7 LM-2 GMT 24 & Conway Stewart Drake (on my wrist and in my pocket today)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4400337004_aeb5b12917_b.jpg

[xles]

Best thread ever!

 

Since I don't quite have time to set a proper shoot up, I'll compensate while I procrastinate, by posting a bit of watch porn, as it were.

 

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/043/d/e/Pocket_watch_macro_by_xles.jpg

No image? Click here.

 

This is the inner workings of a Zentih pocket watch, that used to belong to my fathers grandfather, on his mothers side (I think). Dated 1896 (or was it 1906, can't recall). Most excellent watch, runs better than my (now dead) digital Casio.

 

"Real" picture to follow...

[plylerpens]

Here is my Tissot and Niagara Falls, I think they look great together.

 

 

[Shangas]

Best thread ever!

 

Since I don't quite have time to set a proper shoot up, I'll compensate while I procrastinate, by posting a bit of watch porn, as it were.

 

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/043/d/e/Pocket_watch_macro_by_xles.jpg

No image? Click here.

 

This is the inner workings of a Zentih pocket watch, that used to belong to my fathers grandfather, on his mothers side (I think). Dated 1896 (or was it 1906, can't recall). Most excellent watch, runs better than my (now dead) digital Casio.

 

"Real" picture to follow...

 

I have seen several pocket-watch regulators in my time...but never one like that. How the heck does it work!? :roflmho:

[xles]

I have seen several pocket-watch regulators in my time...but never one like that. How the heck does it work!? :roflmho:

 

Well, I honestly don't know. All I can say is that it's Swiss, and works really well... ^^

[1000km]

Rotating the gradated wheel at A shifts the regulator lever at B by means of a concentric cut-out connected to a cam beneath the lever. By adjusting the effective length of the balance spring (at the attachment of the spring to the stud carrier at C) the rate of the watch is changed. Rotating the wheel toward R will slow down the rate, while rotating it toward F will speed it up. D is a 'swan-neck spring', which maintains tension on the regulator lever to facilitate more precise adjustment.

 

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9136/pocketwatchmacrobyxlesc.jpg

 

I have seen several pocket-watch regulators in my time...but never one like that. How the heck does it work!? :roflmho:

Edited March 12, 2010 by 1000km

[1130]

Okay really like this thread!

 

Now here you see my actual gear against the everyday life

 

MB 149 and JLC Reverso Grand Date

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4445570809_138bf2261c_o.jpg

 

 

Kr,

Phil