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Hello Fernando
Good to hear you are also an avid swimmer.
It is very humbling to aim for something colosal like the English Channel, Gulf of Gibaltrar, or the other Oceans 7 routes. I could have gone for New Zealand’s Cook’s Strait but it is fiercely guarded by a difficult man who makes bookings difficult for everyone (nevermind, maybe fate doesn’t want me to swim with Killer Whales and pegagic sharks)
The English Channel is a breeze to book, with 2 organizations doing the certification, and countless pilots who would guide you across.
Training is equally humbling, wish-washed with lots of quasi-gurus and commercially driven coaches. In the end I found that I don’t need a coach, and the Garmin is the main way to track my performance for adjustments.
Cheers and I hope you aim for one of these Oceans 7 too.
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WS for Friday 11th is Open Now! Theme is: "A Place for the Humble" ...
... Hello my dear watch loving friends! I will have the big pleasure of being your Host this week end. As I announced last Wednesday I´m inviting all our members to participate sharing with us their "humble" pieces. We know that many wonderful high end wa...
let me open this fantastic theme with my Seiko
I used to name it the poor man Grand Seiko. It took me a couple of months to find one, then a couple of days after my wife-to-be confiscated it from me. I could finally enjoy it 6 years later when she collected a Rolex OP. ...
Hello Tyo! I´m happy to know you like the Theme for this week end and thank you so much for your great entry. It really is a beautiful watch and can understand your wife confiscated it for...
... so long time. Glad you recovered it for your own pleasure! Thanks a lot for sharing it Tyo! Cheers! Abel
Wow! What a beauty you share here Psf!! Did you call it humble? It would make me so proud to have it in my watch box! A beautiful chrono no doubt. Thank you for sharing it!
Have a nice week end and keep enjoying it so much! Kind regards, Abel
Ah yes, I understand what you say here Psf!. I got a few watches with this description but so beautifully made, superb dials, etc.. They are a delight to view and wear.
I enjoy them so much as I´m sure you enjoy wearing these ones you share here. Thank you! Best cordial regards, Abel
Great theme Abel!
I'll enter my humble Zenith Defy Gauss from the 70s with its original lobster bracelet. A watch I'm proud to wear for any occasion. It keeps good time and is more comfortable than it looks. ...
Hello Fernando! Thank you for sharing with us your lovely Defy! And with its original bracelet! I also own one of these beauties but regrettably without its bracelet...
... which I feel is an important part of its charm. So I wear it with a set of leather straps but would love to find a bracelet for it though I feel it will be almost impossible to find it. Enjoy your beauty so much and thank you for sharing it with us! H...
Very funky choice 👌🏻
I take it the watch offers a magnetic protection - Milgauss range?
My submission
I wear a Garmin Swim 2, 3-4 times a week to track my marathon swimming progress. This watch humbles me to look within for strength and internal motivation by tracking my performance vs the benchmark. For example, if I want to attempt the English Channel c...
Wow Cookies! That´s very interesting indeed. You challenge yourself here. It is easy to understand that present pandemia situation imposes many problems to our daily lives...
... with restrictions of every kind. Sport training has not been easy due to these restrictions in every Country. As a matter of fact here we are going through 170 days of lock down though in practice it is not complied as it should. Some sport practices ...
Thanks Abel
I will get back to a stronger baseline in the next few months. Maybe, the Channel crossing is not possible for the next few years because of the backlog of bookings, but the spirit of swimming is to meditate on oneself while focusing on breathing, being r...
My pleasure dear Cookies. I´m not familiar with the procedure to face a Channel crossing, bookings, permits, etc.. In any case it is a Big challenge and I can understand that even...
... if not actually attempting it such a demanding swimming training requiring a mind set and advanced swimming techniques in breathing and style, etc. is the most important aspect of your training. I can well imagine that hours fly and how rigorous the t...
Good to see a dedicated and advance swimmer like yourself here.
Swimming is practically my only form of exercise for the past few years due to knee problems from other impact sport like tennis. I'm no where near your level but I try to work mainly on my form and efficiency. This watch you have is ideal for lap swimmin...
Hello Fernando
Good to hear you are also an avid swimmer. It is very humbling to aim for something colosal like the English Channel, Gulf of Gibaltrar, or the other Oceans 7 routes. I could have gone for New Zealand’s Cook’s Strait but it is fiercely guarded by a diffic...
You’re seriously attempting the channel?
That’s a monumental achievement irrespective of time 👌🏻👍🏻
Yes, I really really want to
The truth it I contacted the Channel Organization earlier this year, and started training for it. But COVID came and the pools got closed, and my training was gone. I was swimming a weekly mileage of 30+ km before the pandemic; and was about to bump it up...
Vintage time-only watches are very humble
I have a peculiar obsession with collecting vintage jumbo (36mm and above), manual-wind, time-only watches... " JMWTO" as I called them in another forum. To me, they're the epitome of simplicity. Easy to service, infinitely variable in design, and easy to...
I love your own definition of humble dear NT931! No doubt time only vintage watches can give us such a big pleasure! I specially love your Longines and Tissot ...
... though any of the pieces you share here would make me a very happy man. Thank you so much for your entry! Hagwe! Abel
Both pieces are to me about special times and made in or for a very special place ;-)
Photo 1 allah Nico and Photo 2 The Modele Unique is a prototype one only piece (2001), a chronograph that was later produced differently. It is in titanium grade 5 with a Valjoux chronograph modified, the watch case was entirely MADE IN MARSEILLE Photo 3 ...
Spring Drive (not a Grand Seiko)
Thanks, Abel! for this theme that gives me the opportunity to share this watch here. it was not bought in Japan, but in Switzerland... surprise surprise it was during the second or third weekend of my work posting in Switzerland and my family travelled to...
I miss the 90’s
It was the era where people took the time to call up a friend, because there was no quick messaging. Also, handphones were scarce back then, and appointment were made based on trust (setting a date, time and location, and then waiting for a friend to come...
Thank you so much for your participation Terbaboom. A beautiful watch with a great interesting story behind. The Spring Dive movement is a very interesting concept indeed...
... combination of a traditional mechanic movement with Hi Tech electronic regulation of escapement. I own a Snowflake GS model with this movement and it is incredible accurate and its very intriguing to view the constant movement of its seconds hand glid...
thanks, Abel! the GS Snowflake has a very beautiful dial!
besides the accuracy, the glide motion of the spring drive expresses the natural and continuous flow of time
Dear Abel...how true..
price has nothing to do with the enjoyment we find in this hobby. Your seagull is so vintage cool . A few early American brands that I have...each giving a glimpse of the lifestyle and environment of that particular time period. Cheers! ...
Thank you for your participation dear S F!! I´m happy to share same feelings about this matter my friend. You share with us some beautiful examples ...
... which let the owner and observers to have a glimpse on past times as you well describe. Three interesting pieces among which I specially love the Hamilton piece. So classy and elegant watch. I wish you´ll keep loving and enjoying them so much! Hagwe! ...
Some truly cool pieces, S F 👌🏻
This is a part of horology that is somewhat unjustly getting a lot less attention that it deserves 🤷🏻♂️
My dear Nicolas: You were very nice in suggesting me to have my pills at hand. I was prepared... you see... my hand is not trembling now while writing this! Well my friend, let me say ...
... I love your very personal concept of "humble"! You share some killer examples of ... "humble watches"? Lol! I specially love those two Longines and... well... all of them! Lol. The Lemania got some lovely creamy dial. Superb! You share a great selecti...
that first two shots with the Longines...my fav
that military watch face has a timelessness to it...so elegant, purposeful & built to last ! Bravo mon ami !!
Fantastic pieces, Nico...
As always. Some real vintage gems there but I would wager quite some have strongly appreciated over the years, putting them at the very top of the humble category 😉
Abel, you have opened the Pandora's Box
Please Pardon my excessive number of entries! And here we go in alphabetical order, some of my humble watches: Cazalea ...
Ah my dear Mike! Guess every Host opens a Pandora box every week end when he announces the Theme chosen! You share a wonderful array of "humble" watches which I´m sure...
... you enjoy so much wearing or just admiring in your watch box. I´m delighted with your entry! Thank you! I think we could have a long and interesting talk while examining each piece and you telling me a bit of the story of each of these pieces and abou...
Ir rings like a buzzer, not a bell, but certainly catches your attention
I've had it a very long time - since 2003 - and it was New Old Stock when I bought it from this seller's picture. Somehow I found a matching bracelet about a year later, and it's been on the bracelet ever since. ...
They're certainly lound!
Mine can just about wake the dead - or at least me of a morning, which isn't very different! Looks good both on strap & bracelet. Definitely a cool alarm. Cheers JML
The Oris is very interesting
Can you tell me more about the piece? I’ve never seen something like it before.=)
They made several series of these regulator diver watches
I had the earlier version, liked it and looked around for the beefier alternative model, but couldn't find any. Other than the lume falling out of the hands, it was fine. I got mine used in 2008, and sold it about 2012. This is the one I was looking for -...
It is a surprisingly useful complication
The beefy minute hand is easier to read off and there is no confusing it with an hour hand.
Universal is very cool ...
as is your Accutron. The Vulcan looks in great condition. Well played Mike.
As always with your posts...
There is an unexpected bonus - in this case for me the two books accompanying the last shot. And that Railroad Bulova 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
The so called Russian Speedmaster ...
.... well, a close relative actually, Sekonda "Strela" from mid 60’s, caliber 3017, made in USSR Great value for (little) money if you would believe me ...
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