I’m not quite sure what’s going on here, but this watch helps you take out folks at 1000 meters, which is a great help to those in that line of work. Clearly, there is more to this than I can fathom, but it allows you to enter various pieces of shooting data in order to line up and blow away just about anyone.
Calculate point of impact by inputting critical variables that determine elevation and wind adjustments. Works on all MILDOT, TMOA, SMOA and clicking rifle scopes. Punch in data about the ammunition you are shooting and the conditions you are shooting in and the watch will display the appropriate hold over for a sure hit… It’s that simple. This enhances a shooter’s confidence to engage targets out to 1,000 meters with “whenever/wherever” portability. Data is easy to enter – even through gloves – with the most critical information arranged for fast change and access. Accuracy on your wrist!
Product Page [Telford]
Reader Edward send along this great photo from C4ISR Journal, a warfare magazine aimed at execs. It seems the Oakley Saddleback is the watch to have if you’re staring down a target at 2 miles. Amazingly good PR for Oakley, I guess.
Oakley Saddleback
I’m not in love with this thing, but if you like Entourage and watches, then go ahead and pick this up. I can’t imagine it’s much more than $500 and if it is then someone is paying too much for a watch.
In fact, the only telltale details that link it to the show are the star design on the face and an engraved quote on the back of the case: “A lifestyle is a terrible thing to waste.” The handsome watch features a steel case and screw-in black face plate, Japanese movement, and water-resistance to 50 meters. A nice perk: the watch was made in a limited edition of 300 pieces.
Limited Edition Eos Entourage Watch [ProductDose]
Watchismo does it again. They have a full round up of vintage transistor radio watches that looks part Dick Tracy and part Blade Runner. Crazy stuff.
Vintage Transistor Wrist Radios – Dick Tracy Wannabes [THE WATCHISMO TIMES]
An AMAZING look at restoring an old Rolex.
Alright, further examination of the watch confirms the above – there’s really nothing wrong with the exterior of the watch that a good cleaning and polishing won’t fix. There’s no rust or major physical trauma. And it looks like the watch hasn’t been polished much before, which is a good thing – some watches of this age have been over polished. So with the cursory inspection complete, it’s now time to begin disassembling the watch for cleaning and further inspection. The first order of business is to remove the bracelet and check between the lugs.
The Restoration of a Rolex “Red” Submariner 1680 – Part I
Great thread on PMWF about blued screws. Some screws have the slot “silver” and the rest of the screw. Visit for the answer to the riddle.
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Who doesn’t like to vote for stuff! Head on over to TZ to vote for your favorite watch of the year. My money is on the Glashütte.
2006 TZ WOTY Finalists – TimeZone
Bovet is all but unknown here but it’s quite popular in China. This is a fascinating piece, their version of a sports watch, which is pretty hot no matter what language you speak.
Made in 2001. Self-winding, water-resistant, asymmetric, diamond-set stainless steel gentleman’s wristwatch with Chinese Dial, square button chronograph at 11 and 1 o’clock, registers, date and a stainless steel Bovet deployant clasp. Three-body case, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, rounded polished band, brushed inclined bezel, asymmetric “Vendôme” type lugs with screwed bars at 6, extended mobile geometrical-shaped pendant and winding-crown at 12, square chronograph buttons at 11 and 1. Dial: Mother-of-pearl with blue enameled Chinese characters for the hours, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials with unusual numeration, double aperture for the date at 12 with Arabic numerals. Blued steel skeletonized “bâton” hands.
Bovet Fleurier Sportster
I never got into Oakley, but they seem to be going nuts now with the Swiss quartz beasties. This has a stop watch and big date and looks like something a robot brontosaurus pooped out.
Oakley Judge Stealth Black [PROFESSIONAL WATCHES]
When in the course of human events a man decides it is easier to lay around playing video games and drinking beer, it behooves that man to get off his rump and do something. To that end, I am asking you, dear friends, to help support me – and the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – in my quest to run 26.21875 miles or 42.195 km. Yes, friends, I’m running a marathon for Team in Training, an organization that helps fatsos like me destroy themselves through the glory of sport and to support research in leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
How can you help? But making sure I actually run and don’t skulk off into the corner AND by donating to my $4,000 goal
Why am I doing this? It’s not just vanity, although I am vain. I appreciate the effort TNT puts into their events and fundraising the tireless dedication they have for their volunteers. There’s a lot of mess in the world – it is always too much with us – but to be able to help, even a little, encourages me even more than getting down to my original weight (8 pounds 3 ounces) . I have a young son now, and imagining even a 10th of what parents with sick children must go through is heart-wrenching.
Thank you for your kind support.
Oh my god! I had one of those! I LOVED IT!!!!!
YouTube – Kronoforms / 1980s Robot watch via Watchismo
Good thread on WuS about airport watches.
Just a general question about airport security. How do you all handle the special watches you don’t want marred or scratched rolling around in those little plastic tubs? Maybe I’m just being a little ‘anal’ but i’ve seen some of those things come rolling down the exit side, with content flipping and flopping all over, or even worse, a 50 lb bag landing on top of it.
About Airport Screening [Watchuseek Watch Forums]
I never got into Yes watches – they essentially show all sorts of crazy time equations in a unique and fairly elegant way – but that shouldn’t stop you from reading WatchReport’s excellent review.
If you are new to Yes watches, it’s important to realize that they are not all about aesthetics. In fact, Yes watches were specifically born out of a desire to present a more complete picture of time by bringing together manmade horological concepts like hours, minutes, and seconds with nature’s concepts of time like sunrise, sunset, and moon phases. It turns out that integrating these two words means cramming an incredible number of features into a relatively small case.
Review of the Yes Tati [WatchReport]
I always say if you don’t care about legitibity then don’t make clocks, but people never listen. Ever.
Just a Moment clock [Reddish - Design Studio]
