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Offline Neil

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Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« on: May 07, 2009, 07:15:59 PM »
Now before you go getting too excited it isn't working. I'm assuming its just the battery that needs replacing but it has a funny kind of screw in back and I can't open it :(  I refuse to be fleeced by the local jewllers so I'd rather give it to someone who either can get in it safely or knows a friendly jeweller :)  Please also note the strap bit is looking a bit rough, time to get the paracord out and make a new one  :tu:



If you want it you have to post a photo of a really cool watch  8)

Doesn't have to be one you own and you can grab the piccies from anywhere, just needs to be  8) or  :drool: preferably both :D

The recipient will be picked at random in very roughly 48 hours.

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2009, 07:23:01 PM »
Here's my submission:


It's regarded as "the world's most rugged watch" by Hammacher Schlemmer:

Encased in layered steel and fortified with hardened resin, this is the world's most rugged, durable wrissmurfch. The forged stainless-steel case disperses and dissipates direct impacts; resin and rubber rings protect the mechanics, absorbing shock and vibration from anywhere on the watch. The hands are fortified with brass-joining rings that stabilize the hands under extreme pressure and vibrations. Its quartz movement is protected by two rubber gaskets that ensure water resistance down to 660', and the mineral crystal face resists damage from abrading or piercing forces. The stainless steel and urethane band is attached to the case with steel lug screws, and the links are secured to each other using stainless-steel pins. The watch's atomic timekeeping automatically receives and calibrates the most current time from up to five antennas worldwide, and the solar-powered, rechargeable battery converts low-level indoor light or direct sunlight into power that lasts up to five months without further exposure.

Just reading the write-up and damn, I want one of these too! (@NutzNBoltz: You were right... I want one now.)
« Last Edit: May 07, 2009, 07:53:26 PM by PyroJames »
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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2009, 07:24:37 PM »
I'm wearing this one right now:


BTW don't count me in Neil. I just wanted to show off my new watch. :D

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2009, 07:27:15 PM »
I'm wearing this one right now:
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BTW don't count me in Neil. I just wanted to show off my new watch. :D

Glad to have provided the excuse :D

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2009, 07:29:34 PM »
Anyone else think this is a bit OTT?



 :D
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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2009, 07:34:30 PM »
ah, the omega seamaster - it will be mine someday!


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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2009, 07:35:47 PM »
Anyone else think this is a bit OTT?



 :D


Isn't that Inspector Gadget's watch? :D

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2009, 07:35:56 PM »
Anyone else think this is a bit OTT?



 :D


<Whistles tune to Inspector Gadget>   :D

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2009, 07:36:49 PM »
Anyone else think this is a bit OTT?

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 :D

Isn't that Inspector Gadget's watch? :D

 :twak: Stop nicking my ideas  >:(  ;)

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2009, 07:37:51 PM »
Now this I oddly like;



Those are nixie tubes BTW.
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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2009, 07:38:40 PM »
I would like to submit a Rolex Daytona - possibly the fugliest watch ever made!



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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2009, 07:39:11 PM »
:twak: Stop nicking my ideas  >:(  ;)

Got there first, neer neer neer neer... :P Oh and Nick is my name you know... :D

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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2009, 07:40:09 PM »
That Rolex is fugly.  :o
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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2009, 07:52:22 PM »
That Rolex is fugly.  :o

Isn't it disgusting?! And they go for around $46,000  :o


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Re: Free Victorinox Pocket Watch
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2009, 07:55:18 PM »
Why it's a perpetual superlative chronometer officially certified cosmograph!

I'll get my coat. :D

 

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