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Lurching · 12-05-2013 10:59AM

This is becoming more and more my daily choice.
It has the orange face.

Edit: Obviously not taken today, but i'm wearing it today!

Lex Luthor · 12-05-2013 04:30PM

Took out the OB1 this morning...
Got it back recently after it had to go back to get the bezel insert replaced as there was a small defect on it from the factory

Homer · 12-05-2013 05:48PM

Lurching wrote: »

This is becoming more and more my daily choice.
It has the orange face.

Edit: Obviously not taken today, but i'm wearing it today!

Nice.. I've been hankering after an emergency for quite a while now! Itch that needs to be scratched soon me thinks!

Amalgam · 12-05-2013 06:28PM

Lurching wrote: »

This is becoming more and more my daily choice.
It has the orange face.

Edit: Obviously not taken today, but i'm wearing it today!

Homer wrote: »

Nice.. I've been hankering after an emergency for quite a while now! Itch that needs to be scratched soon me thinks!

Just curious, does the paperwork come with warnings about misusing it..? I read somewhere that the fine is eye watering, for activating it in error, in the US.

Is it the same globally?

Homer · 12-05-2013 07:21PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Just curious, does the paperwork come with warnings about misusing it..? I read somewhere that the fine is eye watering, for activating it in error, in the US.

Is it the same globally?

That "may" have been the case many years ago when the frequency that it transmitted on was actually monitored in an emergency situation, but over the last few years and certainly today I would think there would be very little chance of being fined for an accidental misuse of it. The new version of the emergency just launched at baselworld now transmits on a different frequency.

Kintarō Hattori · 14-05-2013 04:58PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Just curious, does the paperwork come with warnings about misusing it..? I read somewhere that the fine is eye watering, for activating it in error, in the US.

Is it the same globally?

Rightyo, I'm clueless. A watch that may possibly come with a warning and which transmits something on a frequency. I vaguely think I once read something about this a long time ago but I forget.

Any details?

Eoin · 14-05-2013 05:02PM

http://gizmodo.com/breitling-emergency-ii-a-satellite-distress-signal-on-487271786

Breitling's original Emergency watch first launched back in 1995 and was able to broadcast a distress signal on the 121.5 MHz analog band allowing ships, planes, and other vehicles to track it. But if your approximate location wasn't already known, it made locating the signal a bit tricky. So Breitling is introducing an upgraded version of the watch—the Emergency II—that adds the ability to send a distress signal to satellites circling overhead, so no matter where on Earth you're lost, you can be found.

Rain Dog · 14-05-2013 10:11PM

Good evening, long time lurker, first time poster. I didn't mean to buy a watch this evening. But anyway, by way of introduction, today I am wearing

But tomorrow I'll be wearing ZjkyMWNjNWRkYWU5NzgzN2MwMGMzYTE1ZDMyN2U2M2LdFkgEmAYa8orCYUHLiNhBaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vODJmMTEwNjA0ZmVkN2MxMmEwMGY2ZDVjYmE5NmEwODI1NmQ3Yzc4Y2IyNGYwZTRkZWMwNTQ0ZmRlMjU5NDY1Ni5qcGd8fDUyNXx8fHx8aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hZHZlcnRzLmllL3N0YXRpYy9pL3dhdGVybWFyay5wbmd8fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS9ub25lLWltYWdlLmpwZ3w=.jpg

ZjkyMWNjNWRkYWU5NzgzN2MwMGMzYTE1ZDMyN2U2M2LdFkgEmAYa8orCYUHLiNhBaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vODJmMTEwNjA0ZmVkN2MxMmEwMGY2ZDVjYmE5NmEwODI1NmQ3Yzc4Y2IyNGYwZTRkZWMwNTQ0ZmRlMjU5NDY1Ni5qcGd8fDUyNXx8fHx8aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hZHZlcnRzLmllL3N0YXRpYy9pL3dhdGVybWFyay5wbmd8fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS9ub25lLWltYWdlLmpwZ3w=.jpg

thanks to Kintaro Hattori. I think I've been hooked!

Lurching · 14-05-2013 10:49PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Just curious, does the paperwork come with warnings about misusing it..? I read somewhere that the fine is eye watering, for activating it in error, in the US.

Is it the same globally?

The watch came with a briefcase of bits and pieces. There is a warning tag that is removed when you first wear it, which states that the wearer must have agreed to the terms of use prior to removal.

Although the frequency is no longer monitored, if the emergency services know you have an emergency (family member who reported you missing or what have you, telling them), then they can switch to that frequency to find you.

Kintarō Hattori · 16-05-2013 07:25PM

I'm enjoying this a lot. It's really unsophisticated in its styling but that's part of the appeal and I enjoy the geek angle of it being powered by light. It was €70 odd well spent.

peasant · 31-05-2013 02:32PM

This old Vostok, back from an oil change at the watchmakers and on a new old strap

bernard0368 · 05-06-2013 02:54PM

Fast becoming a fav. Parnis Power reserve with a ostrich strap.

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art · 05-06-2013 04:13PM

Par-nieces?

ThebitterLemon · 05-06-2013 09:54PM

@Bernard0368

Cool looking watch.

Any chance you could post a full frontal?

TbL

Decoda · 05-06-2013 09:58PM

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

@Bernard0368

Cool looking watch.

Any chance you could post a full frontal?

TbL

+1.....really nice looking timepiece. Do you mind if I ask what the build quality of the parnis is like? Also did you purchase from their website? They seem quite reasonable money wise?

Thanks again

DC

ThebitterLemon · 05-06-2013 11:16PM

Decoda wrote: »

+1.....really nice looking timepiece. Do you mind if I ask what the build quality of the parnis is like? Also did you purchase from their website? They seem quite reasonable money wise?

Thanks again

DC

Just checked the website as well, ninety bucks, seems like great value.

Anyone have any idea how durable they are, would they be on par with Seiko (great watches for everyday wear and they can take a bit of a banging about)?

Thanks

TbL

Lex Luthor · 06-06-2013 07:29AM

I bought a parnis a few mobths back. Nice looking watch but had to return after a day. Date wouldnt adjust. Reading online, it can be hit or miss with them. Just get a seller on the bay with a good rating and if u get a lemon u can return it

bernard0368 · 06-06-2013 08:06AM

Here you are the best I could do with my phone. I got this from www.manbushijie.com, I think I paid about $80.00 for it. I can not remember nor find where i got the strap.
I wear it most days and it works great minutes and hours.

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Eoin · 06-06-2013 09:58AM

Lex Luthor wrote: »

I bought a parnis a few mobths back. Nice looking watch but had to return after a day. Date wouldnt adjust. Reading online, it can be hit or miss with them. Just get a seller on the bay with a good rating and if u get a lemon u can return it

I've read that the power reserve can be a bit funny too. They're a gorgeous looking watch though. Doubt they'd be up to Seiko quality.

Lex Luthor · 06-06-2013 10:12AM

Eoin wrote: »

I've read that the power reserve can be a bit funny too. They're a gorgeous looking watch though. Doubt they'd be up to Seiko quality.

Have to agree. One i ordered was really nice. Replaced it with a seiko snk803 with the refund. The seiko is definitely better quality

art · 06-06-2013 10:14AM

bernard0368 wrote: »

I got this from www.manbushijie.com, I think I paid about $80.00 for it.

That's where I got mine too, it seems a reliable place.

art · 06-06-2013 10:20AM

Eoin wrote: »

I've read that the power reserve can be a bit funny too. They're a gorgeous looking watch though. Doubt they'd be up to Seiko quality.

Oddly, it was how good the power reserve acted that made me keep mine. The rotor is a little on the noisy side but it charges almost immediately, i can leave it aside for days, and just the act of picking it up again has it ticking. Bought it on a whim and wasn't going to keep it but, once I replaced the strap (which was stiff and uncomfortable) I honestly can't fault it.

bernard0368 · 06-06-2013 10:58AM

art wrote: »

Oddly, it was how good the power reserve acted that made me keep mine. The rotor is a little on the noisy side but it charges almost immediately, i can leave it aside for days, and just the act of picking it up again has it ticking. Bought it on a whim and wasn't going to keep it but, once I replaced the strap (which was stiff and uncomfortable) I honestly can't fault it.

I agree, i have found the power reserve to be great, I don't notice the rotor at all. I have another automatic which would wake the dead alright .
he watch keeps great time for the price, I am very happy with it. This is the one watch that always gets a comment.

peasant · 06-06-2013 02:38PM

Did I tell you that it's summer, I'm off work and I got a new watch?

Did I?

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Bullseye1 · 09-06-2013 10:40AM

Decided to give my second manual winder a run out: been wearing for the past week. Probably the perfect sized watch for my wrists.

Lex Luthor · 16-06-2013 03:54PM

Bullseye1, may I ask you to give more details on your watch above?

Threw the Ikarus back on today after a few weeks in the box...love the weight and feel of this watch and the strap is just so comfortable

Bullseye1 · 16-06-2013 07:57PM

Here you go Lex.
http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2009/4/24/the-sturmanskie-gagarin-chronograph-the-answer-to-all-those.html

art · 17-06-2013 06:45PM

Not the best pic but here's today's daily beater ...

It's a quartz, bought in Gent, Belgium, from a lovely flemish guy who promised to fly over to Dublin to fix it if anything went wrong... and straight faced pointed out the features, the time, date, day/night indicator ... sadly not through any gps, atomic clock wizardry but the more mundane "it's after 6" variety...

Still like this a lot, apart from the nice associations of a lovely little city, it's 42mm diameter with a solid heft and remains fairly clean despite the redundancy of that night/day thing.

Lex Luthor · 21-06-2013 05:55PM

The Tag hasnt had much wrist time lately, so I took it out for the young lads graduation from school today

Wibbs · 21-06-2013 09:25PM

Generally I'm not a fan of TAG design, but that's a damn fine looking timepiece LL. Really like the dial layout.

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