If you're gonna impulse buy a used watch, you might as well buy it from Lee.
The truth is I didn't exactly impulse buy it because I'd recently wishlisted a dual time, slide rule Orient: http://amzn.to/2AxSJzz
I was more interested in dual time, but I started doing more research about slide rules and kinda had a nerdgasm. I'm interested in it for all the reasons I stated above and realized the Nighthawk made much better use of it than the Orient. The pre-markings for imperial to metric on distance, volume, and weight are really cool, in my opinion. I'd googled Nighthawks a bit over the last few weeks, but never got serious about. Then, a good deal for one with a crystal sapphire popped up and the rest is history.
If I'm honest, the watch wears better on my wrist than my Tag. I like that watch, but it's 41x16 and feels really tall on my wrist. This watch is 42x13 and the extra width is meaningless given it's shorter and sits flat against the wrist (the Tag is more pill shaped). The weight is solid, but definitely not the heaviest watch I own. Lighter is better for me, so this will likely be for air travel. Mostly. The watch feels way better than what I paid for it, although I will say it kinda has a tinny feel... which actually works with the aircraft theme. I have other watches that feel like lead bricks, so I appreciate this one feels a bit different. Setting this watch is not intuitive AT ALL, in my opinion. You set the plane hand (24 hour hand) with the minutes at crown position 2, then move the regular hour hand by one hour increments in position 1. I'm usually pretty good at intuiting that stuff, but I had to google it. The screw down crown is a nice touch.
I need to add two links, so I'll have to look and see if there's an easy way to do this myself. I don't have time to find a decent shop around here and I loathe jewelry stores, so I won't be wearing it for a bit longer. I'm maxed out on my 10-watch case, so I'll have to demote something to a drawer.
Lastly, I told the wife yesterday "I bought a watch from Lee." Judging from her face, I think she thought that meant I spent a few grand. She didn't really say anything, but when I tried to show it to her tonight she said she'd already taken a peek while it was on the table. I then showed her how to slide rule will help with conversions and she thought that was cool... especially since I always have to do them for her in my head. win/win.
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The truth is I didn't exactly impulse buy it because I'd recently wishlisted a dual time, slide rule Orient: http://amzn.to/2AxSJzz
I was more interested in dual time, but I started doing more research about slide rules and kinda had a nerdgasm. I'm interested in it for all the reasons I stated above and realized the Nighthawk made much better use of it than the Orient. The pre-markings for imperial to metric on distance, volume, and weight are really cool, in my opinion. I'd googled Nighthawks a bit over the last few weeks, but never got serious about. Then, a good deal for one with a crystal sapphire popped up and the rest is history.
If I'm honest, the watch wears better on my wrist than my Tag. I like that watch, but it's 41x16 and feels really tall on my wrist. This watch is 42x13 and the extra width is meaningless given it's shorter and sits flat against the wrist (the Tag is more pill shaped). The weight is solid, but definitely not the heaviest watch I own. Lighter is better for me, so this will likely be for air travel. Mostly. The watch feels way better than what I paid for it, although I will say it kinda has a tinny feel... which actually works with the aircraft theme. I have other watches that feel like lead bricks, so I appreciate this one feels a bit different. Setting this watch is not intuitive AT ALL, in my opinion. You set the plane hand (24 hour hand) with the minutes at crown position 2, then move the regular hour hand by one hour increments in position 1. I'm usually pretty good at intuiting that stuff, but I had to google it. The screw down crown is a nice touch.
I need to add two links, so I'll have to look and see if there's an easy way to do this myself. I don't have time to find a decent shop around here and I loathe jewelry stores, so I won't be wearing it for a bit longer. I'm maxed out on my 10-watch case, so I'll have to demote something to a drawer.
Lastly, I told the wife yesterday "I bought a watch from Lee." Judging from her face, I think she thought that meant I spent a few grand. She didn't really say anything, but when I tried to show it to her tonight she said she'd already taken a peek while it was on the table. I then showed her how to slide rule will help with conversions and she thought that was cool... especially since I always have to do them for her in my head. win/win.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth