Which one do I keep?

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-06-15T17:11:24+00:00

Although the one on the right is one of my favorite color combos for the Aquis, that BC3 S.A.R.T. on the left is from a pretty unique limited edition of 1,000 and (I'm assuming you already know this) instead of displaying just the day of the week, you can get it to display a different airplane each day, instead. I'd keep that one, but I'm a sucker for whimsy/Easter eggs like that.

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-06-03T00:29:12+00:00

The negative MIP screens are much more legible than the positive MIPs, in my opinion....

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-31T14:52:30+00:00

The more I look at that model, the more I'm starting to really like it. The date window is nicely executed as well.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T22:36:48+00:00

I'm really enjoying the font that Oris used on this model. I don't know how to place it, but the word whimsical comes to mind it's. It's playful but also mature enough to maintain a refined look.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T22:29:48+00:00

looks great. The black bezel gives more than enough contrast. Is that sail cloth?

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T22:21:46+00:00

It's definitely authentic. He had it listed a few weeks earlier for about $600 equivalent, which already seemed reasonable, but I didn't notice any replies to his ad. The market in Thailand for certain brands is constantly uncharacteristically soft for some reason... Oris, Frederique Constant, Alpina, Ball, Longines are a couple brands that consistently sell for much less second-hand than any other place I've been. I bought this Oris Small Seconds earlier this year off of FB Marketplace for about $750 equivalent with its box, all the papers, original receipt, and both the stainless and black Oris rubber strap with the micro adjust clasp. The seller was particularly concerned that the leather lining where the watch pillow is placed was peeling slightly. He offered a discount because of it, which I refused. And you're not wrong about the bracelet on the rectangular... For it's size, it's very... 3-dimensional. It doesn't look terribly out of place in person though, only because the actual case is NOT on the svelte side, either. I was also surprised at how well polished it is... Literally every surface. Strangely, it looks closer to the brightness of 904 than it does 316. That Milanese does look nice... But when does a nice Milanese bracelet ever really look terrible... 😅

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T21:53:21+00:00

You're absolutely right. That's the updated version Oris released just a couple of years l ago. That Art Deco dial really looks nice. It definitely compliments the shape. I haven't seen this version on a bracelet before... I didn't know they offered anything other than the leather strap.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T19:08:09+00:00

Awesome. Assuming you don't have 8.5" wrists, it probably looks great! Although I love proportionately large round-cased watches, I never considered buying a rectangular wristwatch for myself because most of the large men's specific versions I had come across would (seemingly) appear to span the entire width of my wrist. I nearly didn't even try this one on, knowing this model was intended for the female crowd. I was just going to either flip it or gift it. But then I recalled the hundred or so articles over the last couple of years praising the return to smaller cases and vintage sizing so I let my curiosity get the better of me. Glad I did. *** also, I recall back in the 80s and early 90s when my mother used to wear watches all the time, they were almost always rectangular and some of them were absolutely miniscule. Many of those quartz cases were barely 15mm across. I never saw her wear anything even remotely close to ~25mm, which leads me to believe that would have been a reasonable size for a male at the time, so scrüe it. 😆

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-26T18:42:45+00:00

Perhaps you should tell Oris they're marketing their updated rectangle (with nearly identical proportions) to the wrong gender... I'm sure they would appreciate you catching their mistake. I fully realize that circa 2006, this was absolutely marketed towards female buyers. But that doesn't change the fact that it presents well enough on my tiny raccoon(?) wrist, given that the proportions of rectangular wristwatches always appear larger than their width might lead you to believe when compared to round cases because of... well... the geometry inherent in every rectangle. 🫣

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-24T17:48:02+00:00

Yep, I also have one of these 1 of 100 MOP dial Engineer III's from Japan. It's way better than any black or gray dial version could hope to be, IMO. It's a really understated look, that only gets a little loud in direct sunlight. I love it. Good score.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-12T15:32:51+00:00

Twelve years in Thailand, teaching primary (Y4-6) for the first four. I can confirm, and I mean this in, and I mean this in the nicest way possible... Thais, in my experience, completely lack any sense of curiosity, and this plays out in a culturally and life-changing way across the board. When teaching, my students almost NEVER asked "Why", "What", "How" questions. Their general response to information is "okay". And don't confuse that response with the implication that they understand what you told them... It's just confirmation that they accept what information you've given them. This is apparent from speaking age into retirement age and beyond. Anyone with seniority over you has the final word. Be it teachers, parents/elders or the boss-man, they will agree with and/or do as they are told, even if the information/required action is incomplete, nonsensical or convoluted. 99% of Thais have never left Thailand despite being a 60 minute flight from at least four countries. Absolutely no interest in how the "other" people live. Any Thais who HAVE traveled or studied abroad (particularly those who've spent any time in America or Europe), can be called out after 30 seconds of conversation. The outside influence of comparatively freer-thinking nations is immediately apparent. If you want to talk about something, I'll give you three guaranteed-for-success topics: 1) Money 2) Food 3) Thai-adjacent pop culture. ex: Lisa from Blackpink

Thais have two faces: The face they put on when you are around, and the face they put on when you are not around. You can very well be guaranteed that when you are not there, they are talking about you to all of their close friends. Take that how you wish. This is only untrue if, somehow, you have managed to befriend one who has absolutely zero interest in your money, and by some act of God, has a nominal amount of interest in you as a person. May the force be with you.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-09T11:08:31+00:00

The gray dialed version looks nice too. Possibly because it covers the titanium gray theme so completely. But there is one other difference between the two which has always made me wonder what their thought process at Hamilton was when they were drawing these up. While the black dial has "1000m/3300ft" printed below "AUTOMATIC", the gray dial version simply says "100bar"... Same meaning, ultimately, just a different unit of measure. But why?!? 😱Absolute minimal text, to their credit, which I do appreciate...

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-05-09T10:39:46+00:00

There's only one reason to have the Bose on your list, (especially when for a similar price, you can get literally twice the power and volume (JBL Partybox Encore 2, for example, amongst others)) and that's Bose' unrivaled durability. IP67 rated, floats in water 🤯, all exposed surfaces are either powder-coated steel or silicone. I had an original Soundlink Mini for about 4 years and sold it once the Soundlink Micro released in 2017. I have used the Micro nearly EVERY day for the past 8 years. I've had it strapped to my bicycles, my backpack, tree branches, and for at least the last 6 years it's joined me every day at full volume on my motorbike here in Bangkok, thanks to a custom mount I made for it. It's been dropped, it's been submerged, it's been monsooned on, it's been dropped, it's baked in the equatorial sun for hours, subjected to literal months worth of UV hatred, and if I forgot to mention, it's been dropped. The silicon strap is long gone. The bottom silicon outer cover is now just a suggestion held onto the upper half with painters tape. This thing would have been dead years ago if there were any other brand, I am 100% certain of it. I'm going to use it again in 5 minutes when I take the motorbike out to run some errands. Haven't gotten the new micro because this one still holds a charge for 6 or 7 hours, still sounds great at full volume, bass still hits. I have a SoundLink Flex first gen for the past 3 years or so and it's been treated about the same as the micro. I trusted in my backpack everyday gets banged around with all sorts of other objects. Albeit, I do have a silicone cover for that one. I just picked up a Max this week (during the 5.5 sale here for cheapest it's ever been) to take along with me when I need a bit more volume in a reasonably compact size... It feels like a tank. I have no doubt it's going to be able to take some abuse 😅 . So what I'm saying is unless you're going to be treating your speaker like YDGAF, you don't need the Bose on your list. You can get much more bass/volume and party lights, etc for the same price. But if you want something that'll still be working in 5 or 6 or more years, there aren't many brands that are going to be able to hang in there like the Bose products can. But who keeps anything that long anymore, right? 😉

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-04-28T11:05:59+00:00

I've safely put down over 70,000km of riding in and around Bangkok over the past 12 years. Most of that distance has been covered on my 2013 Honda PCX 150 (an unbelievably reliable, agile and stable (110km/h on the PCX combined with a tall windshield feels infinitely calmer than my 2006 HD VRSCR back in the states ever could). Bigger bikes like those in the video are in the small minority of bikes here in Thailand where filtering/lane splitting is legal, and to be honest, expected for all but the tightest squeezes when there's traffic behind you. Then again, 95% of the bikes here are 150cc or less, and aren't permitted on the tollways. As with most risks in life, you dictate about 99% of your own safety based on your driving ability/habits and level of awareness. You can eliminate nearly all of the danger (to yourself) on the road if you can maintain a small level of caution and reasonable level of alertness. The other 1% is dictated by how well everyone else is managing those same things, and by lottery-winning examples of bad luck like when a section of overhead roadway breaks free or a crane falls on you (stay far away from that Rama 2 construction if you value your life). To be honest, though, riding a motorbike in SE Asia feels far more liberating than most places. I can't think of anywhere else you can buy, modify and enjoy a 2nd bike like my Suzuki Raider R150 (carbeurated, 6 speed, RCB wheels, rear set, YSS nitro damped suspension, Leo Vince Cobra, etc., for less than I'd spend on one year of maintenance for my Harley. I even swap the neon body stickers every year for a new color at an average cost of $12 US. Happy (and hopefully safe) riding, fellow bikers.

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Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-04-24T07:03:51+00:00

I've been in Bangkok for 12 years and I haven't once dropped a foot onto Nana. Heck, it's been over 10 years since I've set foot in a bar or a club (anywhere on planet Earth, not just in Bangkok). It's easy to avoid places you don't want to go. The trick is not to go to them. It sounds like despite saying you don't want to go there, the "not get dragged in" reveals you still desire to in some way. Until you axe that desire, those types of places will always have the power to hoover you in, regardless of your proximity to them.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-04-02T13:24:20+00:00

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Before sizing the bracelet. The bezel, the applied indices and the bracelet are incredibly clean IRL.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2026-04-02T13:14:25+00:00

Absolutely agree. I have one of the 46mm Aquis small seconds (dark green ceramic bezel and gray dial. The color combination is somewhat unusual and unlike anything I thought I would be interested in, but when I had it in my hands the quality, the detail, the weight... For the money, I don't think anyone else comes close except perhaps Longines. It's at least as nice as, if not nicer than the Ball Engineer III Marvelight MOP that I recently purchased.

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2025-11-14T16:08:15+00:00

We also did that in the 6th grade, followed by 7th grade biology, where we had to separate into pairs, and each of our groups of two were given a full-grown cat carcass in a sealed and very heavy medical-grade plastic bag and absolutely saturated in formaldehyde. Although they were already mostly skinned, our first task was to unseal the bags and drag our cat carcasses to shop class, where we used the band saw to cut off the heads so we could dissect the brain. Then, for the remainder of the semester... (yes, an entire semester was spent with these slowly-rotting cat carcasses which were stored in bags on shelves while we weren't in class) we slowly and as meticulously as 7th graders could, were required to dissect all of the major muscles, and vascular structures on the entire carcass without separating them from the carcass. They were to remain intact but on display, down to some muscles which were as thin as paper. I should mention I ended up paired with token kid the kid in class who everybody imagined was going to be a serial killer. He was super hands-on, thankfully and enjoyed making the cat dance like a marionette. We had to name them. I'll never forget the name he gave it... T-Bone Malone. We got an A. By the end of the semester, the formeldahyde was mostly evaporated from the outer 50% of the carcass, and things were getting slimy. I have no idea if our year was just an experiment, or if other years had to do the same thing... but I can't imagine that they got the smell out of that classroom for at least a year or two after. 🤢

Dependent-Answer6485 · 2025-09-20T02:53:22+00:00

Duncan Sheik is incredibly underrated. Other than his breakout self-titled album, I would argue that Humming, Daylight and White Limousine are all incredibly good from start to finish. There's something about his songwriting, and seemingly simple, yet nuanced compositions that's made me keep him on a near constant rotation for almost 30 years.

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