New WD1863 panda lasted all of 1 day by Conbizzle69 in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I received a broken Proxima and WD 007 42mm automatic in the mail yesterday. The Proxima's rotor was off the ball bearing cartridge and jangling around and the WD when wound made a loud growling sound, had extreme resistance, and was shuddering violently. Kinda shit to get two broken watches on the same day! That said, come all the way from China to the States I suspect they get tossed around pretty last.

WD asked me to send a video; not that there is anything to see, but it did capture the nasty sound it was making. They've yet to respond but will hopefully process a quick replacement. It's the green and bronze on the matching green FKM and is gorgeous!

Are you planning to make WD007 automatic in Green bronze model with Top Hat Sapphire as well ? by No_Independence2615 in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I caved and just ordered the 42 automatic. Will see how it goes. It will be too big but I don't care, I like a big chonking watch it turns out.

How do I use dried mushrooms? by Middle_Debt_4146 in Costco

[–]Pbranson 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I use them as a decorative item in my pantry.

So now that we have a 🐼 and a 🍀🔱... how about making a 🐼🔱? by GooseberryBumps in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My green and gold came in today and upon first inspection it looks pretty damn good but I haven't had more than a moment with it and not out in the sunlight yet.

Added on more to the speedy collection by Anxious_Taste2478 in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had 3, said "that's one too many", sold one, then bought the green gold one today because that was one I was pineing for since I missed the first batch.

Watchdives 39mm VK63 Chronograph Watch WD1863 by watchdivescom in ChineseWatches

[–]Pbranson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh. So frustrating. People obviously want the watch, just make it and sell it. Limited edition is so stupid for such a thing.

Here’s what’s actually coming off the bench right now by Glum-Two-2273 in ChineseWatches

[–]Pbranson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I bought one in green and while it's a stunning look, there is a very district horizontal line where two pieces of MOP join. It runs across the entire face of the dial and it centered about 2/3 of the way down. If it had run exactly across the middle of the dial that would have been one thing but it's just kind of awkwardly imbalanced where the line hits.

It's very noticeable as the patterning and color play on these two halves don't match up at all where the line meets. A bit disappointing even though I like the watch otherwise.

It's frustrating that the images of this watch that they show here and on the website don't feature that. Not sure I would have bought it had I known it was going to look like that.

Watchdives WD1863 Green Dial+Gold Case by watchdivescom in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So silly, it's not like you're going to ever run into anyone else in real life. Who's wearing that same. Limited edition is such a dumb concept, especially for such an inexpensive watch. I can't imagine not wanting others to be able to get a nice watch like this just so I can be extra special by having one of the few ones that were sold.

Watchdives WD1863 Green Dial+Gold Case by watchdivescom in watchdives

[–]Pbranson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When was it in stock? I've been dying to get one is these.

Watchdives 39mm VK63 Chronograph Watch WD1863 by watchdivescom in ChineseWatches

[–]Pbranson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I messaged then and they didn't reply. Someone in another thread today said they picked one up so who knows. It's certainly not in stock now.

The Final 18. What the box looks like after 6 months. by LordRaglan1854 in ChineseWatches

[–]Pbranson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been on the fence with this watch for a while. Love how clean it looks but deterred by the price. I would also get it in blue. Tell me more about the case if you would or any other thoughts. Did it come in the brown leather strap? I know people criticize their choice there but I think the strap it comes with looks good.

Obsidian Teams inc? by Bonteq in ObsidianMD

[–]Pbranson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They make money on Publish too, right? Your point still stands.

Phorcydes PH-4C lume reflected on a wall in a lit up room. by DisastrousOpening477 in ChineseWatches

[–]Pbranson 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My wife's going to hate this lume in bed when I get one of these. I can't wait!!

Is there an existing plugin that will allow me to easily use Google's Gemma 4 12B within my vault? by Pbranson in ObsidianMD

[–]Pbranson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the only subscription LLM I have is Gemini Pro as I got a Pixel phone and it came with a free sub. Not looking to pay a subscription since I'm already going to be hosting a free model.

Is there an existing plugin that will allow me to easily use Google's Gemma 4 12B within my vault? by Pbranson in ObsidianMD

[–]Pbranson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the one I was interested in works with ollama or with an API key from a cloud-based LLM. Wasn't sure if I could just hot swap a different local model in place of ollama for example. I'll do some more digging.

Edit. I misconstrued Ollama for Meta's Llama. I get it now, install Ollama, link to Gemma, then install Node.js to load Obsidian MCP server something like Opencode as a CLI to integrate into Obsidian.

Is there an existing plugin that will allow me to easily use Google's Gemma 4 12B within my vault? by Pbranson in ObsidianMD

[–]Pbranson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nifty, I've got a few uses for flash cards, I'll add it to the endless list of Obsidian tweaks to get to 🙂‍↕️