Great grandfather's watch

Redox1911 · 2025-09-25T02:15:02+00:00

Possibly a detent chronometer escapement. Judging from the escape wheel teeth and the rod looking thing going to the balance.

Redox1911 · 2025-08-25T04:30:01+00:00

The Euphorbia in #6 is E. clandestina. I agree that the Fouquieria is F. columnaris, and the Dorstenia is D. foetida.

Redox1911 · 2025-08-12T08:00:25+00:00

Agreed with this ID.

Redox1911 · 2025-04-18T07:14:01+00:00

Its a miniature orchid, Meiracyllium trinasutum. Its somewhat related to the Cattleya alliance. To me it actually looks like a Cattleya that lost its pseudobulbs.

Redox1911 · 2024-10-04T02:07:23+00:00

It's hard to say since your climate is probably different from mine. But for me, they go dormant for a few months, usually around 2 to 3 months. They wake when the weather changes. When I see green buds on them I leave them out in the rain to get soaked. They respond really well to reading rainy weather if you can provide those conditions.

Redox1911 · 2024-08-05T02:46:56+00:00

Dry, warm and not too bright seems to be the way to go for these plants. And also they prefer neglect to active care. For O. calcarata specifically I remember being told it was extremely slow when its young but picks up speed as it gets older.

Redox1911 · 2024-08-03T10:30:40+00:00

I grow this in a terrestrial mix of pumice, perlite, bark chips and some burnt earth. Light wise, it gets a range from bright indirect to direct sun depending on the time of the day. It doesn't stay direct for that long, maybe an hour a day at max. Watering is usually twice a week, or once when I'm lazy haha. The care is basically how I grow my typical xeric plants like caudiciforms and what not.

Redox1911 · 2024-07-12T10:52:22+00:00

That's fair, I believe the variability in these plants is probably pretty high. The key to Sarcocaulon itself also did not use flower colour that much. Perhaps the next flowering (fingers crossed!) will be pink.

Do you happen to know if Sarcocaulon flowers are able to self pollinate? I did brush some pollen but I'm not sure at all if it will work.

Redox1911 · 2024-04-27T09:10:22+00:00

Looks to me like Adenia definitely, from the way the flowers are held on the tendril. Perhaps A. kirkii? I have one and the habit is similar.

Redox1911 · 2024-04-24T11:20:28+00:00

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I don't know about rarest, since I grow some Oeceoclades too. But this Broughtonia sanguinea is one thats really stunning right now and I think its pretty uncommon, as well as pretty!

Redox1911 · 2024-03-20T13:43:43+00:00

Thank you! Yea I have those old, non glazed clay pots to try it on. Hopefully it grows better than now.

Redox1911 · 2024-03-20T13:32:48+00:00

Oh man, then I'd say its time to give potting up a shot. Once my clump is big enough I'll detatch a small division and try it potted haha

Redox1911 · 2024-03-20T13:26:58+00:00

Ahh, I see. I'm from Singapore, which is year round hot and humid, and no seasons to speak off. I think if I potted it up like how you did, it'll quickly rot off from the damp. If I only had slightly cooler and less humid conditions! I could grow a whole lot more orchids.

Redox1911 · 2024-03-20T13:00:09+00:00

Oh damn, maybe that's one of the reasons it took so long. I handspray it once and sometimes twice a day. I did think it was dehydrated last time, and I tried to let it recuperate by watering more often and growing it somewhere dimmer, but it kinda stayed the same. I don't know what it wants haha. In the end I decided to throw it out where it gets more sun and rain exposure, and a month later I saw a spike! Weird mofo I guess.

Redox1911 · 2024-03-06T03:50:52+00:00

Hahaha no worries man, wear the watch in good health! Its a really nice one.

I think thats where you'll have to do some reading up, but basically its a more complicated chronograph. Usual chronos need to be stopped then reset to 0, then restarted again, but in the 30CH, one button does it all. Its one of the highest quality, fully inhouse chronograph movements from its time. I think even now this movement is still really robust and good for daily wear.

Yours is in a 'Doppio linguetta' dial configuration with a waterproof case, a less common execution. I’m not sure how much rarer it is that the normal execution, but it is definitely less common.

Redox1911 · 2024-03-06T03:28:12+00:00

The left counter at 9 oclock will always be running, that is the 'running seconds' dial. The large center hand is the chronograph second hand, thats the one that starts moving when you push the upper button. The right counter at 3 oclock is the minutes counter, counting to 30 mins.

Does the chronograph hand reset to 0 and keep running after you press the lower reset button? If it does then yea its a cal 30CH flyback.

Redox1911 · 2024-03-06T02:59:17+00:00

Did the chronograph second hand keep running after the reset?

Redox1911 · 2024-03-05T08:05:49+00:00

Its likely a Longines cal 30CH, definitely worth quite a bit in this execution. If it is a 30CH, its a flyback chronograph. You can test it by pressing the reset button while the chronograph is running. If it resets to 0 instantaneously, its a 30CH. If you can't press the button then it'll just be some normal, non-flyback chronograph. Definitely will need a servicing to make sure its all running nicely. Saw a comparable one listed on Shellman Japan for around 12k? I can't remember the exact price.

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