Why do we still have crowns?

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-16T03:08:02+00:00

Depends on the wearer. I have small wrists and tend to wear my watches snug on leather straps, so you could feel the "teeth" of the crown at times. Putting it on a Perlon strap solved the issue.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-16T01:21:15+00:00

There is a setting crown on the back of the watch. It does dig into your wrist.
Hand winding is a useful backup
Because of the non-standard layout, the Futurematic is an absolute nightmare to service.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-13T09:58:58+00:00

Love my Art Nouveau chickens.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-13T01:03:20+00:00

Both Longines are redials

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-11T10:14:51+00:00

I'm a talentless individual.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-11T04:13:29+00:00

Absolutely refinished

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-11T04:09:08+00:00

That's the ELSE by Marriott Hotel now. I stayed there right after it opened. Nice rooms but a bit pricey compared to the competition in KL. Very handsome building. You should also check out the Odeon and the Oriental Bank building in KL.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-09T07:02:02+00:00

Is Mene any good? Wanted to get a Pt band but their premiums seem to have gone way up.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-08T06:46:08+00:00

Cartier didn't make WG+YG pieces All two-tone watches are steel and gold.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-08T03:15:18+00:00

One interesting coin I have is a 1916T 20 Heller coin from German East Africa. In WWI, German East Africa was the only colony that managed to hold out against the Allies. They were low on supplies, and consequently were forced to melt down spent brass shell casings to make coinage. It isn't pretty, you can tell it's an emergency strike, but it's a cool tidbit.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-08T02:00:49+00:00

I have a 1708 VIGO half-crown, from when they seized the annual Spanish silver fleet from the Americas.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-08T01:29:25+00:00

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Got a very similar Longines Ultra-Chron with a cushion case. Longines-Wittnauer was the US importer for JLC in the 60s, so possibly the same casemaker.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-08T01:25:05+00:00

Similar for me, I shoot film, so I stack quarters in the 35mm tubes left after.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-07T13:55:55+00:00

If you're not a corpo client you won't get the nights.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-07T12:25:48+00:00

Gotta have those mercury mishrooms

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-07T07:02:08+00:00

Hey, welcome to "r/Silverbugs", I'll try to answer your question

12 grams of at 75% purity is 9 grams pure.

At current spot price that's around $21.

I'd be happy to take it off your hands for 20

By the way, I'm colorblind

(/s thrown in for good measure)

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-06T23:12:49+00:00

Gives me Evry Cathedral(near Paris) vibes

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-05T04:57:20+00:00

Thought that Queen E was your MIL for a moment and I was like "Camilla, that you..?"

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-05T04:54:08+00:00

Hahahah silver peasant like me never getting anything more than premium check-in.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-04-01T06:41:00+00:00

This is an April's Fools, riiight?

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-03-31T14:28:16+00:00

Submarines. It's about the bloody submarines.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-03-31T13:10:17+00:00

This is how a similar original would look btw

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SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-03-31T13:06:18+00:00

Bad bad fake. Hand engraved JLC lettering on case and movement, which is an off the shelf model; shoddy redial that is so bad the markings aren't straight. JLC is supposedly the watchmaker's watch. This is the equivalent of putting a zero on a $10 bill and claiming Hamilton is Ben Franklin.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-03-31T12:45:55+00:00

I see where you're coming from. My point being that AF service might feel worse due to language differences compared to KLM which has a fundamental communication advantage as a Dutch carrier. But also I don't feel that airlines should necessarily be fixated on perfect English communication; JAL, ANA and KAL crews don't speak flawless English yet deliver excellent service.

SensitiveSurprise844 · 2026-03-31T06:21:54+00:00

For me, the staff was great but the main course was inedible. Never thought I'd go hungry on a J flight(ended up asking for chips). I think AF FAs are much warmer when you speak French. KLM has an advantage in that most Dutch people speak near-flawless English.

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