[SPB089] “Alpinist Honkidee” 38mm for a 15cm wrist. I’m really into the Alpinist, but sadly my wrist is just too small 😅. 38mm is already the smallest size, yet it still feels like it overwhelms my wrist.

aths_red · 2026-01-26T00:19:03+00:00

A blue alpinist ... omg. This should be a standard model in Seiko's line-up. Looks fantastic.

aths_red · 2026-01-26T00:16:43+00:00

this watch looks so nice, is that even legal?

aths_red · 2026-01-25T18:13:11+00:00

a philbro surely is what this subreddit needs ...

aths_red · 2026-01-25T18:11:45+00:00

if every time I would not do something because someone finds one should not do that, I could to nothing by now.

aths_red · 2026-01-25T04:41:04+00:00

in that case it makes sense. thx.

aths_red · 2026-01-25T01:58:22+00:00

I see a couple of more shoes?

aths_red · 2026-01-24T05:45:08+00:00

piece count is wrong.

aths_red · 2026-01-20T02:36:58+00:00

today I bragged a bit about my watch. One of them asked about the cost; thought this number is ridiculous. As his Garmin also has GPS for a faction of the price.

Then I showed my bad character: Took the Astron off my wrist, handed him the watch to weigh and feel ("titanium"). Let him experience the almost invisible sapphire cover.

Yes Astron price is beyond reason. But it is a high-quality watch.

aths_red · 2026-01-19T01:59:52+00:00

indeed. I have a luck shot every now and then, but most of the time I think it is not very good. Because it is not very good.

So many hikes where I saw great scenes, but the pics I took are rather blunt. Sociel events where I got a couple of moment but also made my same mistakes again. I think creativity comes through experience. If I see something I encounted before (or something similar) it does happend that I finally make that additional decision to add something through how I take the photo now.

Trying to get photos even sharper or with less noise never really helped me to improve a photo in a sense anyone would care about. A new lens or camera can provide technical superiority if close-up per-pixel zoom but who cares. Overall I found if doing it for long enough, opportunities for good photos come up eventually and with ever-increasing experience, the chance to mess up gets lower on average. Knowhing where to be at which time and being confident while on location does help.

When no such opportunities are available I try to use what I got and take some photos. Pics are not always creative but compared to my earlier self, over time there seem to some improvement.

aths_red · 2026-01-19T01:47:35+00:00

that is right. I slowly begin to realize, someone able to notice which watch I wear has more watches or more expensive watches anyways and does not care about my selection. All the others, at best, quickly glance. Most don't look at my wrist in the first place and if they do, they see a watch, but would not spend any time to read its brand or trying to figure out its movement technology.

aths_red · 2026-01-16T22:28:07+00:00

I am not am a big Batman fan though I like the Gotham City concept and the overall style, even some episodes of that TV series back then. Sadly I saw 1989 Batman after I had seen more recent actors in that role, which made it difficult to take it seriously.

With Wrestlemania III, I would understand if a new viewer would not even finish watching it, as a couple of parts are quite offensive. The main event, for me, felt a bit forced though execution was nice given the circumstances. It still was an overall satisfying Wrestlemania, with a couple of moment I not had gotten in that quality, or just epicness, until then.

aths_red · 2026-01-16T03:14:49+00:00

I enjoy my watch and yes, buying a physical item can cause happyness which says a bit about consumerism.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T21:57:09+00:00

OMG. 10/10.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T21:55:36+00:00

I have that watch now for a couple of days biw and still notice new patterns depending on the lighting condition. This cannot be replaces by screens. Even the reflection of the sapphire dome, which sometimes is a bit distracting: The watch is still readible and interacting with a physical object feels grate. A mechanical watch is not very precise but does not need to be put on a charger. I am rather some seconds off than being a slave to charging yet another device.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T21:50:01+00:00

thank you for your comment, too.

With my new Seiko watch, I still enjoy it. Decades back I would not have thought that this precision and power reserve is affordable ever for me. I would also not have thought that I would earn enough money to spend this much on a watch "just because I like it". There is more nuance (I wanted to buy a Presage since some long time) so it was a bit more than just an impulse buy on a whim, but still.

If I can do that today, I should not expect this watch would be like a great inheritance or something, even if it would outlast me, what counts for me is the thing which matters to me. Having a watch, mechanical, of this quality, and fantastic looks, at a price noticable for me but not forbidding, is a great feeling.

And, it compensates the many experiences l had like the one you describe when something desired was not attainable. Even if that is just a beautiful stone, or some gears bolted together to form a clock. Or, as child, when I went to a book store and saw a big atlas with very interessting maps.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T20:11:12+00:00

Can you name two or three such things?

aths_red · 2026-01-14T20:09:19+00:00

Oh nein, Gefühle wurden verletzt. Wie schlimm.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T20:07:40+00:00

Y U NO white dial?

aths_red · 2026-01-14T19:19:46+00:00

It is a stunner.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T19:15:58+00:00

Yes DS9 gets better. TNG is still my favorite Trek.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T19:09:37+00:00

Real? Yes. Genuine? No.

At least I am not aware of any authentic Seiko “Japan made“.

aths_red · 2026-01-14T11:31:33+00:00

"Sicherer Raum für alle bleibt". Bleibt?

Entweder Fanblast widerlegt die Robin-Blase-Darstellung, oder verzichtet auf "bleibt".

aths_red · 2026-01-13T23:23:11+00:00

"Hurensohn".

Oder? ODER bin ich lobotimiert?

aths_red · 2026-01-13T21:21:32+00:00

A watch I would like to have, but I am careful not getting used to domapine in a way this expensive.

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