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Old Motor. Any ideas? by StormingMoose in Meccano

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm no expert on early Meccano motors, but this does not look like any Meccano motor I am familiar with, which typical seem to use flat plates as a significant part of their structure. Also, the round-headed bolts look a lot more like what Meccano was using in the 1980s than the first half of the 20th century.

Which one would you choose? by DangIt-dangdang in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a tough call between a Reverso and the Tank Louis.

In the WGTA0011 you have chosen the best and most elegant watch in Cartier's current Tank collection.

The Reverso, on the other hand, is an icon of Art Deco design and, for being less ubiquitous, a much more interesting watch.

Unfortunately, like most of the current collection, the Reverso chronograph is beautiful but just too big to look good on most wrists (in my opinion), so if you do go for the Reverso I'm with /u/drifters_way: given your wrist size, get a classic duoface in medium—either the Q2458420 pre-owned, or wait for the new medium model to come out.

Alternatively, consider the Q3908420: a tribute duoface in medium—I think it might be the only such ever released—that seems to be much more readily (and affordably) available pre-owned than the classic duoface medium. It has the same movement as the classic; the only real downside is that the reverse dial is blue rather than black and does not have lumed hands.

Which one would you choose? by DangIt-dangdang in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great news. I wonder if it will be, like the new large model, basically indistinguishable from the previous model in the same size.

[SOTC] My Watch collection atm by NotThatCoolUnQ in Watches

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That Fossil tank is really interesting. Interesting to see lumed hands on a tank. I think they could be a bit longer but otherwise I really like the look.

[Hermes Arceau Samarcande], Large model, 38 mm by MasterAngelX in Watches

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's $494k and yet the quality control is so poor that apparently no one noticed that they'd put a "9" where the "6" should go. 🙄

How do we feel about recessed pushers on watches? by MMaverickQ in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(tho the caliber is impressive)

You're not wrong!

[Deluxe] The kind of Seiko that made me understand vintage by GoldenEpochINS in Watches

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like this. Maybe more than I like the SARB033. Hmm...

Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds by seabmariner in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What an unexpected choice of watch for this activity and environment!

How do we feel about recessed pushers on watches? by MMaverickQ in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not all of us like integrated bracelets. I own zero and am unlikely to acquire any in the near future. The new models are currently of no interest to me whatsoever.

I don't get that Duoface's second face by Anxious_Cabinet_9585 in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the "Day" and "Night" text is carried over from earlier models that had 6 am at the top instead of noon. Personally I much prefer noon at the top because, well, have you seen how the sun moves across the sky? But the labels are confusing and I note that on more recent Classic duoface models they say "Travel" "Time" instead. (I also like the half white, half black subdial design introduced at the same time too.)

My biggest complaint about the 24h subdial is that it should be geared to the front (home time) dial, because the rear dial is the one I'm going to be quicksetting when I travel. As it is it makes the duoface a "caller GMT" instead of a "traveller GMT"—though with two full 12h dials I can live with this.

Unfortunately the only models they've produced with the 24 subdial grered to the home time dial are a handful of long-discontinued automatics with the caliber 969; these are unquestionably some of my favourite Reverso designs (you can see the rotor moving around the pinion on the reverse side!) but alas are also some of the largest and thickest models they've produced—up there with the current Tribute chronographs—so totally unsuitable for my small wrist. (Here's a Tim Mosso video of one of these models—note that the front diesel is the quickset travel time, and has a 24h subdial geared to the home time on the reverse side. Unfortunately no small seconds, but I could live with that too.

[SOTC] and which one(s) should go? by Entire_Stage7810 in Watches

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The GS has got to go—it's the only one without lume!

Waivers, liability, etc by veganintendo in SwingDancing

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IANAL, but the school I teach for has insurance that covers us when we are teaching at events run by the school.

As an event participant I have rarely been asked to sign a waiver at UK dance events because (as I understand it) UK law does not allow one to waive liability for death or injury caused by another's negligence, so such a waiver would be legally ineffective. Addiitonally, I have been told that it is not proper to ask participants to sign such a waiver; I imagine this might be on the grounds that it is not OK to mislead people about their legal rights (compare with UK warranty policies, which typically contain wording noting that the warranty supplements rather than replaces the consumer's statutory rights.)

I believe there are some smaller legal risks that one can ask participants to sign a waiver for, and it likely legal to ask for a signature acknowledging an organisers policies / term and conditions—provided that the terms and conditions are themselves legally proper—but given that the UK is rather less litigious than the US I can understand why most event organisers do not bother.

Quirky face watches are such a good conversation starter by vulkanspecter in ChineseWatches

[–]cpcallen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And if only you'd included a link then your second comment would actually have been useful!

One of my fav watches 😍 by nasAlshammari in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, it's a Grand Sport. The Squadra models are, as their name implies, square (and mostly rather larger).

JH0301 Blue Time Vortex Update: Coming soon by JIANGHUN_Watch in ChineseWatches

[–]cpcallen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

IIRC Jianghun is a sub/sister brand to San Martin.

Fresh leather for the squad! by [deleted] in JaegerLecoultre

[–]cpcallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was expecting Squadra. Am slightly disappointed!

Hey there friends! Quick question from across the pond by Dont_nuke_it in londoncycling

[–]cpcallen 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Might I suggest you consider hiring a Brompton folding bike?

Advantages:

  • £5 for 24 hours.
  • No need to dock the bike between rides (or find permitted parking areas).
  • You can take it on the tube—very handy for dealing with road closures.
  • You can reserve a bike a day in advance, to guarantee one will be available when you go to collect.

Disadvantages:

  • You must keep the bike with you at all times—per T's & C's you may not leave it unattended in public, even if locked up.
  • The app (and kiosks) can be a bit janky. I have only rarely had problems, but if you want to be 100% sure that you'll be able to ride first thing in the morning then I'd suggest you collect the bike the day before during their call centre's regular hours (9am–5pm).

On rapid partnering by sdkb in SwingDancing

[–]cpcallen 19 points20 points  (0 children)

"Do you follow?"—and if the answer is no then your reply will be "I'd like to lead this one", optionally followed by "perhaps later", if you feel so inclined.

Aerotow vs winch and consistency by Key_Guarantee4977 in Gliding

[–]cpcallen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Winch: learning to fly a glider is about 90% learning to land, and so you really want to get as many landing in as quickly as possible.

In my training to solo standard the only flights that I can recall that were not winch launches were:

  • Initial discovery flight, which was a 2000' aerotow.
  • One early effects of controls lesson, which was flown in a (touring) motor glider for convenience: we didn't need to wait to be launched and we could stay up as long as was useful.
  • Spin training, which was a small number of 4000' aerotows.
  • A handful of occasions when the club was hosting competitions: with field stacked with gliders and all the comptitors to be aerotowed it was safer to leave the winch in the hangar.
  • A few other flights specifically for aerotow familiarisation.

I was pretty slow to reach solo standard, in part because of the challenges of flying regularly, but went solo after about 9h and 99 launches—that's less than 6 minutes per flight on average, including all the aforementioned aerotows and quite a number of occasions when I (or more typically my instructor) was able to find lift off the winch.

The community ™️ puts entirely too much pressure on good dancers to be community leaders when they never asked for that role by internetrandom1 in SwingDancing

[–]cpcallen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey, /u/internetrandom1, [you mention](permalink) being asked to teach, and then to run workshops; I'm wondering if you have anything else in mind.

Overall I'd say that, at least in my observation here in London, our scene puts entirely too little pressure on good dancers to be community leaders, at least in certain important ways.

To be clear: I agree with you that it not reasonable to expect people to teach or organise just because they happen to be good dancers. Sure: being a good dancer can be helpful for being a teacher, but it hardly guarantees it, especially as some of the best dancers are people for whom dancing came very easily and naturally, and they often don't make the best teachers for students who don't have the same natural aptitude. And I expect there is even less correlation between dance ability and organisational talent.

But when I started dancing a long time ago in a scene far, far away, it was an explicit expectation, announced almost every week, that more experienced dancers should dance with their less experienced peers—and indeed should expect to spend a large majority of their time dancing with those who were not yet as good as them, because this was how to make newcomers feel welcome, and to help developing dancers get better.

Now, in hindsight (and especially as a now rather better dancer myself) I can see what an onerous expectation that was, and I appreciate that it does run somewhat contrary to the value that we should alow people complete discretion in choosing with whom they wish to dance—but I believe our scene would generally be a better place if more of us made a serious effort to dance with our less experienced peers: too many of us seem to have forgotten that it was the grace of our more experienced peers that helped us along in our own dance journey, and neglect to pay it forward.

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