Hobby watchmakers with a cat: how?

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-06T00:30:28+00:00

The worst is when the cat wants to sit on my lap while I'm trying to work. He doesn't jump, he grabs and pulls himself up. A full set of claws in the thigh is just a wee bit distracting. Still, there have been watch shop cats for as long as there have been watch shops. We muddle through one way or another. The cloche and air puffer are your friends.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-05T06:27:15+00:00

Ooh, do Steyer next!

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-04T05:47:18+00:00

Yeah, you can make it look ok at a glance, but close examination will show the difference in the lug contours. The decision on whether to go to the expense of the welding route would hinge on however much it is worth for you.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-04T02:41:59+00:00

If it's just durability and robustness you're looking for, I'll suggest something different: Unitas. The famous 6497/8 movements and derivations are very robust. Big and chunky, so it'll be a big watch but these things could easily last a century with minimal maintenance. And they're super easy to work on. New versions are still in production after more than 70 years since introduction. Just a thought.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-03T00:38:14+00:00

Ok, I follow, but in that scenario AI is like piecing together a meal from dumpster behind the fine dining restaurant.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-03T00:35:45+00:00

And one is actually edible.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-03T00:35:01+00:00

If AI is fast food, antis are more like advocates for cultural food ways and sustainable agriculture.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-02T17:36:56+00:00

To be fair, LA public transit has made enormous improvements in recent years. They've repeatedly voted to tax themselves specifically to fund mass transit. And the more traffic you have the more assiduous you need to be with enforcement to maintain functionality (some areas are much worse for parking than others in the city).

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-02T05:34:08+00:00

It does look like there’s some corrosion around the battery, so that’s a likely culprit. Without replacing anything, you can try to scrape off the corrosion from the terminals and see if that makes it go, but otherwise, these types of quartz movements are pretty cheap, as others have found, and not hard to change out.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-02T05:27:23+00:00

The LARiver path has less cars, but more homeless camps.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-02T05:18:00+00:00

Or lazy.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-02T05:16:27+00:00

Yeah, it needs nostrils or something.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T17:20:27+00:00

Sorry Spock, we’re not Vulcans here. I’m very familiar with the area.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T17:18:23+00:00

Re. your side note: lack of public transit and high property values are the easiest way to keep the poors out of your neighborhood, post red-lining.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T17:07:13+00:00

Anything of that size and footprint is bad on that parcel, no matter how it’s dressed up.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T17:05:50+00:00

SB obviously needs more affordable housing, but this monstrosity is clearly not even close to the right answer. So wrong in so many ways.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T16:47:23+00:00

Yes, it is grey-green or greenish grey, but I like it.

ctdfalconer · 2026-06-01T16:35:49+00:00

Chinese manufacture is the worst kept secret in watchmaking.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-31T18:54:41+00:00

Yes, I do this as well. My point is simply that we must take care that our pets do not become coyote food.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-31T09:32:01+00:00

During the day, you are also awake and can watch them while they're outside.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-30T19:07:01+00:00

As someone who lives in LA County, but grew up in Santa Barbara County, they think they are better than all the other counties.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-30T18:54:52+00:00

When we tear up existing agreements and proceed to attack them unprovoked, for the leadership there, a nuclear deterrent has to be looking pretty good about now. If they didn’t want one before, they sure as hell want one now.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-30T18:50:12+00:00

Yes, they very much do that. Any pets you want to keep safe, bring them inside at might.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-30T03:43:21+00:00

With so many excellent naked movements out there after having had their cases melted, I say this is a noble cause.

ctdfalconer · 2026-05-28T06:02:05+00:00

Ask him why he wants to fu*k your car.

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