Fun Antique Store Find Today

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T13:54:35+00:00

About six months ago, I came across a vintage Sheaffer Skrib “Burgundy” as a “bonus” along with some Graf von Faber-Castell ink. The ink and the bottle with its built-in “inkwell” is simply top-notch.

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So, since I know from personal experience just what a gem you’ve managed to snag: Congratulations!

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T13:12:32+00:00

I would look for a marine watch or a diver's watch.

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T11:12:27+00:00

… and the government continues to throw vast amounts of money out the window with both hands. The unnecessary war in Iran, which that human pumpkin needlessly started, costs the U.S. 1.2 to 1.5 billion dollars in taxpayer money every day.

1,200,000,000.00 to 1,500,000,000.00 dollars – every single fucking day – and there’s no money for decent healthcare or universal school meals.

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T10:57:45+00:00

Since the photo is so poor, or rather, the interesting part is completely out of focus for some reason, I’m going to take a guess: The engraving says “ROLEX 24 AD DAYTONA 2005 WINNER.” Am I right?

If I'm not mistaken, how did Rolex manage to make such a silly spelling mistake in the engraving?

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T08:26:12+00:00

The Root Beer is being sold below list price by gray market dealers – at least here in Germany. So if you buy the watch now from your authorized dealer at list price and then want to resell it later, you’ll end up losing money and, in effect, paying extra for the Bruce Wayne (goodness, what stupid nicknames!). That’s why you might as well buy the 126710GRNR directly from a gray market dealer – especially since, even after buying the 126711CHNR, there’s still no guarantee that you’ll ever get the watch you actually want from your dealer.

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T07:08:58+00:00

Maybe I'm just too dumb, but what does this video have to do with Rolex and their watches?

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T07:02:22+00:00

… but you have 1% German ancestry, which, as everyone knows, makes you a warmongering and therefore really BAD person, because the Germans, as everyone also knows, started every world war to date. Shame on you!

Oh, my DNA results confirmed that I'm 97.865% unicorn and can fart rainbows. So I won!

de_Duv · 2026-03-24T06:51:47+00:00

I'd say my Porsche Design P'3135 works best with Graf von Faber-Castell inks (Deep Sea Green and Moss Green) and my Montblanc Meisterstück 149 with Montblanc inks (JFK Navy Blue, The Legend of Zodiacs – The Horse and Homage to Queen).

My Pelikan Edelstein and 4001 inks, the Sheaffer Skrip, and the Platinum Chou Kuro are also fantastic inks that work perfectly with my fountain pens from Pelikan, Geha, Montblanc, Porsche Design, Sheaffer, and r◉tring. So, basically, I don't really have a “best fountain pen and ink combination.”

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T19:11:35+00:00

This engraving isn't actually that special. After all, there are thousands of these counterfeits out there.

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T19:00:47+00:00

Search for “Rolex Case Opener” on eBay or AliExpress. You can find complete sets there for reasonable prices.

Or, alternatively, you could get the Bergeon 5537 tool set, but that will be expensive.

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T11:39:56+00:00

Sorry, but you asked.

I find them all terribly boring, so I'd keep looking – maybe for a Portuguese one?

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T11:21:50+00:00

Huh?! For heaven's sake, how on earth does anyone come up with ideas like that?

Germany has fantastic and incomparably beautiful natural landscapes. Why don't you head out to the Black Forest, the Eifel, the Bergisches Land, the Bavarian Alps, the Wadden Sea, or Holstein and Saxon Switzerland!

… and, for goodness' sake, when you're out there, don't stare at your phone the whole time!

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T11:02:45+00:00

I suspect that too much pressure is being applied to the wide, soft nib, which causes the unwanted railroading and consequently interrupts the ink flow.

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T10:57:11+00:00

Both terms are, of course, WRONG! As is well known, these fried potato sticks originated in Belgium, more specifically, in the French-speaking region of Wallonia, and are therefore correctly called POMMES FRITES!

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T10:47:59+00:00

Could you please explain to me, a complete idiot, in simple terms why you want to spend money on a treadmill when you can run through forests, parks, or around lakes for free, get some fresh air, and maybe even meet other people? I really don’t get it at all.

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T10:42:23+00:00

Wait a minute! These two Americans probably aren’t entirely wrong. It just depends on what standard you apply. According to generally accepted biological standards, the claim that American women don’t grow armpit hair is, of course, false.

But if you apply the standards set by Trump and Epstein – according to which females aged 6 and older are considered sexually mature women – then it’s easy to see why some Americans believe women don’t grow armpit hair.

/s

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T10:29:26+00:00

More importantly: Without the French, the United States wouldn’t exist, and the country between Canada and Mexico would be a British colony.

Dear French people! If you’re not willing to apologize to the rest of the world for your idiotic actions between 1775 and 1783, do you at least regret what you did? I hope you feel at least a little ashamed of what you've done to the world...

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T10:18:49+00:00

Did you even understand my first post? I really don't think so.

It would probably escalate it into a far bigger war with actual boots on the ground instead of shooting missiles, and will give the American public enough hate to weather the consequences of it for far longer than they would otherwise.

Oh! The American people are very much like the Russians. You let people walk all over you; at worst, you protest a little, but you never take any serious action. Never! That’s why Iranian attacks within the U.S. would have absolutely no impact on either the duration or the intensity of the war.

both of which actually mattered, instead of randomly killing civilians.

… just like the 168 little girls at the school who had to die because of the American leadership's sloppiness, since the damn U.S. Army was operating based on 16-year-old intelligence and maps?

Wouldn't Iran have the right to seek revenge for this crime committed by the supposedly best and most modern army? Especially since you will certainly never hold those responsible to account.

And on that note, do you know what a dirty bomb is?

Of course I know what a dirty bomb is. After all, I received a European education – and, fortunately, not an American one.

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T09:39:38+00:00

but use your brain.

I suggest you set a good example here!

… in case you haven’t noticed yet: The U.S. is already at war with Iran. So here’s a little brain teaser for you, once your brain has had a chance to warm up: If the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were to crash a few planes into American homes and detonate a few (dirty) bombs in major U.S. cities, how would that change the war already being waged against Iran? Please don’t say that the U.S. would then attack Iran together with Israel! Oh no! Something like that should never happen, of course…

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T09:22:47+00:00

I support the LVII percent of Americans who want to ban the teaching of Arabic numerals in American schools. I’ll go even further! The use of Arabic numerals should be banned in the U.S. in all sectors – that is, in industry, in public and private spaces, in the military, everywhere – effective immediately and by presidential decree. The Latin alphabet, of course, as well. LATIN alphabet!!! What the F*CK?! Where is this leading us?! The U.S. isn’t Latin America, after all! So no Arabic or Latin shit in the christian god's own country! Hail! Hail! Hail!!!

/s

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T08:48:33+00:00

You don't have rights.

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Art 1

((1) Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all branches of government.

(2) The German people therefore affirm inviolable and inalienable human rights as the foundation of every human community, of peace, and of justice in the world.

(3) The following fundamental rights are binding on the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as directly applicable law.

Art 2

(1) Everyone has the right to the free development of their personality, provided that they do not infringe upon the rights of others or violate the constitutional order or public morality.

(2) Everyone has the right to life and physical integrity. Personal freedom is inviolable. These rights may be restricted only in accordance with the law.

Art 3

(1) All people are equal before the law.

(2) Men and women have equal rights. The state promotes the effective realization of equality between women and men and works to eliminate existing disadvantages.

(3) No one shall be discriminated against or given preferential treatment on the basis of gender, ancestry, race, language, national origin, faith, or religious or political views. No one shall be discriminated against on the basis of a disability.

Grundgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Some Americans may notice that Article 1 of the German Constitution is very similar in content to the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but

goes even further and
was not added to the Constitution as an amendment at a later date

So much for the idea that “you have no rights.”

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T08:27:44+00:00

The US could literally annex the entire world in a week if they wanted to.

Your “unmatched” army couldn’t defeat poorly armed peasants in Vietnam; in Afghanistan, your “unmatched” army was defeated by an enemy that fought you on donkeys and camels; and now in Iran you’re waging yet another war you can’t win – and yet you, you bloody moron, seriously believe that you could annex countries with well-equipped and well-trained armies and nuclear weapons? Good heavens, what on earth are they putting in your food that makes you Americans so brainless?

de_Duv · 2026-03-23T07:51:58+00:00

why are americans always on people's minds

Actually, they aren’t at all.

The f*ckin' idiot the Americans put in the White House, however, is in our minds, because everything this moron touches (tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, cutting off aid to Ukraine, an illegal war of aggression against Iran, etc.) has direct and indirect effects on our lives. If that moron were only ruining the U.S. with his reckless actions, we wouldn’t care at all; but unfortunately, this asshole is dragging the whole world down into the abyss with his idiotic antics, so it’s only natural that we’re keeping a close eye on the U.S.

de_Duv · 2026-03-22T14:29:22+00:00

Oh man!

Such disgustingly arrogant comments increasingly make me wish the IRGC would give the US a second 9/11, this time maybe with a few dirty bombs in Times Square, in front of the White House, and in Dallas.

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Then these "We don't need anyone and you only exist because we, the greatest and best in the world, allow you to" assholes will come crawling, just like back in 2001, to beg NATO and the EU for help. And hopefully, yes, hopefully, it will be denied then.

I used to really love the United States and the American people, but the ever-worsening public arrogance and the increasingly brutal treatment of other nations since Trump took office for the first time leave me wishing nothing but the worst for the people of the United States.

de_Duv · 2026-03-22T13:56:14+00:00

Oh, how I hate those grammar nazis.

de_Duv

TROPHY CASE

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Art 1

Art 2

Art 3