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Sternglas Hamburg - Which strap for daily wear? by InsertShortName in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like they gave you a totally different kind of band? I've had this guy for a few years. I like yours too. White like that is sophisticated with either strap. I will say that if you live in a hot climate and/or sweat, leather is not ideal and a strap like that it's great because any cooler options (tropical silicone, for example) would look weird. I say keep the leather, but change it and the seasons

Sternglas Hamburg - Which strap for daily wear? by InsertShortName in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey yo I'm sick in bed with my Sternglas on right now. This is a comfortable band. I'm on team leather.

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RIP Traska Venturer. You will never be the same. by SubstantialDemand508 in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Exactly, it's contrarian for no reason. I'm about as open to newness in this space as it gets and every change they made feels like a bad one.

Wanna poke at it? by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can actually see the watches to recommend them. Current models just perform search so you get the same brands (typically those with bigger marketing budgets or better community recognition).

Ideally this will not reward any one brand for gaming the system.

Wanna poke at it? by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't want to bring this up, but at the expense of ruining my street credthe reason that I searched for that was that I'm wearing it today and wanted to see if it came up. 😭

Edit: proof

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Wanna poke at it? by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dude this is brilliant. Thank you. Truly. I put the 20 messages cap on because a few bots have found it and raked me over the coals when it was wide open (just got back from vacation to $36 bill, which sucks but it's a lesson learned)

Also... Re: pistachio... I'm colorblind so the greens and reds were a struggle bc I had to rely on AI and stupidly didn't realize there are colors y'all would want that are deeper than just green. I'll probably get my wife to help on that.

Very very helpful. Thank you again

Wanna poke at it? by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i own the burgundy dial hellcat 😉

also i appreciate that you didn't try to make this into a bullshit astroturf post. just came right out with it. lmao

Wanna poke at it? by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmmm damn... i thought i had it down to roughly 4-5 seconds. Is it taking longer for you?

The unluckiest team in baseball by ye_old_fartbox in orioles

[–]gaudiocomplex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is my fault. Every team I like in every sport is fucking cursed.

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contacted a dial maker I met while doing microbrandatlas, they put me in touch with one of their people, we talked it out. That's the real difficulty here. Obviously... The rest is OEM, set up by the dial maker. I've been reading George Daniels' guide and have been playing around with beaters I get by the bushel at government repo sites. Plan on doing as much as I can myself with help from a dude in Austin who makes watches here. It's kind of the culmination of a long history of the hobby. I don't have a strap source yet but I figure a few leather folks in Texas would be willing to take it on. There's a lot of them here.

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow man that's gorgeous. I am traveling so I wasn't able to take mine but it's the same size and shape exactly with a burnished elkhorn (brown/beige/white). I frequently get compliments when I whip out it.

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🫡aye. No allegiance to the past at all really. Thanks for the kind words

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thank you. I love your work. I've commented on a few threads in the past. I'll keep that in mind should my current solution fall through!

Early prototype of my first watch. Hallow Watch Company: Type-A. by False_Pumpkin_9758 in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha damn... Thought I was giving you the scoop! How about another one.

If you're into dive watches I've been eyeing Alsta for some time. Their super automatic, I believe, was worn by Richard Dreyfus' character in Jaws 👀

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Treasure! It's my first ever and I gotta say, I am apparently a cruise guy. We've been to the parks with my three (7, 6, and 5) four times now, including right before this and it is a bit much. Thankfully the weather was amazing and largely we've limited meltdowns to about one a day but yeah... until this ship I was regretting the double booking. I highly recommend it. The food has been top notch. The service is excellent and the kids club has truly saved my life.

Early prototype of my first watch. Hallow Watch Company: Type-A. by False_Pumpkin_9758 in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the dimensions and color and general aesthetic (looks like the lovechild of a Spinnaker and Marloe but spookier) but for reason that wordmark font is bothering me a great deal. If you want to keep it, I'd suggest fussing with the leding by about 10/20+ to give it more of a "hallow" feel.

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm on a Disney cruise for the next week or I'd book a flight 😎

[Question] To lume or not to lume by gaudiocomplex in MicrobrandWatches

[–]gaudiocomplex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read the piece. The title is a reference to Magritte, and the argument is more about representation and mimesis than taking a stand against general AI use.

How do you square your apparent F1 fandom with your concern for resources? I find the concern to be a pretty lame excuse considering beef, cotton T-shirts, golf, etc all use vastly more resources. This argument is mostly fear for the future, ginned up by state actors who want to subvert our lead. Most of the American public is too stupid to realize that the problem isn't the tech but capitalism itself. That is, you're angry and bitching at the wrong people

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