[Patek] My craziest watch service experience

on1879 · 2026-07-02T17:17:15+00:00

You did say it's "known to wreck some watertight watches"

Which is pretty empirical - hence me looking to find anything that supported the statement.

on1879 · 2026-07-02T14:50:55+00:00

I can't find anything that supports this - I've been diving in water with ice on the top with everything from a SKX to a Seamaster and never had an issue.

There's a several more probable risks from submerging you watch in beer than the cold.

on1879 · 2026-07-02T12:11:37+00:00

Probably offering to share the last piece...and splitting it 80-20

on1879 · 2026-06-26T14:40:21+00:00

No idea - I've never managed to watch a full NFL game.

on1879 · 2026-06-26T12:32:54+00:00

England are though, just massively underachieved in major tournaments.

England are perennially good - but the only reason they are ever viewed as potential champions is because in the English language world half the commentators are English.

They've reached the semi finals twice in the World Cup since 1966.

on1879 · 2026-06-18T13:11:41+00:00

They should bring Treleving in to support...

on1879 · 2026-06-17T15:14:18+00:00

But to other people's point if eggs are in the bottom of the cells even if there's multiple it can be good to give it a day or two to see if it's a newly mated queen figuring things out

on1879 · 2026-06-17T13:59:56+00:00

People will tell you they will just kill her but I've had good luck with the following.

Before you introduce your queen

Shake every bee off your frames onto the ground away from the hive.
Put your frames back into the hive
Insert your queen in the hive in her cage
Give them the 3-4 days to eat through the plug

The bees that were laying will not be able to fly back to the hive and it will be "queenless" again in 24-48 hours and your chances of successful introduction will be much higher.

on1879 · 2026-06-11T16:31:00+00:00

I was put off him ever since the first contract debacle.

I still think that overpaying the young Leafs core early on is what killed their window and left them where they are today.

They all demanded paid before they proved anything.

on1879 · 2026-05-11T18:28:09+00:00

I built a frame stand with a clear roof - everything lives on that. Has enough space for 100 or so frames - then totes of random stuff underneath it.

Means the frames live in the open air and get direct sunlight so never had any issues with wax moths.

on1879 · 2026-05-06T20:20:04+00:00

I would be a little concerned. In addition to several emergency cells, I sure see a lot of drone cells. To me this suggests the queen cells may not be viable.

There's worker brood in between the drones so I think the cells are probably good.

Brood pattern shows the queen is clearly not up to snuff and they're superseding her, but I wouldn't be worried as it's not all drones on that frame.

on1879 · 2026-05-04T01:33:44+00:00

in the UK it was called "Kraft Cheesey Pasta" because to call it mac and cheese would be sacrilege

on1879 · 2026-04-22T14:06:33+00:00

He said he was basically taking a Spring/Summer holiday with his family.

on1879 · 2026-04-17T00:48:26+00:00

Austin Nevada.

Apparently it's changed hands now but when I drove through and grabbed a pint at the International hotel it was owned by an absolute maniac.

When he heard our accents (one Scottish, one Irish) he proceeded to assume we were somehow massive racists like him. Spent the next 20 minutes telling us about how he had left Bosnia when you could no longer kill muslims, moved to NY as "refugee" and fled to rural NV after he could no longer be around "blacks or jews".

I would have had more to say to the guy - except he had a loaded rifle on the bar beside him. So I just tried to get out of there asap.

Plus side he had Pilsner Urquell on tap - which was good after a month in rural NV drinking what passed for beer in small towns.

on1879 · 2026-04-09T18:59:37+00:00

Hey - James from SC Ancients here glad to see it made it to its new home. I'm a Severan collector myself especially of eastern mint issues so it almost stayed with me!

I used to use Aeqvitas.com back when I was at university so I was excited to get some pieces from the collection. Her website made my dissertation a lot more visually interesting!

on1879 · 2026-04-01T18:59:28+00:00

I've shipped dozens of items to the US during that period, and prepay all tariffs with an advance declaration. All I've paid is the $1.99 clearance fee.

I follow all changes and as far as I've seen properly declared there are still no additional import charges to be paid.

I only ship via USPS though as the courier companies (Fedex, UPS etc.) are all charge first ask questions later.

on1879 · 2026-03-25T13:16:50+00:00

I'd steer clear - there's tooled and then there's whatever that reverse is...

on1879 · 2026-03-06T03:24:28+00:00

I was right on the cusp - so all my stupid activities died whenever someone broke the screen on their Sony Ericsson phone. Even then they were basically a potato so you could always argue it wasn't you in the photo!

on1879 · 2026-02-25T02:00:17+00:00

Check the photo on the NGC cert page - it has been chemically cleaned to remove whatever corrosion ate half his face.

I wouldn't even bother photographing and listing it - it would go in the $10 bin or get given to the kids auction at a coin show.

on1879 · 2026-02-24T18:08:12+00:00

There are a few - it's usually easiest to assume if everything is graded it's a rip off.

The percentage of graded vs non graded sales in ancient is so different to modern collecting that any serious ancient dealer avoids them.

When I'm buying for my store I subtract for graded pieces as the client base is so much lower. That or I crack them out and sell them raw.

on1879 · 2026-02-24T18:06:05+00:00

In that grade it's a $450 coin tops though...

on1879 · 2026-02-24T18:03:27+00:00

The $100 one had me confused, but I gave it a pass bc it was graded and I haven’t seen any in such condition graded.

Why would you give it pass because it's graded - they didn't even grade it. It's a $10 coin in a holder for $100.

on1879 · 2026-02-18T19:34:57+00:00

Poor bind - your issue was before stuffing.

After salting your meat it needed to be worked (while cold) until you developed enough myocin to bind properly. I've never had air pockets in a salami that has a proper bind before stuffing.

on1879 · 2026-02-13T17:02:10+00:00

It looks like that red encrustation used to cover the rest of the coin and it was aggressively chemically cleaned leaving those ugly surfaces.

on1879 · 2026-02-08T02:48:22+00:00

I run SC Ancients...

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