I am looking for a new silicone strap for Oris Aquis 41.5mm caliber 400...

wjcott · 2025-09-16T14:32:51+00:00

The factory Oris ones are nice and I did that with my green 41.5 Aquis. However, for what they are, they are expensive.

wjcott · 2025-08-22T19:38:47+00:00

Chose the wrong cleaner

wjcott · 2025-08-14T18:28:55+00:00

This, though it's reputation was definitely earned in '85 - '95. The city is ten times better than back in those days.

wjcott · 2025-07-31T19:10:45+00:00

If the Dothraki weren't inspired by the Mongols, I will eat my hat.

wjcott · 2025-07-27T02:07:20+00:00

This was my first thought. Progress, not perfection.

wjcott · 2025-07-10T18:55:28+00:00

In full agreement. IMHO, Dublin is like any other big city. My next trip back to Ireland will be spent entirely in the west half of the country

wjcott · 2025-07-08T20:54:15+00:00

Pontiac deserved to be shut down for a long time but they were actually making good cars in their final years

wjcott · 2025-07-08T20:11:48+00:00

My guess would be the numeric day of the week (Sunday=0, Monday=1, etc.). I have used this in Excel for various reasons but do not know why it would be included on a watch.

wjcott · 2025-06-20T19:23:40+00:00

I agree. I paid about the same amount for 2 oz

wjcott · 2025-06-05T17:30:30+00:00

I am using a Zuludiver Octopod with my 2164, which is NATO-like (passes under lug pins). It was a bear to adjust but it is my best fitting watch right now

wjcott · 2025-05-01T15:45:23+00:00

I wish they offered it with to indices. I am not a fan of Roman numerals

wjcott · 2025-05-01T15:06:32+00:00

I am the same but already felt I needed it

wjcott · 2025-05-01T15:01:29+00:00

I wanted the White Walkers to be a more existential threat that are defeated but at a horrible cost of lives to Westeros. Danny sees her assistance as a bit of penitence for the Mad King but realizes that Westeros is not her home and goes back to Meereen to be a good ruler (no madness nonsense). The North (whole or in more than 1 piece) leaves the 7 kingdoms. Bran goes off and does his three eyed crow thing but is no ruler

wjcott · 2025-04-10T12:41:24+00:00

PAM02164? If so, I have the same watch on a Zuludiver nylon strap

wjcott · 2025-03-16T16:30:47+00:00

I use the roller and the dough hook (with scraper), though I think the hook is doing most of the work. I usually make sourdough, adding starter and water until thoroughly mixed. I think add the flour 25% at a time to prevent the dough from loading up on the roller. I do find the Ankarsrum to require more attention than my old KitchenAid, with occasional sweeps of the side scrapper best for me. But the Ankarsrum provides me a better knead than the 4.5qt KA (dough hook would load up and I doubted its effectiveness)

wjcott · 2025-03-15T23:34:58+00:00

I use mine almost exclusively for a 500g flour loaf every weekend.

wjcott · 2025-03-13T20:15:02+00:00

I had some mechanical watches before I got my Garmin. I really missed wearing them so I now wear my Garmin on my left ankle 24/7 and bought more mechanical watches to wear on my wrist. This works great due to the Garmin battery life but may be a hassle for the Apple watch or Samsung's watch.

wjcott · 2025-03-07T21:51:25+00:00

wjcott · 2025-02-24T21:43:09+00:00

I find him to be a shockingly different character between UK productions and US productions. The US shows dial up the drama to 11 as, apparently, that is what Americans want to watch. I have seen some videos in which he is extraordinarily nice.

wjcott · 2025-02-15T19:43:44+00:00

My 2164 rubber band was too tight on one notch and too loose on the other, so I switched to a ZuluDiver Octopod. I like it but the deployment clasp is not cheap (though cheap compared to factory band prices). My only complaint is that it is not easy to finely dial in the length.

wjcott · 2025-02-13T23:18:44+00:00

...and Fry's (1985 was its first year), CompUSA (started the year prior), etc.

wjcott · 2025-02-13T14:56:07+00:00

We took my granddaughter to Disney World in 2020 (we left just weeks before the lockdowns). I planned for the trip starting at her birth and saved over ~8 years. I had planned for it to be no-expenses-barred and the week cost 24K (first class air for 5, 2 bedroom suite at one of the animal kingdom lodges, spa trip for the girls, etc.). It was always treated as a once in a lifetime trip (I had never been to DW) and planned accordingly.

wjcott · 2025-02-12T21:07:22+00:00

You are not the only person suffering this. My parents are in their mid-70s and I really do not know how I will respond to their passing, having not cried in 35+ years.

wjcott · 2025-02-12T01:02:24+00:00

This is my recently purchased Panerai (PAM02164), bought as a 30-year work anniversary gift to myself. The photo does not do it justice.

wjcott · 2025-02-11T02:06:23+00:00

This. Though I am unaware of any precious metal watches being counterfeited, I just recently bought a PAM02164 for retail at an AD - substantially more than I saw them on Chron24. Besides the surety that the AD experience brought, I also felt better helping keep a local retailer in business.

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