I just received this Borealis Cascais that I bought in their pre-order run this spring.
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I like that look a lot ....maybe I need to look for one to add to my small collection as I like different.
Arc of a diver, effortlessly...
Nice. 60s?Vintage Enicar Ultrasonic
I bought this Certina Cascadeur a few weeks ago online and have just got round to putting the battery in. It seems to work ok, but i won't wear it till i get a steel bracelet for it. Also chronographs are a mystery to me. Does anyone know of a resource on-line that might have a users guide?
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Swiss Army, a gift from my wife on our first Christmas together. The watch has outlived plenty of straps. It has withstood considerable abuse and almost never comes off my wrist, yet continues to keep perfect time.
Seiko Chrono Diver on the rubber strap today.
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Were you running the chrono in that image? The sub dials aren't always the same, so the user manual would likely be your best source. In short, it should essentially be a stop watch. The tachymeter scale will show how many times you can do whatever your timing in an hour (assuming it takes less than 1 minute to begin). Frequently refers to vehicle speed (time a mile, read speed), but can be used for other tasks as well. Like beers per hour, if you prefer.
Thnx yes i definitely need a manual.
Casio Forester in black.
I am not familiar with that watch, but if it is like mine then I would expect:
- Press top pusher (at 2 o'clock) to start the chronograph
- Press top pusher a second time to stop the chronograph.
- Press bottom pusher (at 4 o'clock) to reset (zero out) the chronograph accumulated time.
- OR instead of #3 above if you press the top pusher again it just continues to accumulate more time from wherever you left off. Use to continue after pausing the chrono time accumulation function.
- press top pusher to start
- press bottom pusher to pause the display (so you can read and/or write down the split time)
- press bottom pusher again to resume time accumulation. The hands should quickly jump to display the accumulated time, displaying the current elapsed time like you had never gotten the split time.
- repeat split time function (3 & 4) as often as you like
- when finally done, press top pusher to stop and bottom pusher to reset back to zero
As far as reading the elapsed time off the sub-dials it appears that:
- Hours are at 10 o'clock, so you can time things up to 10 hours in length.
- Minutes at 6 o'clock
- Seconds off the red hand on the main dial
- 1/10 seconds at 2 o'clock
Gen1 Seiko Black Monster. The minute hand is missing some lume broken off during my replacing of the movement a couple of years ago.
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Right now, my ca. 1971 Rolex Date with the sapphire blue dial and engine-turned bezel, on an afermarket Jubilee bracelet.
Antique Hoosier
“Aircooled”
Longines Legend Diver
I rarely wear this as I tend to wear 40mm+ watches and this is the smaller (medium) size.
I have had this for over 20 years and wore it daily until a couple of years ago. Best watch I have ever owned. Keeps better time than the 3 Rolexes I have previously owned.
I have had this for over 20 years and wore it daily until a couple of years ago. Best watch I have ever owned. Keeps better time than the 3 Rolexes I have previously owned.
How do you like this one so far? There’s an older Borealis that they don’t make anymore that I always liked, I see them pop up for sale every once in a while ago go back and forth on grabbing one but it seems like their quality from that time (2014-15) was a little so-so.
I like it. The quality seems very decent for the price point. The bezel is a little stiff to turn but everything lines up really well. The bracelet is nice and the movement has been very smooth and accurate.
I had wanted the Portus Cale from a couple of years back but missed that run. You can find them on ebay but when this latest offering came up I was able to get on it and I am pleased with it. My only slight regret is the bezel color. I was originally going to order the blue bezel but in the end I had opted for the grey bezel model because I wanted the pencil hands with date and the blue bezel didn't come in that configuration. The bezel is really more silver than grey in most lights so not exactly what I was expecting, but it's not that big a deal to me.
I can't speak to the older ones but the newer ones from the last 3 or so years have been decently reviewed.
Great, thanks for the feedback it’s much appreciated. One of the complaints I saw about earlier ones were really sloppy and loose bevels, sounds like they went out of their way to (over)correct that
