- Sep 5, 2012
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Is anyone else into horology/ collecting watches? While my dad always collected, bought, and sold vintage watches, my love of automobiles actually got me into collecting because of the mechanical purity in a watch movement. I've even contemplated the design of a mainspring-driven automobile with an adjustable escapement to control acceleration.
Here's part of my collection, excluding a few pieces to which I no longer give much attention.
Tissot PRC200 (left), Seiko "Orange Monster" (middle), Seiko SNZH55 (right)
Maratac Large Pilot
I currently have the Orange Monster on a beefy bracelet instead of the black Zulu strap it came on, like this (not mine):
While I'm into diver/pilot/field watches, I really dig some of crazier concepts that I wouldn't dream of wearing:
Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater
[video=youtube;yJamzhuA1Jc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJamzhuA1Jc[/video]
And some that I can only dream of wearing;
(This one reminds me of a muscle car dash)
A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk
Just like a car/truck, a watch can be modded to death. You can swap dials, hands, datewheels, bezels, straps, beadblast the cases, flip the movement and have the watch run backwards, etc. So I think these two hobbies go in hand pretty well.
Anyone else?
Here's part of my collection, excluding a few pieces to which I no longer give much attention.
Tissot PRC200 (left), Seiko "Orange Monster" (middle), Seiko SNZH55 (right)
![350njb7.jpg](http://i48.tinypic.com/350njb7.jpg)
Maratac Large Pilot
![2gspx80.jpg](http://i50.tinypic.com/2gspx80.jpg)
I currently have the Orange Monster on a beefy bracelet instead of the black Zulu strap it came on, like this (not mine):
![standard.jpg](http://www.fototime.com/CC6D9A5DA232436/standard.jpg)
While I'm into diver/pilot/field watches, I really dig some of crazier concepts that I wouldn't dream of wearing:
Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater
[video=youtube;yJamzhuA1Jc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJamzhuA1Jc[/video]
And some that I can only dream of wearing;
(This one reminds me of a muscle car dash)
A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk
![lange-zeitwerk.png](http://cdn1.elitedaily.com/elite/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lange-zeitwerk.png)
![zeitwerk_back.jpg](http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp273/monochorme/monochrome/zeitwerk_back.jpg)
Just like a car/truck, a watch can be modded to death. You can swap dials, hands, datewheels, bezels, straps, beadblast the cases, flip the movement and have the watch run backwards, etc. So I think these two hobbies go in hand pretty well.
Anyone else?