Every once in a while, I use a pocket watch. I don't really use it as a watch, but I set it on the podium when making speeches and things of that nature when I don't want to always be looking at my wristwatch. The "railroad style" face and hands are very easy to read. True railroad watches were designed that way so trainmen could read them in all kinds of weather and lighting conditions.
Like this. $125 on sale, never needs anything. It's a perpetual motion machine.
I really like the look of this Hamilton, but $300 for a "chronometer tune up" to keep it accurate? Forget it. The Citizen Eco-Drives never need winding, never need batteries, never need cleaning, and never need regulating.
@ACB As a former KC person, I would love to drop in, but it's a bit of a schlep from Silicon Valley. I did actually try to drop by to see the new shop on Boxing Day when I was visiting family, but you were closed! LOL, there's probably not a lot of drop-in business the day after Christmas. I'll try to catch you next time I'm there.
It is sobering that in this high-tech world where even your washing machine is computerized, an unknown event for one person can take down an entire community that evolved over a lengthy period of time.
I would hope that if the founder (MJ) just ran out of gas and was tired of it, he would have turned it over to someone else.
@Tobylou8 I missed the chiclets era at TM. I think I was there for a couple of years and had about 600 posts. But I never got banned! Admonished by rowuk a couple of times. But everybody got that once in a while...
Present. Although I miss the UI/UX of Trumpet Master. I just liked the layout, organization, user interface, and general "look and feel" of TM. Trumpet Herald is a "dog's breakfast" of a site layout, even if it does have a lot of good content.
@Tobylou8 You wore out the cassette, I wore out the LP.
Nothing about Chase, the ultimate horn band, at least for trumpets? Their "Ennea" album was a commercial failure, but I kind of liked it. I couldn't listen to it every day but, you know, once in a while....
