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Will Vautrain
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Terror Management Theory. Technology. Futurism. Politics. Chicago. Music. Guitar. Food. Cycling. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Nobody brings the good stuff to radiology!
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Velveeta and pumpkin spice sounds like a bad Thanksgiving side dish! Or maybe a really good one depending on your taste. 😂
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think I must have worn the Zeno on a NATO strap from Howard! I haven’t thought about him in years. I bought an O&W RAF-style chronograph from him around the same time I bought the Zeno. His website was West Coast Time, a rudimentary Yahoo e-commerce store.
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I do remember the Seamaster homage and I could not get over the Velveeta lume enough to pull the trigger on one! The Blancpain/Squale homage thankfully didn’t have the same treatment.
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Back to Zeno, I had their Blancpain/Squale homage and it was a very cool watch, quite well made and had a high domed acrylic crystal that was fantastic. Super comfortable on a NATO. I miss that watch. I later had a Squale and I have to admit that I preferred the Zeno.
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Eddie Platts/Timefactors was a major retailer of Zeno at that time (maybe still is?) but he is a cantankerous sort to deal with. He later bought the Smiths brand and revived it with those 1016 homages. And he owns TZ-UK where he doesn’t tolerate criticism of himself, Timefactors, etc.
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
And here’s my father in law’s DOJ badge. Probably late 60s.
October 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM