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Dan K
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Film Photography, Printing, Small Aeroplanes and Tinkercad
Either I recognised your image post style or your camera, but that had to be you.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Back in the day... BC (before children) we used to do a lot of scuba diving.

People would buy a brand new Canon PowerShot camera and dive housing then forget to check, clean and grease the gasket, or improperly seal the housing and it would flood on the first dive.

Or worse, a Nikonos 😓!
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I can't mention Jaeger-LeCoultre without the obligatory nod to the JLC Compass camera, which I'd much rather own than the watch, though I'd use it even less.

www.hodinkee.com/articles/jae...
Historical Perspectives: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Compass Camera, An Ultra-Compact 35mm Camera From The 1930s
This is one of the more unusual objects to come out of the famous manufacture in Le Sentier.
www.hodinkee.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This Patek Philippe Aquanaut or Panerai Goldtech PAM01112 would out-gold even the JLC if it weren't for the strap. The PP is too small; the Panerai too big. The JLC is in the Goldilocks zone. Or Goldilocks' friend zone, because I can't afford any of them.
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I'll end on a market observation. Watch prices are generally falling slightly. But gold is high.

This Tudor Le Royer generally trades for only $500 but our reserve is over $800 because there's more value than that in those little 18K centre links.

Many watches are now worth more as scrap. 😱
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Grande GMT. I wasn't prepared for this watch's masculine wrist presence or how much gold was involved. I pity the fool... no I don't I'm reluctant to leave it in the auction. How did they fit so many complications in there?
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm normally not a Bulgari fan, but this Rettangolo R749PT is something special. Tourbillon, though-skeleton, solid rectangular curved platinum case.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I gotta hand it to Cartier, they don't copy others'. This results in fantastic watches that make a statement.

The theme is curvature. Cartier will seemingly do anything to avoid a classical flat disc watch shape.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Nice!

It's a Gen-x phenomenon; we've seen the world go from mechanical, through electronic, to microprocessor and cloud.

We still appreciate the old ways and the gear.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Brian, buy a WD1680Q. Thank me later. I just did a post on it. Quite apart from the price difference, I have a hard time choosing between the two on a daily basis and it meets your stated budget.
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This Addiesdive watch was HARD to hydromod. The dial was so well sealed from the movement that it held on to a big air bubble.

My last resort would have been to assemble it submerged, but instead I pulled a vacuum and degassed it that way.

The result is hilariously good for a $45 watch.
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
That would make an excellent joke gift.
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
No. But I'd be interested in a three phase kettle.
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM