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Breitling Colt GMT A32350

My keyboard and mouse are old by today's standards, but I refuse to upgrade!

My G710 got deep cleaned and SteelSeries Prism keycaps installed as they original ones were crumbling.

My G402 got a replace shell and deep clean, looks like the day I purchased it!

Anyone else here using the G710 it G402 still?

Cheers

I recently got a Series S 1TB, was preowned and really sweet deal. I haven't been on XBOX since the original, so, I went and purchased The Master Chief Collection, Halo 5 and infinite.

I played the mainline Halo games and I didn't think much of Reach... Boy, was I wrong. What a game this was! I think it was by far my favorite campaign 🤯

Paired with a Staib mesh bracelet. I had this watch for a few years now, still enjoying it as much as I did when I first got it.

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Cheers

I was 12 when I got my first XBOX (OG) with a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved, I was absolutely mindblown at the time and I've been a member of the XBOX family since...

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For the current generation tho, I felt like XBOX (in part thanks to Microsoft) had lost its charm, so after my One X, I went with a PS5 Slim, which was my first current generation PlayStation ever. I've owned PlayStations but I usually pick up the previous generation preowned on the cheap and so on.

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That being said, I'm starting to think Microsoft might let XBOX steer the ship in the right direction! With talks about bringing back exclusives, and making E-Day exclusive, I think that's a move in the right direction, so I'll be buying the game day one, hoping it might send Microsoft the signal they need.

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I recently got myself a Series S, and man, I'm really impressed with it. I've been playing the Halo Infinite campaign on it, I'm having a blast! It will also be how I play Halo: Campaign Evolved, as the idea of playing it on my PS5 feels wrong haha.

Last generation I had a XBOX One X (with internal SSD upgrade), however for this current generation, I went the traitor route and got myself a PS5 (Slim Disc).

I must say, I missed having a current generation XBOX! So when I saw this "too good to pass on" deal on a like-new Series S, I had to get it!

First thing I did was to install Halo Infinite, although the campaign plays and looks amazing on One X, the multiplayer was choppy at times.

I also installed Elden Ring! I have over 500 hours into that game (lots of fun hours playing with friends, and NG+5 at this point), and all of those hours were done at 30 FPS, definitely feels like a different game at 60 FPS haha.

Although I have a PS5, other than Bloodborne, Demon Souls Remake and Space Marine 2, I didn't really play much on it, as most of my friends are on Xbox and I kept tagging along with my trusty One X (best console ever IMHO).

Cheers

I never knew the TG16 had some controller revisions... The plastics of these two seem to be slightly different, the screw sizes are different as well.

I was always under the impression that the controllers for the TG16 never got any kind of revisions due to the low sales.

If someone here is more educated on this subject than I am, I'd love to learn more about it!

I recently managed to score a TurboTap for cheap locally, but I didn't own a spare TG16 controller. So I just want on eBay and purchased the cheapest one I found.

Man, it was nasty. Rusted screws, something was spilled and dried inside, and lots and lots of crud. The glue that hold the faceplate also was starting to fail it seems.

A few hours later, and lot lots of scrubbing, now it looks half decent lol

Breitling Navitimer A30030.4 from 1996, this reference was only produced for two years as an homage to older chronomats from the 50s which were the foundation of the Navitimer we know today. Another neat detail about this reference, it's the one Navitimer in the Montbrillant collection to have Navitimer written on the dial.

I had my TG16 for a few years now, I even replaced all the capacitors! Recently I saw the TurboTap listed locally and decided to get it.

I don't wear my Colt GMT all that often on the colder days of the year, but now with the warmer weather, it's time to rock it!

SBGX261 on this Sunday! I had this one since 2018! Survived many purges and downsizings of the collection lol.

Cheers everyone

Late 80s Breitling Aerospace, transicional sample with Navitimer branded caseback.

Seiko Rotocall SMGG19P1 reissue.

Omega Constellation chronograph, the only MecaQuartz chronograph Omega ever made! It features the F Piguet 1270 movement, a premium MecaQuartz chronograph with column wheel and vertical clutch (architecture based off the legendary 1185).

Grand Seiko SBGX261.

Longines Conquest VHP L1.627.4. This salmon dial variant was only available in Japan and in limited quantities.

These were only produced for two years, even in solid gold! The A30030 was intended as an homage to older chronomats from the 50s which were the foundation of the Navitimer we know today, as result, these Navitimer Montbrillant share a lot of desing elements of the older chronomats.

I also have a vintage ad featuring the solid gold version, and I also have the Chronolog which featured these when just released in 1996.

The A30030 was only Navitimer Montbrillant to have Navitimer written on the dial as far as I know. Later references dropped the Navitimer from the dial, added and date complication and couple of different designs elements.

Mine had a mineral crystal, but got it upgraded to sapphire when it was overhauled by Breitling. They no longer carry mineral replacements so sapphire is the only option for what I was told.

I personally think these are some of the cooler "sleeper" Navitimers. Heck, I even have the Chronolog for them 😅

Cheers

I was always interested by the 3DO, so when I got the chance to get a FZ-1 with the native 240p switch, I went for it! I quickly realized many things were wrong with this machine, as it would struggle to read tip top CD-Rs, and even on original disks, the FMVs would stutter.

Bit the bullet and did a full recap! I also restored the fan circuitry and installed a noctua fan. Despite all that work the disc drive didn't seem to work consistently.

I took apart the disc drive mechanism and realized the worm gear attached to the tracker motor was cracked in half... So I found a seller on Aliexpress and purchased one! It arrived also cracked haha. At least the seller made things right and replaced it with a clean clean one.

After replacing the worm gear, cleaning and lubricating the disc drive, putting everything together, I was still getting stutters on both pressed discs and CD-Rs.

So, at this point its the forbidden lands of laser disc adjustment pot. Since I did everything I could here, I figured at this point I had nothing to loose.

I took my watchmakers loupe and watchmakers screwdriver set and went to town. I did 1/4 of a mm clockwise and didn't seem to do any difference. Then did 1/2 of a mm clockwise and that helped, no more stuttering at first but then if I left the captain quazar disc, by the time it replayed its own intro video, it would start stuttering a little, and by the time it replayed its intro for a 3rd time, it would stutter heavily and crash.

So, last adjustment! I did 3/4 of a mm clockwise (in total) and that seems to have done it. I left the captain quazar disc in the 3DO and would cycle its intro, over a hour of that and not a single stutter!

I'm aware this means the laser is worn and likely on its way out, but I did do all the things people usually suggest before messing with the pot.

That being said, everything FINALLY works, man, of all my retro consoles, this is the one that gave me the most work to get working correctly.

Now it's time to explore the library!