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From Instagram by David Carol. In his interview he had a black finish one, plus an Horizon panoramic camera.

With the most relevant brazilian watch ever made in my opinion, the green classic Tristar. If i had to cut down my collection entirely to only one watch that would be it.

I have the Signature for nearly six years now; it was second hand, and i switched the original red scales that fell off for these whites. I find it the perfect package for a keychain.

The Swisschamp is from around 1997 and sat pristine in a collection until five years ago, when i traded my awesome but brick-bulky and steel-heavy Swisstool X for it; naturally it has been carried and used ever since. This trade might seen odd but both sides ended happy and i actually use the smaller pliers much more often than i used the larger ones, not to mention the other functions.

The New Soldier is marked 2023 and doesn't have yet a full year with me, but basically replaced all my other knives in the daily rotation.

Probably late 80s. Funky dials and case shapes like that were very common with the brazilian working classes back in the day. A multitude of them are still around. They often came as 3 Stars (Três Estrelas), but the Crystals were also common. In my experience there's no real difference between them.

My post about King Harald V' GMT-Master reminded me of King Mihai I of Romania' (1921-2017) lifetime companion, a Patek Philippe reference 1518. It was the first perpetual calendar chronograph watch, released in 1941 with only 281 made (including 4 made of steel, the rarest of all).

The second photo of the King was taken either in 1947 or 1948. It's safe to assume that he worn the very same watch for 70 years.

Some photos of King Harald V of Norway, who passed away today at 89. Since the early 1960s he worn only one watch, a GMT-Master whose handsome Pepsi bezel got totally ghosted as the years passed. Some eyes far keener than mine had noticed bits from other references, which makes it even more interesting.

The late King was a traveller and enjoyed sailling and skiing, so besides the perfect mindset he also made the perfect choice.

The young boy in the third photo is his successor, Haakon VIII. It would be really grand if he worn his father' watch into his reign.

Orient has a quasi-independent branch in Brazil since the late 1970s, with near total local production and its own domestic models. One of these was an early 2000s 42mm "safe design", parallel to Orient of Japan' own 40mm homage.

In later years the public asked for a smaller version of the old bulky Sub 42. This year Orient released this smaller sibling and added updated specifications.

Orient finally released what it missed the most in the Bambino family. Posting for information and to remember later; not sure about how prices will be and where.

- Dimensions:

36mm in diameter;

12,3mm in thickness (perhaps 1/3 coming from the domed crystal);

42mm in lug-to-lug;

18mm of lug width.

- References:

Gold: RA-BB0101S30B

Green: RA-BB0102E30B

White: RA-BB0103S30B

Beige: RA-BB0104Y30B

Personally i don't hate the old and very utilitarian japanese bias for calendars, but i don't think that <<everything>> needs one. The "Water Resistant" text is very unecessary but i've seen plenty of curious texts in vintage dress watches so it's not a dealbreaker for me. Same for the lack of sapphire, since this is a formal watch.

I'm glad to see a vintage sized and looking dress watch with modern production and from a brand i absolutely trust. i'll definitely try to get the golden-cased.

Might be coded commie propaganda.

Many thanks to the Véra team for the fine work. Everything went perfectly smooth and since yesterday i'm enjoying my old pdfs on KOReader.

Next up will be my father' Kindle.

Always very caring and careful, before her illness worsened she asked me what i wanted from her jewelry as a keepsake. I chose this watch, her favourite in later years and a commemoration of milestones she reached. In Brazil we have the ancient tradition of the Missa de Sétimo Dia, so i worn her watch for the last formal farewell in her parish.

Never cared for golden watches before but the B145 convinced me that they are quite nice. I think the secret is smaller dimensions, like in vintage watches.

One other great thing about it is that seconds hand hits all markers. One annoying thing is adjusting the bracelet.

My first vintage Seiko a few years ago.