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Nice little counter display can be seen in the 1984 movie "Electric Dreams". Too bad you cant make out the models clearly...

Having some fun with a new aliexpress lume strap on my Momentum Sea Quartz 30. Matches the dial lume quite nicely!

Just arrived! Loving it so far! Swapped the green strap for a blue FKM tropic. Also tried glow-in-the-dark nato to match the lume.

Got a 5513 ordered through Tim / Fat Panda / Watchfinder who a lot of you know. The process went incredibly smooth, with detailed QC pics and communication every step of the way etc etc...
I ordered a JKF / Cartel 5513 and he assured me that the watch he received was from the JK factory. I got the QC pics and they did appear different than the pictures that are referenced all the time for JKF watches from TrustyTimes website. My watch has a longer more correct shaped triangle marker at the 12:00 position, where as the TrustyTime reference pics show a smaller, incorrect marker here and it is a known flaw on the JKF watches if you look at older posts around here and RWI.
The crown guards are stubby and not as pointed as the TrustyTime version...
The lume / marker colors are more of a correct creamy / off-white color versus the almost orange color on the TrustyTime website pics as well.
The plexi crystal is definitely the extreme dome bubble that was on the older version JKF watches and the bezel rotates almost too easliy, which were both complaints on previous JKF watches.
I am just curious if this is just a new dial version of JKF 5513 or something and if anyone knows more about the update or anything or if there are other changes dimension wise. I haven't seen any recent build threads on here or RWI with confirmed JKF 5513 cases that look like mine in the "before" picture...
Overall it's a great watch, I'm just a bit confused haha!

Got my 1950s Timex Marlins together for a group shot.

From left to right:
1953-1954
1955
1956
1957-1958

All of them are on vintage NOS leather straps, all running perfectly.

I’ve been collecting these Marlins for years every time I see a cheap one on ebay or elsewhere. Finally decided to sell a bunch of them and keep just these cream of the crop ones, to represent the “evolution” over the 50s decade.