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UnderTheLoupe

  1. @ei8htohms Definitely has more impressive macro capability than I anticipated it would. Cool stuff.
  2. @ei8htohms Nice
  3. @ei8htohms I see some potential there for Casio. Glad to spread a smile ;) How's the Lytro?
  4. Tactless: @wired's vision of Patek in 2027 wired.com/rawfile/wp-con…
  5. @WatchRepairGuy An unnecessary nuisance, but easier to deal with than modular chronographs.
  6. @WatchRepairGuy When necessary, I disassemble the chrono on 7750s while cased & gently tap the center second wheel out from the dial side.
  7. A Swiss made, weight driven, clockwork powered reading lamp bit.ly/L6EDE4 Hat tip @JZ
  8. Stoked to take them out on a few hikes along the West Coast in a couple of days
  9. I recently upgraded to the slim clam shell case for my South Shores after toting the behemoth case around NYC amzn.to/KPfaAN
  10. Original post on the Maui Jims here bit.ly/k7vgPY
  11. “@Tom_Hanx: Roughly a year ago, @undertheloupe suggested Maui Jim and I listened. God bless you, Jon, best sunglasses ever!” Visual bliss.
  12. Movement design at Audemars Piguet bit.ly/N0YIgP
  13. LausanneTec MicroTechnology Exhibition kicks off tomorrow in Lausanne Switzerland bit.ly/KlN808
  14. Rolex Australia weighs in on @SaveTheTime campaign bit.ly/LvlMBF
  15. @ei8htohms More then weird. It's unnerving.
  16. Full video clip, including a Breitling tech installing watch hands with a hammer(!!), here bit.ly/K2D4ve
  17. This is why I have to surcharge for new hands on every Breitling chrono I service bit.ly/JEUA8I
  18. @SDHallock @therealmassena @doerrelizabeth @underthedial @ei8htohms Real life will never be as perfect as the measure aimed for in horology.
  19. @ei8htohms *That* interpretation would require an additional comma :P