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February Wrist Scan is live! . . .
. . . let's share our favorite books and authors along with the watches we're wearing this weekend. Young No was an inveterate reader. A fair guess of the total would be in the low thousands of books, mainly historical and political topics with a smatteri...
Not so many years ago,
I was there, staring at the Seven Pillars, with my motorbike. I remember the cleanest and freshest air ever breath in my life. Although, I could not experience any change in my poor wisdom, I will never forget the experience. Great book Seven Pillars of W...
Ah, my ignorance…
In spite of having moved the book across countries and continents, have not yet managed to read it. So there are actual Seven Pillars?
On our way back from Wadi Rum (Jordan),
Here.... Sorry for the mess. It was several years ago. The trip story had been published in a French/Italian magazine. ...
Thanks for pointing this out!
I thought motorcycles were only allowed for the police in Jordan? Looking like a fabulous trip 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We travelled from Spain to Jordan,
Through Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, and Syria. I can't stop feeling the deepest sadness for what happened in Syria and what is going on in the entire area. Syria and its people are always in my heart.
Lots of suffering in the region indeed…
Sounds like an epic trip. Love road tripping on the odd occasion when my family lets me off for the time required 😁 Still not easy with two small children 🤷🏻♂️ The last one was a year ago from the North of Germany to Turkey, taking the road less travelle...
Beautiful pictures and amazing trip.
Although they were big girls in 2010, I remember, as if it were yesterday, myself crying like a baby because I couldn't speak with them in many days. We were travelling the infinite roads of the southern coast of Turkey. Unxpectedly, the most difficult pa...
A RWD Mercedes CLS…
Not a fully optimal choice. Very comfortable and for the most part extremely well suited to the task but on several occasions completely useless in the wintry conditions (at one point 5 friendly gentlemen needed to help push me to get moving at a snowed i...
Nor were the Harleys in the midlle of the desert!
What a great trip and experience! We visited Istanbul and then headed to Ankara. From Ankara to Mersin and Adana. The mythic “Iskenderun”! We entered Syria from the Bab al-Hawa crossing, which is apparently still open, although the photos in Google show q...
Frankly, I'd rather meet you in Salzburg, but . . .
. . . Wadi Rum has its charms, no doubt!
No plans at present, but when my 'round-the-world trip to visit forum friends happens . . .
. . . there'll be at least one stop on the Continent. Probably Paris, but Salzburg is the most charming city of prior travels.
THE SHIPKILLER!
A bit puerile, perhaps, but I still like reading this book every once in a while. Great theme, Have a wonderful weekend everyone! ...
Currently …
Hi Art and friends ! I usually have several books “on the go” at the same time. Some are by my favourite authors and others simply because I enjoy the subject. Fleming being one of the greatest and this book is probably not one that you have picked up … T...
One of few books read in recent years is Mark Donohue's . . .
. . . The Unfair Advantage , more out of respect and admiration for him than current interest in racing. He was teen No's hero, and still is. 🏎️ ...
I have one too - you know these are quite rare volumes - given they stopped distribution after his death
and only decades later did my old pal & client Michael Bentley convince the family to allow him to republish it (devaluing our rare 1st editions? who knows) ...
People vividly remember when they first heard of JFK's assassination . . .
. . . and 9/11. Same goes for me hearing about Donohue's fatal crash in Austria. I was in a hotel room in Alaska . . . couldn't believe my idol was gone.
A sad moment for anyone that followed his career…
Luckily, I know some people that worked with Mark during his career.
One of the great unanswered questions of history . . .
. . . is whether Mark and Roger would've conquered F1 like every other discipline they mastered. 🤷♂️
Saw Mark at least five times, maybe six . . .
. . . and winning once. Riverside, '73 - I'm somewhere in the stands, taking in the race and the smog.
Half a century later, I can still . . .
. . . taste the smog that day. 😖 Btw, the title of the clip is in error - it was '73, not '72. And I saw Mark drive only five times; he wasn't an entry in the '71 Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway. That race was won by A J Foyt driving a Mer...
Great choices of books and watches dear Captain!!
The Fleming book I ordered past year and is waiting for me in Miami. Will pick up it and read it in my next trip. Hagwe my dear friend ! Abel
My pleasure Captain! I’m eagerly waiting to…
… read it. I’m sure I will enjoy it!! Hagwe! Abel
Actually…
Have read the first, based on your recommendation and thoroughly enjoyed it. Time to give some of the locations a visit - did visit one since reading the book, namely Annecy in France and it has truly been a blast 👌🏻
You are the book influencer 😀
Ashamed to admit I rarely read a book but you caught my eye when you first mentioned vintage Fleming. I’ve had a quick scan but I am saving it for my fast approaching holiday. 🍻 ...
Thank you.
Do not usually wear a watch like that but sometimes you have to improvise. It is one of my favourite photos. 🍻
For the photog lovers....
Enjoy Your Time PS: Am a geek, so reference books ARE the type i love. And yes, i do RTFM ...
Oooooh.... Well then... where's your new topic post with pics?
Hurry up, chop chop 😎😍👍 Six more minutes and it'll chime.
ahhhh, we all know that feeling.
Wait, did you hear that, sounded like a delivery truck ...
They must be expensive to keep 🤔
Interestingly, my predictive text wanted to add “alive” at the end of that sentence 🤷🏼♂️
You knew . . .
. . . this was coming. And if they tour next year too, the UPS guy will be outa luck again.
Wow! Big Congrats my friend!!
Look forward to your post and review when it reaches your wrist!! Enjoy it so much dear Captain!! Abel
Hello dear Art! Great Theme you choose for this new edition of WS!
Regret I will be able to answer tomorrow as I’m without WiFi service since three days ago and the provider service promised to visit on Saturday to fix the problem. 4G doesn’t allow me to post pictures now. Only text… I hope. Anyway… I remember viewing th...
The Omega GMT is a recent arrival . . .
. . . and from the collection of a long-term member of our community, Timerider. We met up for sushi earlier today. The PG was on his wrist, Great White on mine. Re Lawrence: my paternal Grandfather saw him in 1917 walking with General Allenby. Dad said h...
Dad took his Dad to see . . .
. . . Lawrence of Arabia when it premiered in '62. That's when he learned his father had been a witness to history; it was a surreal moment for Dad. ✍🏼
Wow!! I can well imagine!! A sublime instant upon the revelation!!
A marvelous moment I feel! Thank you for sharing my dear Art!
Wow Art! That’s a great story and a historical picture!
And big congrats on this new piece for your collection. Enjoy it so much my dear friend. No internet yet at home. Eagerly waiting for the service visit since 8 AM here! Will return later with my post. Abel
My first post on this forum was in November '04 . . .
. . . and shortly thereafter I replied to a thread asking for GMT suggestions. My candidate then was Great White. Now, almost twenty years later, it's on my wrist. As they say, all good things come to he who waits. ;-)
Absolutely agree dear Art! All good things come to he who waits!!
This watch was destined for crossing its path with you!! Keep enjoying it so much!! Cheers!! Abel
Now that’s a topic I could write tones about…
I have been a profligate reader for most of my life and continue enjoying the hobby to this day. The selection of what I read is eclectic in the widest possible sense of the word. There’s lots of non-fiction, paired with classics, modern literature, sci-i...
Great watches and book themed shots dear friend KM! All lovely, but I specially love the UG White Shadow and the Minerva. Fantastic timepieces!
Have a nice weekend and enjoy your holidays my dear friend. Abel
It’s been missing for almost a year and a half…
But glad to have discovered it while unpacking one of the boxes recently 😁
So, time to read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, then?
I have had the book lying around for decades but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Been practicing Umberto Eco’s concept of the anti-library relatively well, keeping almost as many ‘yet to be read’ books around as read ones 😁 Btw. the last books I finished...
I also proactise Eco´s concept. I keep buying books and receiving them as gifts. I need to spare time to read them while needing time to re- read some I liked so much or those I need...
... to read to learn facts regarding my hobbies. So unread books accumulate and I dream when I will have lots of time in my retirement. Let´s see what the future allows!! So many plans in my mind... Best, Abel
I am sure there are many books you will still read 😊👍🏻
As you said, your approaching retirement might provide you with the necessary spare time 🤞🏻
Reality gap :)
Hi All The gap between what we'd like to read and the reality, like starting with Ulysses & giving up within 50 pages. If I'm honest kinda made my head hurt - far too deep & literary for me! So what I think I understand & don't! The reality Finally - just...
Good photos of your watches and books …
I especially like the second and third photos. Best regards Captain
Hello dear JML! Ahh! that wonderful JLC Futurematic!! May be it is a book of Don Camillo series by Giovannino Guareschi? I don´t dare to even suggest the title of your first shot background! Lol!Great watches and shots to play my friend!
Don´t worry about leaving the Ulises unread. I must confess I didn´t finish it too. May be some day will read it from start again. We have to consider there are so many books and great writers to read. We can´t expect that all of them will touch our souls...
Nothing wrong with reading Harold Robbings or other best sellers Salman. Robbins has many enjoyable books many of them made movies. I enjoy reading best sellers too.
Main thing about books and reading is to find enjoyment and happiness in them I feel. Cheers! Abel
I remember as an impressionable...
10 year old reading Never Love a Stranger the first time and it was quite an experience the movies unfortunately are a watered down version of the books as to not offend the sensibilities of the time, I think if they made movies close the books, they woul...
It is usually what heppens when we read a book and we view a film based on it:The feelings experimented while reading is rarely felt in a movie. Agree with you that the enjoyment of a good book...
... is unsurppased. I don´t have a favorite book from Robbins because the very few I read was long ago. I remember viewing Nevada Smith in the late 60´s because I had always been a fan of Steve Mc Queen. I also was a fan of Tom Selleck´s Magnum P.I. Guess...
Great Minds Think Alike :-)...
Steve Mcqueen and Tom Selleck both had great Charisma for sure. S
Hello again dear Salman!! I read the Longitude book some time ago. Fascinating story indeed. Big congrats on your new arrival. I can well understand you have been wearing since you got it!
A very classic and elegant design. Keep enjoying and loving so much! Hagwe! Abel
Hello dear Art! Still waiting for the internet service…
… but I will try to post my shots. I love books and have been an avid reader since I was very young. My house is big and full of books. For my wife ‘s dispair not only my book cases but every place and room have books of very eclectic subjects. Be it fict...
Shots
Stacks of books covering a large cofee table in our living room… James Bond related books have been an obsession since I discovered 007 in the mid 60’s The 60th Anniversary Bond Seamaster make company to Bond related books ...
More shots…
A favorite book about watches. Though author collects pocket watches his writing can be applied to wrist watches as well. He speaks about collecting and collectors and their passion and feelings. Very nice reading! Paired with this beginnings of XX Centur...
More shots while 4G allows!
Ronald Dahl another of my favorite authors. Paired with a NOS gold case c 1967 ref 168009-2 found in the cases of a closed watch shop some years ago How not to love and admire this author? I paired this book with his short stories with my Rolex Bubbleback...
And more 4g shots! Last pictures for my post! Thanks for your patience!!
The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau introduced me into the marvelous under water world and fired my passion for Scuba diving when I read it an old edition of this classic in around 1959 when I was just eleven. This ref 1680 was bought brand new in 1977 i...
Thank you so much dear Salman!! You are too kind!
Appreciate so much your so kind generous comment. Best cordial regards Abel
Now that I think about it, Abel, we had an author theme many years ago . . .
. . . centered on Charles Bukowski. There were many community members in that thread who are no longer here, or rarely. How time flies . . . thankfully, we have our watches to guide us along the way. 😌
I don´t remember that one Art. Agree that time flies!! I can testify that! Lol!! Yes, we are lucky to have our beloved watches.
I wonder how many editions of WS and the Themes of them have been celebrated since I arrived to WPS in 2012. Say... eleven years x 52 weeks per year are more than 570 Themes!! Wow! Am I right?? My memory surely can´t tell the titles of all those themes! L...
New Old Stock Constellation !!!
Simply wow and if that wasn’t enough you followed up with an exquisite Rolex Bubbleback ! I don’t think I dare open your next post on medical advice 😉
Ha ha ha! Thank you so much dear Captain. The Omega gold was a very lucky find several years ago. I don´t dare to wear it as its has it´s original leather straps never worn, but sometimes...
... I wear for a few hours at home. It was found after a little watch shop closed and there were just a few old watches left in a drawer. This was the most interesting one. The Bubbleback is very nice and so difficult to photograph to really appreciate th...
What a suitable subject…
You seem to be full of fitting watch / book combinations 🙌🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much dear Captain! Though I don´t collect pocket watches, a few have been added to my wristwatch collection through the years. Those are pocket watches I couldn´t resist to...
... take home. This is one of them. There is an identical one in Goldberger Omega book. In the big thick Omega reference book it is shown with an ad offering it at beginnings of XX for use by those pioneer "chaufeurs". It is a large and curious piece with...
The kind of exception to prove the rule 😁
And with this watch, no one can blame you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The Bond 60th perfectly photographed …
I also noticed several books on your table that I also have. The photographs by Greg Williams are superb and really capture the essence of Bond.
Thanks a lot for your kind compliments dear Captain. Agree with you regarding Greg Williams photography. I imagined that several books in my stacks and some others in my book cases are also...
... owned by you as we share several similar interests and passions. I´m happy for that! Best cordial regards, Abel
That looks almost like home 😂
In 2012 my wife got me an iPad with Kindle installed because she (rightfully) claimed that continuing to add physical books at the same pace would result in the two of us no longer having space to live 😂
Oh my dear friend KM! Book lovers need a Big home. Even Kindle can´t stop the book mania syndrome! I receive same claim from my wife. I only could reduce my magazine purchases and catalogs collecting...
... thanks to I Pad and computer. But books... I can´t resist to have more! Though I promise I make a big effort to reduce my greediness! Best, Abel
It’s not like this stopped new physical ones from arriving…
Just slowed down the inflow 😂😂😂
Ha ha ha!! Yes, service down here is a true disaster. I´m not connected with Movistar but with another similar bad provider. The service finally arrived at 3 PM and changed the router to ...
... fix the problem. I had been waiting at home since 8 Am their visit!! (by the way I´ve been without Internet since three previous days!!) This is Argentina!! Hagwe my friend!
Books and watches, my two life-long passions.
Here's a few biblio-horologic favorites: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Perhaps this JLC is paired with the wrong play. "One ring to rule them all." Well, maybe two in this case. "It's terrifying when you consider tha...
Great entry Goodfellow! Interesting pairing of watches and books with quotations from them. Well played!
Superb watches you share here in your great shots. Keep enjoying books and watches so much! Hagwe! Abel
Your book / watch / strap combinations are sublime 👏🏻👌🏻
Wish I had the wrist for the PloProf 😊🤷🏻♂️ All winners 👏🏻👌🏻
Thank you, KMII!
A PloProf requires more confidence than it does wrist circumference, as it is big but does not wear big --more like a 44mm Luminor (albeit taller) than a 47mm Luminor 1950. Titanium makes it very light. ...
Light is a relative term 😂
In the boutique, even the titanium on rubber felt like a weight lifting exercise to me 😂🤷🏻♂️
Unique book, for me at least because its in dialect and from my mother ☺️
Wikipedia "If I Were a Boy (Albanian: Sikur t'isha djalë) is an Albanian epistolary novel written by Haki Stërmilli in 1936. Written mostly in a form of diary entries it documents the struggle of the young female protagonist Dija to adjust in an Albanian ...
Thanks so much - would be highly interested 👍🏻
If I recall correctly the only two Albanian authors I have read are Ismail Kadare and Enver Hoxha 😉 The First is of course internationally renowned as an author, the second less so in that capacity but I picked up a copy of his ‘Yugoslav self-determinatio...
Enver is famous also for different reasons :). Havent read about the "yugoslav....", but i will definitely check it out out.
Have you heard about Sterjo Spasse? A favourite of mine as well.
Mom would be gratified to know her favorite book . . .
. . . was equally appreciated by you. 😌
Reading this today …
Well it is Sunday … The 321 Speedmaster feels appropriate ;-)) … Car and watch in perfect harmony … Best regards Captain ...
Good morning Dr. My favorite book of all times is
“Guns, germs and steel: the fates of human societies” by one of my favorites writers, Jared Diamond. This weekend I’m enjoying my Nomos. Best. ...
Hi aWtchslvr …
I haven’t had the pleasure of reading “Guns, germs and steel”. I will certainly take a look. Enjoy your Nomos today ! Best regards Captain
Been decades since I read it…
But thoroughly enjoyed it! Need to give it another look 👍🏻 That Nomos is a lovely choice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I also read it a long time ago and I don’t
forget it. The Nomos is my last purchase and one I don’t regret. Best.
I am guilty of not reading enough in recent years..
Even the few books which I started, I did not manage to follow through…let me work on it in 2024 starting with this… ...
Well I’m reading this one right now…
And might I say if just one of them was wearing one of these they’d be sipping Mai Tai’s on the rocks instead of being on rocks. ☠️☠️☠️ ...
Hi Myles …
This book looks a good read and your choice of a Seamaster is very appropriate. Personally, sipping Mai Tai’s on the rocks sounds like a perfect Sunday ! Best regards Captain
When you read the book
you understand that a Seamaster would have actually saved their lives…and limes.
Hello Myles!! Great shots and beautiful watch. I recently read a review of this book and was very temped to buy it. I hope you are enjoying it so much!
You share an stunning shot of your SM chrono with water drops! Have a nice Sunday, Abel
I wish to add a few wrist shots with books celebrating I now…
… have my Internet service restored!! Lol! Just realized that I only posted static shots in my previous entry. Have a nice Sunday dear friends! Abel ...
The first half of my life saw many hours spent in book stores. The second half . . .
. . . in pool halls. I may be enjoying life more now, but arguably not a life as well spent. ;-)
Usually, it's the other way around: we spend our early years in pool halls . . .
. . . and later years reading. I did the reverse.
I’m afraid my tastes run to the mundane!
Here’s my first one - complete with the non-existent timepiece of Jack Reacher - who happens to have a body clock with chronometer precision 🤣. But then to redeem myself I’ll also include this one. ...
Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, John LeCarre - I've read 'em . . .
. . . all. And I mean most of their novels, not just one of each. But that was a long time ago. Can't bring myself to pick up a work of fiction now. Art
I feel the same way
read all of LeCarre (you should watch the last interview with him “The Pidgeon Tunnel”) awesome!!! Graham Greene isn’t bad either…
The one Greene novel I've read . . .
. . . is The Quiet American , and some fifty years ago at that. I saw the '58 version of the film adaptation several years ago; deeply impressed by the production and performances, but didn't realize how different the tone was from the book until reading ...
Great theme!
For me it will have to be Tolien's LotR, no question. My personal copy I bought back in the 90s, and next to the Reverso which I had coveted throughout that period. ...
A suggestion, if I may: James Billington's . . .
. . . Fire In The Minds of Men . Billington became Librarian of Congress a few years after writing it; it came out while I was in college but didn't read it until many years later. He might well be the most famous American no one is aware of. Art
If I'm not too late...
Francis Mallmann is my go to barbecue book. Always a good read. Good stories. Good insights. Good recipies. Mmmmmm..... And chronos pair nicely with barbecue. ...
I'm one of those guys that likes to cook and grill . . .
. . . but never read a book on the subject. Or any tome devoted to the culinary arts, brewing, gardening, etc. I should write a book . . . . . . about guacamole. People have been known to beg for it. 🥑 ...
Terry Pratchett's Diskworld ...
... is the my favourite series of novels and stories. In fact, I collected nearly everything written by Pratchett - as I did with the works of Asimov, Sheckley, Alan Dean Foster and others. Marcus ...
Cool photo
With you on the Discworld series, really enjoyed it. Keep thinking I need to revisit it. Cheers JML
Might've read Asimov . . .
. . . in my early teens, Marcus; for sure I've read Arthur C Clarke, also 50+ years ago. Science fiction was personally more compelling on film, though. Best, Art
