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Offline hanz079

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An interesting day.
« on: November 10, 2013, 03:43:52 PM »
As usual on a Sunday, me and my family make our usual trip to a local Hypermall for a movie and window shopping.
A day like any other day.
So I made my way down to a telco centre to get my broadband line cancelled.
I was given a number and I took a seat.
What do you know?
Sitting right beside me is an uncle wearing a Zenith 38mm Tricolour.
Wow... I myself am wearing the Striking 10th!!
What a coincidence.
Until that time, I have never seen a 38mm Tricolour in the flesh.
Strike up a conversation with the uncle and it seems that he noticed what I was wearing too.
He is not your usual uncle, he is not buying blind.
He knows the significance behind the Tricolor dial, the brand, the movement and it's history which makes it even cooler.
An easy going guy and it's so comfortable to start a conversation with him.
We both took out our watches and exchange it for a closer look.
Midway, his number was called.
He just left his watch and and mine with me while he go about his business!! Without any fear that I might flee with it...  :o



So I took the opportunity to take a few pictures.
Side by side with my Striking 10th.



Customary wristshot.
38mm is very wearable.

After he is finished with his business and my number got called.
He is still there waiting for me to finish my business...
A fellow WIS looking for company... lol
After I was finished, we talked some more and decided to visit the local AD.

And I saw this.
Newly arrived and still in the transport box.



The Tudor Heritage Chrono Blue



A very beautiful and cool watch.
Have to see it to appreciate.
RRP at RM13,963.00

In the end, me and the uncle exchanged phone numbers and I am guessing there will be more meetups in the future.
A fruitful day indeed.
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 03:46:23 PM »
Quote from: hanz079 on November 10, 2013, 03:43:52 PM

And I saw this.
Newly arrived and still in the transport box.



The Tudor Heritage Chrono Blue



A very beautiful and cool watch.
Have to see it to appreciate.
RRP at RM13,963.00



Most important question, did it go back with you?
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2013, 03:47:27 PM »
It will in a day or two once a good friend gives his nod of approval...  :thumbsup:
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2013, 03:57:17 PM »
Quote from: hanz079 on November 10, 2013, 03:47:27 PM
It will in a day or two once a good friend gives his nod of approval...  :thumbsup:

Emmmm........    ;D :o ::)
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 05:07:41 PM »
Nice story hanz.
Did you recruited him as our forummer?  ;D

P/s: true enough, overlapping subdials and invisible hands affecting the legibility  :HammerHead:
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 06:37:46 PM »
Your watch slow or Uncle punya fast?

And being a regular chrono, the overlapping dials on the 36,000 bph are a problem?
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 06:39:07 PM »
Quote from: dpkong on November 10, 2013, 06:37:46 PM
Your watch slow or Uncle punya fast?

And being a regular chrono, the overlapping dials on the 36,000 bph are a problem?

Mine sync with iphone.
Spot on.
Uncle punya lambat kot? hahaha
Regular chrono with overlapping subdials? Yes... it's a problem.
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Offline dennis.T

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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 06:54:04 PM »
Spirit of WIS  :thumbsup:
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Offline chrisyen

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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 09:03:05 PM »
u r lucky hanz

maybe he will bcom ur mate... since u both same taste!

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Offline dpkong

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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2013, 10:40:18 PM »
Quote from: hanz079 on November 10, 2013, 06:39:07 PM
Quote from: dpkong on November 10, 2013, 06:37:46 PM
Your watch slow or Uncle punya fast?

And being a regular chrono, the overlapping dials on the 36,000 bph are a problem?

Mine sync with iphone.
Spot on.
Uncle punya lambat kot? hahaha
Regular chrono with overlapping subdials? Yes... it's a problem.

Goes to show that accuracy means nothing to older folks. Looks like overlapping dials are a non-issue as well. It's all about how it wears and how it makes you feel..  :thumbsup:

And yours looks bigger than his....
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2013, 08:37:50 AM »
Quote from: hanz079 on November 10, 2013, 06:39:07 PM
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Mine sync with iphone.
Spot on.
Uncle punya lambat kot? hahaha
Regular chrono with overlapping subdials? Yes... it's a problem.

when you sync with iphone, is it via an app or thru the network provided time?
i set my 2 phones to automatically get network provided time, and which you think it would be synced to sirim...but noooo...
1 is 2secs behind sirim constantly, due to whatever lag and overheads i guess...
another is anywhere from 5-8secs behind sirim  :o
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2013, 08:58:03 AM »
Quote from: Glampyre on November 11, 2013, 08:37:50 AM
Quote from: hanz079 on November 10, 2013, 06:39:07 PM
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Mine sync with iphone.
Spot on.
Uncle punya lambat kot? hahaha
Regular chrono with overlapping subdials? Yes... it's a problem.

when you sync with iphone, is it via an app or thru the network provided time?
i set my 2 phones to automatically get network provided time, and which you think it would be synced to sirim...but noooo...
1 is 2secs behind sirim constantly, due to whatever lag and overheads i guess...
another is anywhere from 5-8secs behind sirim  :o

You are right, my phone's time is network provided time.
I did not sync with sirim's time as the time provided is also dependent on the network quality. It can be 10 seconds behind sometimes.
So I just sync my watch time to whatever time my phone is showing, and with that, I can tell if the watch is running accurately or not.
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2013, 05:49:57 PM »
Interested day indeed hanz

Try time.is

Synced with atomic time
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Re: An interesting day.
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2013, 04:13:58 AM »
great story, Hanz.  The impact of that meeting will last quite a while, in many different ways, I suspect... ;D

Reminds me of the time i met with a diplomat working in Geneva and he shared with me his passion about watches and his frequent duties of bringing in exquisite time pieces to some of the rich and famous back in Malaysia..
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