The main reason that I didn't make it to the Iron Heart party this year was because I got myself a dog. This is Disco, he's a Peruvian Inca Orchid.
He's currently about four months old, and probably about the size of a Whippet. Like his owner, he's also completely bald.
The Aurora Australis was visible from outside my house this evening.
I've still got the Mountain Parka, and occasionally wear it. Here it is being modelled with Flash, who I was walking at the Greyhound Adoption Programme on Saturday.
@neph93 I'm glad to hear that the men in white coats have come for you Norwegian health care system is taking care of you.
Incidentally, ADHD means that you're neurodivergent, though I suspect that you'll prefer the appellation that a friend came up with: Neurodeviant.
(But he read way too much Nemesis the Warlock at an impressionable age...)
As someone whose brain is also not running the standard wiring, I would agree that knowing the underlying causes will help in managing it, and also finding coping strategies.
It's Watches and Wonders this week, which is the biggest show in the horological calendar. Naturally, there are new pieces, and here are a few of them.
Rolex haven't done much with their sports line this year, except to slap a black and grey bezel on the GMT.
Tudor have launched a Black Bay 58 GMT, which is a smaller and slimmer package than their existing GMT. It's also Master Chronometer certified, which I think is Rolex's way of saying, "Our cheap product meets Omega's fancy standard."
Patek has launched a very pretty perpetual calendar with a salmon dial.
Zenith has revived the Defy Diver with a very orange bezel.
Grand Seiko has a new Birch Bark with an equally new 5 Hz hand wound movement.
And, lastly, the LUC XPS Qualitie Fleurier is very, very pretty.
This is Topper, formerly known as Mystify Kick. He's a retired racing dog, you can find his career stats online.
I've got him for a month to help with socialisation and learning manners, but I think that he's learning bad habits instead. He does have excellent taste in blankets, though.
Michael Cerny in Germany makes Newsboy Caps out of deerskin from Gerberei Kolesch, who also supply the hides for the Big Buck shirts. I haven't handled one, but they look lovely.
Since no-one has mentioned it, the Indigofera x Iron Heart anniversary blanket looks great.
I resisted the sale. There were a couple of pieces that I was tempted by: The IHDR-502bb and the Big Buck shirt. But I wasn't sure about fit as I keep on changing size and shape, I'm currently unemployed, and I've agreed to spend a chunk of my dwindling savings on a puppy...
It's the third Tuesday of the year, and Omega has just released a new Speedmaster. This one has a handwound movement, meteorite dial, and a moonphase. It's also 13.6 mm, so less of a chonk that the Flight Qualified.
@Anesthetist it looks a lovely piece.
I was also intrigued by the cloth in the background, which I suspect is a historical map of Oldenzaal. I once took a look around Naarden in the Netherlands, which has similar fortifications that have been preserved.
@ddtrash I saw this earlier, and I thought that it would be something you like.
It looks a lovely watch. I'd like to see it on my wrist before making a call, as the similarly sized Furlan Marri Disco Volante I tried on felt small.
Monochrome has an introductory article, which lists the price at €35,000. In comparison, their hands-on with the Patek Phillipe Cubitus mentions the base model costs €40,575. Personally, I'd get the 222.
@goosehd I agree. If I was buying an Aqua Terra, I'd go for that dial.
@mclaincausey there seems to be less money floating around than there was during the pandemic, when zero percent interest rates and government intervention were the order of the day. Perhaps people aren't willing to spend so much on a discretionary purchase, as @goosehd speculated.
(As an aside, a couple of software subscriptions have seen 50% increases this year, which largely seem to be justified by investments in AI technology that I'm probably not going to use.)
The Hour Glass in Melbourne had a Cubitus on display in their window. I didn't get a chance to try it on because all their Patek specialists were in a meeting when I passed. Or they thought that I was too scruffy to afford one. I'm not convinced by the design; it looks like the sort of slightly upmarket quartz watches you would see in an Argos catalogue back in the eighties or nineties.
The Omega boutique had a few new pieces in, including the Flight Qualified Speedmaster that @ddtrash posted a few weeks ago. I liked the dial, but, as @JDelage observed, it's a bit chonky.
There was also the turquoise Aqua Terra. I loved the dial on it.
My favourite was the Summer Blue Ploprof, which was announced nearly two years ago, and has taken some time to get to market.
The rubber strap had the model's name on the keeper, and I liked the angled cut for its tip.
The only problem is that the asking price is $23.650 (Australian). A titanium Blancpain Bathyscaphe is $24,000, a regular Fifty Fathoms is $27,000, and the Glashütte Original SeaQ is $20K on the bracelet. All of these are finer watchmaking than the Omega.
I dropped by the Time and Tide showroom, which sells a number of microbrands. (They've opened a larger one in London, just off Oxford Circus. I'll have to take a look next time I'm there.) I wanted to take a look at the Furlan Marri Disco Volante, which they had in green. It's powered by a Peseux 7001 movement, and it is a very small and very slim watch. There's a ring of lume around the dial and subdial, which is a contemporary twist on a vintage style watch. I liked it, but it felt a little small on me.
I was in Melbourne today, so I dropped by the local Jacques Marie Mage pusher. There were a few styles I was interested in looking at, one of which was the @JDelage signature model. I liked the frames, but not on me. The shape didn't sit well with the shape of my eyebrows, although they aren't bad in the photo.
I also checked out a pair of the Hisao in white, which doesn't show up on the JMM website. They actually came up a bit small on my face, the wider angle of the forward camera on my phone makes them more flattering than they were.
I also tried on a pair of the Dasan, but I didn't get a photo. They weren't great on me either.
I ordered a pair of the Diana in black with the mirrored lenses in a sale about a week ago, and they're probably the style that suits me the best. I'm going to push out the lenses and replace them with mirrored transitions lenses, so they'll be clear indoors and retain the same look outside.
@Oaktavia I was hoping you'd go with Leatherwork Brothers, but that leash is probably cooler than anything they make!
I'm looking forward to seeing how it ages.
@endo your travel gear looks good, and the DSPTCH and Peak Design bags match surprisingly well.
