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  1. drunken monkey's Avatar
    I looked at the 600s but that lead sleeve looks very, very exposed.
    I guess that's what the 800s were all about but that came at a cost.

    Still, I will get a 600 eventually after my current Japanese fix.
  2. tribe125's Avatar
    I stashed away a dozen Rotring 600 pencils when they became hard to find, but I see they're available again. All that time on eBay wasted!
  3. skywatch's Avatar
    I still have and use my Pentel .3mm drafting pencil that I used to draw electronics schematics for my college summer job around 35 years ago. HB hardness was the only graphite that worked reliably so thin. I was working under my father's supervision in a small research company of 9 people designing linear accelerators, long before the days of Gerber files and CAD. Why am I not surprised to find a lot of overlap between watch aficionados and pen/pencil collectors, and high-end knife collectors? It's all part of the perfectionist spectrum, perhaps?
  4. drunken monkey's Avatar
    I looked at the graphgear 1000 and on paper, it had all of the right features. What I didn't like, was the use of the clip as the actuating mechanism for the lead retraction. It made the clip a little ungainly and while the cheap fitted metal clip on the 500 is exactly that; cheap, it does give the pencil a cleaner profile.

    I will get a 1000 sooner or later but I'm on a Rotring mission at the moment, followed by something more interesting that would be covered in a proper post.


    P.S.
    It always surprises me how many other buildering related people there are around here and there.
  5. Dan R's Avatar
    My decision was real easy. It was a gift. LoL!

    We go to a jewelry store every Christmas, mostly as a means to get some free grub at their Christmas party. For years, I have told my wife how much I liked the PO with the orange bezel.

    After all these years, she decides to get the watch. She dallied long enough that the 2500 was no longer a choice.

    Oh well. I really do love the watch. I've close several times to making it my "only" watch, but I love other watches too much to do that.

  6. Dan R's Avatar
    Interesting, I used to use only pencils, and mechanical ones at that when people did real drafting as opposed to using AutoCad. I had numerous Pentels, and I am sure if I looked long enough, I might even find a few.

    Now-a-days, all I do is write so I use nothing but fountain pens.

    But I finally got a mechanical pencil just so I would have one handy in the fountain pen holder I have. It is a Graphgear 1000. I am sure I looked at the GG500, but for the life of me, can't figure out what won me over to the 1000.

    It doesn't get a whole lot of use, but I really like it.

    As for me, "HB" makes it tick.

    Cheers!
  7. drunken monkey's Avatar
    I was looking at the 8500 Planet Ocean when I was initially shopping for the dive watch of the trilogy; the old dilemma of new (8500) vs old (2500) being the sticking point.

    Luckily for me, that decision was made wasier by
    i) the 8500 being that little bit too chunky for me
    ii) if I get the 2500, it would firstly be the original Planet Ocean and secondly, give further reason to get an 8500 Aqua Terra instead, which would minimise overlaps/redundancies.

    Rationalisation?
    Of course but sometimes, it's little "deceits" like that which do actually make decisions easier, especially when you really do like so many different watches from so many different makers.
  8. Churchy's Avatar
    I've seen a few sites that do a cut out and try images of their watches, maybe you could print out a picture of the watch and stick it on top too?
  9. skywatch's Avatar
    This is a playful and useful solution for trying on watches that we only see on the internet. Love it!
  10. BlackNomad's Avatar
    I have to admit, that's very creative!
  11. Dan R's Avatar
    I have the Reverso Due and do love it.

    YMMV,
    Dan
  12. Dan R's Avatar
    For sure, itches are a challenge. I had an EXP1, but ended up selling it to get a JLC Reverso Duo. That was a no-brainer IMO. I did end up with a Tag pre-64 Carerra reissue and keep it because it cost me little. The deal breaker was the PO Co-Ax 8500. I always wanted one, and now that I have it, I consider my collection to be more or less complete. This is not meant to be a knock on other makers/watches, but only to signify that my itch was scratched.



    Dan
  13. Raza's Avatar
    Man, DM, how small is your wrist? You should see what the (older 38mm) Monaco looks like on mine!
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