Posts made by JDelage

No, it has a balsamic / honey reduction with sumac, but I've seen some recipes online for similar salads that do incorporate lime.

I’m also bringing a peach / mint salad. There will be lambchops and a mint anaro cocktail…

We have a theme dinner party tomorrow at our friends’. Part ipants bring dishes according to a theme. The theme tomorrow is mint, so I made home made mint chocolare chips ice cream, with the mint from our yards. It’s yummy. Making the chocolate chips was more difficult than I expected…

Grand Seiko released a new iteration of its 37mm hand wound model. What makes it particularly exciting is (1) the bead of rice bracelet, which is amazing, and (2) a soft silver face, which is probably the most ever pleasing dial treatment one can want. I bought the bracelet separately and put it on a different iteration of the same watch and I love it.

https://grandseikoboutique.us/products/watch-manual-37mm-bracelet-sbgw305

@tvaillant75 said in Watches - another OCD problem:

Something a bit out there but I really love it. Louis Erard's regulateur in collaboration with Alain Silberstein.

They've done a lot of cool collabs. I like the ones w/ Konstantin Chaykin.

@LewisStonehouse said in Watches - another OCD problem:

On the subject of great divers, I picked this up for my old man on his 60th birthday. He quickly told me it knocks my submariner clean out the room

SBGH255? Amazing watch but b.i.g.!

I agree the MM300 is prettier, but the bezel’s impossible to operate with wet fingers. I have the fully auto GS diver. It’s a great watch (but it’s thicc!)

Probably the best dive watch ever (apart from the 124060).

I'm a big fan of the Sun Surf and Star of Hollywood Hawaiian shirts. The rayon ones can be more elegant, and they feel great, but they need dry cleaning. The various cotton &/or linen shirts are nearly as nice and a lot easier to take care of. In particular, the 'Atomc' line of Star of Hollywood shirts absolutely nails the 50's vibe (as far as I know...) I also like very colorful madras short sleeve shirts.

NWA, the only MB&F I’ll ever be able to afford. Very cool, and fun piece.

Second time making fries. It was a success…

What you write is true of most complications, tbh. When do you need a watch to tell you the date (or, god forbid, the date, day, and month...)? Or time something to the 1/10th of a second, etc, etc.

With this said, I have been zonked enough that I had to pull my phone out to check the time at home.

@Boit - Lovely work! I'm in Seattle too, between Volunteer Park & Interlaken on Cap Hill.

I love that IWC UTC! Proper traveller's GMT!

Beautiful watch. I love the sword hands on this version.

WRT the Red Sea, I think the way to get the most out of it is to do a live aboard and go to the pinnacle islands way off shore (Brothers, Daedalus, etc). You get both small reef life and large pelagic, and no crowds. I loved it.

Just heard back from MB&F that I was picked for their M.A.D.2 raffle (I have entered the raffle each time). So this should be coming to me in the next few weeks or months. Not too excited to pay 31% tariff on it. Maybe I'll get lucky. Fourth green dial watch...
M.A.D. is the (much!) lower priced small series production from MB&F. It uses a La Joux-Perret G101 movement with a custom jumping hour module.
https://www.mbandf.com/madeditions/mad2

The new Singer Heritage chrono is gor-geous. Powered by a hand-wound Valjoux 236, which is beautiful in its own right. MSRP is 16,700 CHF.

https://singerreimagined.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Singer_heritage_black_1-1024x1024.jpg

https://singerreimagined.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Singer_heritage_movement_1-1024x1024.jpg

https://singerreimagined.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Singer_heritage_green_2.jpg

@Giles said in How Do I Post A Photo or Upload An Image:

I'm on a Mac. If you copy the web image then you can paste directly into the post...

Ah, yes that works. Obvious in retrospect. Thank you.

I'm on a Mac. If I click the upload image icon I get the option to upload from my drive, not to embed a web picture.