Did you catch the pipe smoking watchmaker on 60 Minutes tonight 12/07/2025? I found it very interesting. Loved the guy who sells his timepieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars light his pipe with a Bic!
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Excellent story. No matter how far we advance, we’ll always go back to craftsmanship.
I have a very good friend who went all high tech in everything he owns for a few years.
Well, currently he drives 1967 Range Rover, owns several Swiss mechanical watches, lives in a simple house, doesn’t own a smart phone and writes long hand in a notebook.
He savors craftsmanship in almost everything. His cookware and knives are his current passion
He’s a fascinating guy who has seen the future, and went backwards.
I have a very good friend who went all high tech in everything he owns for a few years.
Well, currently he drives 1967 Range Rover, owns several Swiss mechanical watches, lives in a simple house, doesn’t own a smart phone and writes long hand in a notebook.
He savors craftsmanship in almost everything. His cookware and knives are his current passion
He’s a fascinating guy who has seen the future, and went backwards.
The youngsters I work with all laugh at my archaic simple flip phone. They are dumbfounded on how I take my notes in a simple field notes book and write cursive and of course the fact I smoke a pipe makes me "cool" and "old school" in their eyes. I have only been called a "Hipster" once and they are still looking for that guy's body. No smart watch, just a 10yr old Citizen Divemaster on my wrist and their mass confusion when I pull out a fountain pen.
I'm a firm believer that the smarter our "tools" get the dumber we become because we rely on them rather then learning and retaining the knowledge ourselves. Ask a person under 30 what their best friends phone number is, I bet they can't tell you without looking in their phone.
I'm a firm believer that the smarter our "tools" get the dumber we become because we rely on them rather then learning and retaining the knowledge ourselves. Ask a person under 30 what their best friends phone number is, I bet they can't tell you without looking in their phone.
The fact that someone uses disposable lighters only shows me they are smart. Expensive lighters are a waste of money. It doesn't matter who made them or how much they cost, they always fail eventually and cost you an arm and a leg to get repaired, or end up in a drawer gathering dust.
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I found it stranger that his stem was not fully flush
Anyone else notice that?
Anyone else notice that?
Probably just a buildup of residue inside the stem's tenon hole. I clean mine by bending a pipe cleaner 180 degrees to make it wider and swabbing out the hole. Usually an easy fix.
Really enjoyed the first part of that the most - what a cool place! My wife treasures the old Rolex that came her way when her mother passed. Several years ago she decided I needed a different kind of watch and surprised me with a non-Rolex Swiss mechanical watch that I wear every day I'm out of the house (except when hunting - have an old manual wind for that) - had to have it sent back for a repair one time because it was losing one minute every couple of days - worked perfectly when fixed and has since. LOL, the gift was somewhat preemptive - she figured out I was looking at having some irons crafted from scratch and decided she'd spend the money she guessed I was going to spend without consulting her. Like they say in the Godfather, "Leave the clubs, take the watch." Good advice!
