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Ricky Lee
February 27, 2009 01:08PM		 Registered: April 2005
Posts: 1,953 (2009-02)

This all started because I decided to change straps on the Bucherer. All well and good, but it snowballed into a strap change avalanche, and by the time I was done I'd swapped straps on 5.. ah, no, 6 watches. Wink, wink ...

This left the Caveman Alpha Sub Mk1 temporarily strapless. Not unusual, as I might have a half-dozen watches sitting strapless at any given time. And it's not a case of too many watches and not enough straps. No, I have a spare bracelet / strap reserve that numbers in the dozens. Mind you, many of them are oddballs that lack versatility, hence they get limited use. Still...

In any case, I decided to wear the Mk1 yesterday, and I refused to rob a strap off another watch, lest I trigger another avalanche. I am smiling... So I rummaged around in the strap box and came up with this;

Caveman Alpha Submariner Mk1

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Now, when I initially considered this combo I was like "No way will that work! Scary!" But then I'm thinkin' "Well, lotsa guys put black-dialed watches on brown leather, and it looks fine. Why not brown nylon?" So I gave it a shot.

Gotta admit that it took me a while to warm up to it. Wink, wink ... But for now, I'm diggin' it! Thumbs Up! WIS honeymoon

-Ricky

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A new (and slightly wonky) combo. Post contains photos Post contains linked URL (views: 100)
Ricky Lee -- February 27, 2009 01:08PM
Wonky? Is that some new technical horological term I had not heard before? >> (views: 7)
Dave Murphy -- February 27, 2009 11:20PM
>>I was visiting my wife's cousins in the Okarks, and I picked up some interesting technical jargon that keeps the guys here at the shop amused.

Their favorite is "Wallered out" as in, "I thought I could fix this by putting in a new dowel pin, but the hole's wallered out anyway."

See, even if you never heard "wallered out", you know that it means worn, and not evenly either.

Why can you buy clock bushings at Otto Frei? Because the pivot holes in your brass clock plates get wallered out.

By the way, your combo may be wonky, but it looks good to me.

Dave
Ontario NY, USA

Aye. Well, not necessarily a horological term.. (views: 6)
Ricky Lee -- February 28, 2009 01:45AM
..it can apply to any field of endeavor. Means "slightly off kilter", in Scots. "Strange" or "weird" are acceptable synonyms as well.

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    Dave Murphy
    ..even if you never heard "wallered out", you know that it means worn, and not evenly either.

A staple of Hillbilly Techspeak! Sure, I'd have instantly known what Cousin meant. Laughing!

Heck, we use it at SNO. And it applies even at watchmaker accuracy levels. We were running some parts the other day that have a .2495" +.0004/-.0000 bore. We were getting crazy true position readings on the CMM, so the QC guy tightened the ID check up from 3 stylus hits to 30 and reran it. He then exclaims "There's the problem! The pin gauge may say it's good, but that hole's wallered out a good 3 tenths!" Laughing!

Also note that, though little used, you can apply this to an OD by saying "That shaft has been wallered off!". Wink, wink ... Related terms include "boogered up" (even more self explanatory, surely Laughing!).

BTW, some machine shop specific terms are a bit wonky in The South. If I asked you to fetch me a "fly cutter" you'd return with the milling machine version of a trepanning tool, I'm certain. Here, "fly cutter" means "face mill". Crazy, man! Took me a while to get me head around that one since, while I learned the more generic terms on my Daddy's knee, I learned the machining and programming terms Up North. Wink, wink ...

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    Dave Murphy
    By the way, your combo may be wonky, but it looks good to me.

Thank you! Dave! It's still workin' mighty well for me, too. I am smiling...

-Ricky

Wallered off! That's a new one on me! Does it mean>> (views: 4)
Dave Murphy -- February 28, 2009 02:12AM
>>that your OD is worn? Or does the thing actually wear right through?

Buggered up is very familiar. Especially when referring to threads.

Dave
Ontario NY, USA

Yep, "wallered off". Again, not as common.. (views: 1)
Ricky Lee -- February 28, 2009 12:25PM
..as "wallered out", but still instantly understood by any Hillybilly Technician. Wink, wink ...

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    Dave Murphy
    Does it mean that your OD is worn? Or does the thing actually wear right through?

It can be either, but usually the former.

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    Dave Murphy
    Buggered up is very familiar. Especially when referring to threads.

Inflection is important here, mind you. The "o" sound should be as in "boogie", and not as in "bug". Pronounce it like the latter and, here in Dixie you will definitely be considered wonky Wink, wink ... if not a pervert. Scary! Laughing!

-Ricky

Well, thank goodness I have been pronouncing "boogered up" correctly all these years! Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! (n/t) (views: 1)
Dave Murphy - February 28, 2009 03:20PM
Absolutely Thumbs Up! Nothing wrong with a brown strap on a black faced watch, IF you match it with a brown belt and shoes, that is Wink, wink ... Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! (n/t) (views: 4)
PN -- February 27, 2009 04:01PM
I did! And brown slacks too, come to think of it. I am smiling... (views: 3)
Ricky Lee -- February 27, 2009 10:45PM
And, no, I am not normally so sartorially astute. Laughing!

-Ricky

Thumbs Up! I like that! I would not have thought to try that myself I am smiling... (n/t) (views: 4)
Brian Uziel --February 27, 2009 01:29PM
'twas Hobson's choice, really. It was the only thing in the box that had even a remote chance or working.  (n/t) (views: 3)
Ricky Lee -- February 27, 2009 10:42PM
gets a big Thumbs Up! from me (n/t) (views: 3)
jay_m -- February 27, 2009 01:17PM


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