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Avatar Is Happy Day! Introducing the Wrist Wrat Mk4. Post contains photos
Ricky Lee
March 14, 2009 08:44PM		 Registered: April 2005
Posts: 2,347 (2009-04)

..aka the Wrat Bastard. Laughing!

Why? Well, this thing is just a mess. Actually, a more appropriate nickname might be "ChIndiglo", for basically it uses a stone-age version of the Timex Indiglo system. Looks like they used a standard sub-miniature quartz module, then designed an auxillary lighting module to fit around it. The main module uses the ubiquitous 377 battery, while the lights run on a 399. It keeps time A-OK, but when I swapped in a fresh cell for the lights.. nothing. I am sad... Also, note how..


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..the dial is not centered in the case. I am confused... Scary! Nope, that's no optical illusion. It ain't centered, plain and simple. Crazy, man!

Know what though? Despite a' that, I find myself oddly drawn to this one. I am confused... The case, though a modest base metal jobbie, is very crisply wrought. The bezel does rotate, and quite smoothly. I usually scoff at tachymeter scales on a non-chrono, but it makes a little sense in this application, being on a rotating bezel.

Then too, the size is nice at 36mm DIA, 45.5mm across the 18mm wide lugs, 11mm thick. Compact, especially for a rotating bezel diver-like design, yet not too small. Thumbs Up! It wears very nice indeed..


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This one may eventually make it all the way to the big leaugues, and donate it's case to a Caveman Watchmaking project. Wink, wink ... I reckon that by dropping in an ETA quartz movement with a carefully chosen dial and hands set, this one has the potential to be one sweet li'l custom. Time will tell...

-Ricky

Messages In This Thread

Is Happy Day! Introducing the Wrist Wrat Mk4.. Post contains photos (views: 79)
Ricky Lee -- March 14, 2009 08:44PM
That strap gets around, doesn't it? Laughing! Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! (n/t) (views: 13)
Dave Murphy -- March 14, 2009 09:03PM
Boy howdy do it EVER! Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! (views: 14)
Ricky Lee -- March 14, 2009 09:17PM
Actually, though, I've got two in 18mm and another in 20mm. Grrrrrrrr8! straps! Thumbs Up!
-Ricky
Send me your address. I'll send you a quarter pound of straps. I'm sure you'll cave something out of them! Laughing! BTW, cave.... (views: 15)
JohnnyT -- March 14, 2009 09:25PM
...is now a verb! Laughing! !

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