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Avatar Is Happy Day! I'm In The Mood For A Rado! aka the Tom Swift Watch Mk5. Post contains photos
Ricky Lee
March 14, 2009 09:34PM		 Registered: April 2005
Posts: 2,347 (2009-04)

Some o' y'all might of seen my "Callin' P12 out" post from yesterday evening, where I mentioned this Rado. Well.. I know the suspense is killin' ye Laughing! so here goes;


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Only reason this one is in the "Tom Swift" series vs. a Wrist Wrat is that I did give the crystal a light polishing. This thing's in pretty darned good shape, mind you..


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The dimensions are 32.8mm DIA, 37mm across the 18mm lugs, and 9mm thick. Yeah, it's intended as a ladies watch, I reckon. Though anything that uses 18mm straps, to me, is at least nominally man-sized. Wink, wink ...

But the real fun starts when you strap 'er on...


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Yup, 'tis a Mood Watch. Laughing!

It's quite fascinating to watch the dial colors change with your body heat, and it can cycle through an astounding number of shades. Dunno what's up with the white speckles in that last photo.. but it is some Crazy, man! artifact of the photo.

So there ya go Paul! Now, who's the Fashion Watch King? I am smiling... Huh? I am confused... I can't heeeeeaaaar you! Laughing! Wink, wink ... Laughing!

-Ricky

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Is Happy Day! I'm In The Mood For A Rado! aka the Tom Swift Watch Mk5 Post contains photos  Post contains linked URL  (views: 83)
Ricky Lee -- March 14, 2009 09:34PM
Well . . . I'll be dawged . . . take a good gander at the dial boys >>> (views: 16)
John Lind -- March 15, 2009 02:46AM
and check out where the quartz movement was made!

John

Good eyes R, John Bob! Thumbs UP! But.. (views: 15)
Ricky Lee -- March 15, 2009 01:08PM
..I ain't sure I trust that "Japan Mov't" hokum. No sir! It may say "Japan" on the dial, but on the movement it says..

SIS
PC21S
SINGAPORE
NO (0) JEWELS
UNADJUSTED

SIS? I take that to be the manufacturer. But I never heered of em'...

I should also mention that, unlike the average watch in that eFlay job lot, this Rado sports a proper screwdown caseback. And a very nicely executed and smoothly operating one, at that. Thumbs Up!

-Ricky

The movement is a caliber PC21S made by Time Module Ltd. >>> Post contains photos Post contains linked URL (views: 19)
John Lind -- March 15, 2009 11:06PM
Don't quite know the meaning of SIS, as I've seen this listed as an SII product. There's a connection between Time Module and the Seiko-Epson (aka S.Epson) Group. I presume it's owned by S.Epson. From what I could tell in their catalog, everything but the PC21S is made in Japan . . . the PC12S made in Singapore . . . but the parent company is Japan with marketing in Hong Kong. Wild. Anyway . . . everything you might want to know about the movement (which is an inexpensive quartz) is in this PDF on TMI's site:

http://www.timemodule.com/sii/pdf/pc21s.pdf

If you ever need a replacement . . . they're available from Otto Frei . . . $4.95 each . . . marked down from $5.95 . . . pales by comparison to mechanicals!
Scroll down page to PC21: http://www.ofrei.com/page_193.html

I got a TMI SII from Otto Frei to replace the quartz movement in this one two years ago . . . my mother-in-law's FAVORITE watch . . . looked up the Otto Frei receipt . . . exact same movement . . . PC21S . . . and exact same dial markings too!! I never cease to be amazed at what I find inside quartz watches!!! Laughing out loud!

photo from John Lind

John

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2009 11:28PM by John Lind.

rE: I never cease to be amazed at what I find inside quartz watches!!! Laughing! (views: 13)
Ricky Lee -- March 16, 2009 01:57AM
I know the feeling! Crazy, man!

Thanks for the skinny, John! Thumbs Up!

-Ricky

Thumbs UP! Snazzy! ... I've seen them before >>> (views: 9)
Paul December -- March 15, 2009 02:04AM
...didn't realize they had "mood" dials. Cool, man.
Re: I'm In The Mood For A Rado! aka the Tom Swift Watch Mk5 Post contains linked URL (views: 19)
fWord -- March 14, 2009 11:52PM
Ow damn, I was friggin' close to guessing it! I'd need a massive mood swing before wearing a watch like that, but having said that it's very fine in its own right. It's dressy (the watch face itself) and the smooth bezel and crystal is a nice touch.

In a couple of weeks I'd have photos of a blingy diastar to post up here as well. There's been some unusual Rado designs and trawling around a Rado forum really convinced me to take a closer look at those things. Not long ago I remember walking along the streets and seeing billboard advertisements claiming that Rado had built a scratch-proof watch. Loved to buy one but couldn't afford it then, and can't afford it now either. The old diastars are surprisingly affordable however. I thought all of them trade in a few hundred dollar range but the older ones easily go for less than $200 and apparently they used to be cheaper.

Nothing is scratch-proof though, as I've found, not even that all-tungsten Oniss chronograph I bought two months ago. Yet I am surprised at how well it's held up with only the most superficial scratches on its highly polished mirror surfaces. At a regular desk job the thing would look like new for a lifetime!

The Rado forum, in case anyone is interested:

[www.equationoftime.com]

I am smiling... Should deserve a cherished spot next to your Mondaine. (n/t) (views: 13)
Chris L -- March 14, 2009 11:27PM
The Dude abides! that is Truly Scary. Scary! What might result if they mated? Crazy! Loco! Post contains photos (views: 18)
Ricky Lee -- March 15, 2009 12:38AM
Bling bling!

The thing about eugenics is, there's an uncertainty level. Scary!

Cloning is the way t' go.

I swear 'pon my mother's grave, I ever win the Lotto, first thing I'll do is write a check for $300K to that clinic in Seoul, and I'll order meself a 6-pack o' these dawgs:

Molly the Shaggy Dawg

After the apocalypse, if there's anything left a'tall, the man what commands a pack o' dogs such as these will rule his immediate universe. Laughing! Wink, wink ...

-Ricky

Re: The Dude abides! that is Truly Scary. Scary! What might result if they mated? Crazy! Loco! Post contains photos (views: 13)
fWord -- March 15, 2009 03:01AM
Can I hear you say, 'I am Legend'?
Only in me own mind, laddie, only in me own mind. Wink, wink ... Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! Post contains photos (views: 11)
Ricky Lee -- March 15, 2009 01:18PM
But a well-trained pack o' dogs is a rare auld thing t' behold. Special in a way t' me that watches will never be, I'll say that much. Wink, wink ...

And bloody great hounds such as this one? (She's an Airedale Terrier-Irish Wolfhound mix)

Molly the Shaggy Dawg

Best dogs in the world, bar none! Thumbs Up!

-Ricky

Re: Only in me own mind, laddie, only in me own mind. Wink, wink ... Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! (views: 16)
fWord -- March 15, 2009 11:10PM
Aww...that's a cutie. If you were in the area (Melbourne) I'd ask you to bring your dog in for a consult at the vet clinic where I work!

Excitotoxic injury- the thing that happens when you watch a bad porn movie.


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