at Shamrock Hollow: Ralphie Watch (aka A Christmas Story watch)
Ricky Lee
January 16, 2012 02:01PM
Registered: April 2005
Posts: 18,033 (2012-03)
No, Bro. MCV had nothing to do with this one.
In fact it is, appropriately enough, a Christmas present. And, no, I haven't been holdin' out on y'all! It's a belated
Christmas present. Long story, but my daughter Heather is a department
manager at a retail chain, and it's very difficult for her to get time
off at Christmas. So we deferred our gift-giving to MLK Weekend!
Here 'tis...
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WooHOO! A Christmas Story is my favorite Holiday Film and, indeed, one of my all-time favorite movies.
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All-resin case, 43mm x 43mm x 11mm thick, with 30mm lugs. (!)
The
construction is.. different. The case is center-parting, and the
"caseback" includes the lugs. I have a feeling the watch will have a
finite number of R & R cycles, so no movement photo at this point.
It will need a battery soon enough...
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I'd hate to try to find a replacement for those 30mm springbars!
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The OEM strap..
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..includes some graphics, including the iconic Leg Lamp.
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Alas, it's too short for me ankle-sized wrist, hence the 18mm Central Watch single-run nylon.
Mind you the monster 30mm OEM strap came surprisingly close.. another ½ inch (13mm) and I'd have been in business!
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But it wears pretty good on the nylon!
Thanks for readin', y'all!
-Ricky
"A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going." - William Penn
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at Shamrock Hollow: Ralphie Watch (aka A Christmas Story watch)
Ricky Lee
168
January 16, 2012 02:01PM
That awesome! Is that the "thing in the stock that tells time"?
Because, you may recall the Red Rider came with that and a compass...
Nuvolari
17
January 17, 2012 12:30PM
Love the nostalgia! (n/t)
Timemiser
23
January 17, 2012 09:06AM
(n/t)
pumpkin2001
24
January 16, 2012 11:55PM
Oh Fudge! (n/t)
Chris L
26
January 16, 2012 06:54PM
Oh, I got yer fudge right here, sport!
No!
Literally!
That was me other Christmas Present. I hadn't planned on posting it, since it is a bit .
But since you mention it...
No, I haven't sampled it yet.
Hope it don't taste like its synonym!
Ricky Lee
34
January 16, 2012 08:05PM
Well it is a major a award (n/t)
Lawrence Talbot
34
January 16, 2012 05:55PM
(n/t)
John N
10
January 16, 2012 10:23PM
You just made me pee my pants a little!
"It's a major award!"
Best quote of the whole movie right there!
And, yeah, I do own...
..my very own Leg Lamp.
Ricky Lee
42
January 16, 2012 06:17PM
hahaha wonderful. (n/t)
Lawrence Talbot
26
January 16, 2012 06:48PM
It wasn't that great, actually. My supply of Depends® is runnin' low!
Ricky Lee
29
January 16, 2012 07:09PM
lol (n/t)
Lawrence Talbot
21
January 16, 2012 10:53PM
I remember well your ->
Lionel Choo Choo watch My question is: does this watch chime "PAN! PAN!"?
wodo
34
January 16, 2012 02:47PM
You memory deceives you.
Quote wodo
Lionel Choo Choo watch
The Lionel Train watch was not mine personally, but merely a business proposition.
It was one smokin' hot watch, though!
Quote wodo
My question is: does this watch chime "PAN! PAN!"?
Nope, no audio capability whatsoever on the Ralphie Watch.
But it sure looks the bizness, huh?!
Ricky Lee
44
January 16, 2012 05:01PM
Nice!!! Love the "Youlle shoot your eye out kid" hands!!!
I wanted to buy a leg lamp so bad this season, but prices for a full
size one, which would be the only one to get, were way too high!!!!
Cheers and merry belated christmas bro Ricky!!!
dano0
30
January 16, 2012 02:27PM
The author of the book on which the film is based, Jean Shepherd, is a bona-fide GENIUS!
But his written work is a must! You can't go wrong with any of them, but if I had to recommend just one, it'd have to be "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters" (1971). Side-splitting, laugh-out-loud, pee your pants funny!
at Shamrock Hollow: Ralphie Watch (aka A Christmas Story watch)
for me ankle-sized wrist, hence the 18mm 
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You just made me pee my pants a little! 
