For years I had this $80 ChronoSwiss regulateur homage from ebay which went by the exquisite name of "Calvaneo".
...and then it stopped working
Now, go and find a new watch. How hard could it be to get another simple one, with nothing going on on the dial, time only, no frills.
I could have been hardly more naive.
Only after endless searches in the net, I suddenly discovered Panarai. Nice, rough but yet with the little something, exactly what I was looking for, but for that price tag
I continued searching and finally came across a name and an email: Davidsen. After much hesitation (it was my first time ordering something abroad, not to speak in China, not to speak of a custom built watch,...) I decided to pull the trigger and sure enough, after a couple of weeks, I got a package:
Note the saying:
I opened the box and...
I was devastated. "I should have known before", I told myself and many more things I should not quote here
... when I looked into the box again, and there she was tucked away on the bottom.
Shortly after this, I discovered HF and after some lurking I took heart to introduce myself and started to build these awesome things myself, too.
It was Tanukjaju who introduced me to River and I built my first 3646.
20 builds later I find myself in the new HF and it feels like the beginning of a new era
How I became "hako"
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Re: How I became "hako"
You get a toy for padding in a box!!
I bought a watch once from eBay and got loose clean adult diapers for cushioning. my forum name could be “Mr Dependable”
I bought a watch once from eBay and got loose clean adult diapers for cushioning. my forum name could be “Mr Dependable”
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Re: How I became "hako"
How sweet, wonder if it was Davidsen himself who packed that for you?
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Re: How I became "hako"
Great story. I got a watch in a sealed headphones box but never in a toy, that's legend
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Re: How I became "hako"
Yours is the most interesting story about becoming an homager that I have ever heard about.
Davidsen is cool.
Davidsen is cool.
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Re: How I became "hako"
Awesome story! Took me much longer before I first heard of davidsen.
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Re: How I became "hako"
I get to know DSN from The Homage Forum. Hi hako, it is sure an interesting way to receive a watch and with a bonus!
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Re: How I became "hako"
Well, until the moment I discovered the watch, it was a little bit disconcerting
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Re: How I became "hako"
That was very thoughtful. Do you still have the stuffed Stitch?
3646, gen. dial 3 of 3, coming soon.
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
3646, gen. dial 2 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
3636, gen. dial 1 of 3, http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35
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Re: How I became "hako"
Neat packaging! Great story!!