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Tweet We launched OnTheDash on February 12, 2003, with an email message to 80 recipients. A few days ago, I received a message from one of these recipients, who I have been in touch with from time to time over the years. In his message he reminisced about the good old days, shared some thoughts about Read more ;raquo Tweet One of the special pleasures of this watch collecting hobby is that, every once in a while, we get to actually meet the wonderful people that we chat with all the time, by e-mail, on discussion forums, through Twitter and Facebook, and by telephone. Over the years, one of my favorite “pen pals” has been Read more ;raquo Tweet We have added a new section to OnTheDash, to show the Instruction booklets for the chronographs, stopwatches and dashboard timers. Here are the first eight booklets that we have added. Click on any of the covers, to see the Instruction booklet. Read more ;raquo Tweet Every once in a while, I receive a message from someone who is very excited to have recently purchased a “New Old Stock” chronograph, but is — at the same time — disappointed that the beautiful watch of thier dreams either (a) is not running properly (or is not running at all), or (b) has Read more ;raquo Tweet The following is a message posted on the Horological Meandering discussion forum, by Marv, on June 14, 2011, addressing the question of why certain watches bear the marking, “Fab. Suisse”. There was a French law (Art 15. de la loi du 11 janvier 1892) that said that it was prohibited to import into France Read more ;raquo Tweet Day One – Monday, June 13, 2011 One of the neat things about this vintage watch collecting hobby is that there is always something new to explore, some mystery to try to solve. We see a number in a catalog (1163P), some strange mark on a movement (SX) or dial (T), and rather than letting Read more ;raquo |