Ok, I admit, this is a daft topic but should get some good photos. Partially inspired by the equally daft sport of extreme ironing that I read about in the Metro a couple of years back:
http://www.extremeironing.com/
Let's have photos of watches being taken out into the great outdoors. There have been some great photos of some dive watches being used for (actual) diving in the past. A lovely shot of a Daytona in the snow in Scotland (sorry can't remember the owner/photographer). I would start with a photo of me surfing with a Breitling Steelfish in Bali, Indonesia but work has blocked my facebook. Will dig it up later.
Feel free to add stories of where the watches have travelled.
I'll play: I like daft topics!Originally Posted by proby24
The world record for the numbers of divers simultaneously ironing underwater was broken in January here in the UK, when 86 divers organised the challenge at a quarry in Gloucestershire. I had planned to go along and take some pics, but a head cold and the thought of water temp of 5ºC persuaded me otherwise!
Dartmoor last month (it's a snowmans arm :wink: ):
Somewhere wet:
Giving Ketchup a spruce up:
My local beach:
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I don't have many but Sinn U1 in both these, :lol:
Nice topic :)
Nothing extreme, anyway...
That must be the art deco treasure that is Burgh Island 8)
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
this one is of an omega smp at work,
now using the sd
cheers
mike :wink:
:thumbup:
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
CK chrono, heading down the coast.
Half way down the side of quarry, facing Cryptor (on the moor)
Nearly fell off !
This is about as extreme as my life gets...
Walking the dog with my 6105:
Dishing out bottled water in the floods of 2007:
Just call me "Mr Danger" :D
Fair play to all of you (ok, most of you :D )!
Seems like I baby my watches too much....
Alex
Afghanistan
Is that Bigbury Island Ralphy? :shock:
IMO cant beat Dartmoor close to Okehampton side! :)
Afghanistan
Cool picture - now that really is Extreme!!
Keep you head down!!
Andy
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I don’t have this one anymore... it fell off on a powder run – never did find it.. :cry:
Saves you having to pull back your glove to tell the time whilst skiing, and slows you down a bit on steep runs :lol:
Bit hard on the straps though and ideally you need a watch on each ski to balance the breaking effect
:wink:
Excellent photo! Could well be a rolex ad... :)
Dartmoor last month (it's a snowmans arm :wink: ):
I need to get in front of a camera more! This is the only one I have
Nearly right Bry; it's Burgh Island in Bigbury Bay.
That pic of the snow is close ot Okehampton; the closest we could get in fact, as the town was cut off in the snow.
You should come down & stay over.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
My old Breitling Avenger Seawolf in Australia. :)
Speedmaster at sea level...
Speedmaster at wall level:
but where?
Thank you. It was one of a sequence of three I took, whilst trying out my newly-acquired 18-200mm lens (as recommended by Doug! :thumbup:).Excellent photo! Could well be a rolex ad... :)
Dartmoor last month (it's a snowmans arm :wink: ):
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Arr oks Ralphy,
Only know as my 86year old gran, always recalls Bigbury and the old sea tractor, she was sent to Devon during the 2nd world war.
It would be nice to stayover at Devon, only know the area from delivery work tho know it quite well. Feel sorry for the Army camp based near Oke! :lol:
Nice GMT by the way 8)
Western Wall in Jerusalem?
but where?
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
Top one Masada/?????Speedmaster at sea level...
Speedmaster at wall level:
but where?
Kotel in Jerusalem.
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
Not particularly extreme - but here's a pilot's watch being used as such (not that a 5 pound Casio wouldn't do the same job! :D ).
What plane is that Simon?
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Piper Chieftain (PA-31-350). :)
Masada and the Wailing Wall: spot on!
Now for a SMP at a slightly more common sea level:
Sorry, couldn't find a sunny one!
I don't suppose many would class fishing as extreme, but when you're near chest deep in fast flowing water, roll casting a 16 foot 10 weight fly rod for Salmon, I certainly would.
No pics of me with a watch doing that, as I wouldn't take a camera into such conditions. I used to wear a Rotary Diver for fishing, but now I've got an Unterwasser it's my go-to watch for all my fishing.
I did take some pics of the Parssaround 17C on a couple of fishing trips for Pike on our local canal though. Didn't land a big one that day, but the teeth on this bugger could still do some mischief....
Oh, and the lunchtime pint was EXTREMEly good too. :lol:
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Alaska ....
Spent a couple of nights camping next to this glacier, and paddling through icefields in the day - a bit chilly. This is when a NATO works well on a Sub .....
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