Greetings from Málaga, Spain

[MrCarlitos]

:cheers: Hi to all

It's a pleasure to me participate in an international forum like this, one of the biggest and popular. I am member of several forums in Spain but I never had registrered in English forums because, like you can see, my level in this idiom is not very high, but my desire of learn and share our common hobby and, of course, Google translator have encourage me to participate.

My tastes tend mostly by Japanese watches in general, but lately I am discovering the world of the HEQ and every day I love more, but in my country there is not much liking for quartz watches in the forums usually do not like it very much and many Members (not all of course) consider second-class watches.

My collection has a bit of everything but most of the Far East, and especially, Seiko, my fetish. I have several radio-controlled (Citizen), three divers (Seiko) and my beloved collection of vintage Japanese Chronograph (6139, 6138, 7016, 7015, 8110). Now I am waiting the arrival of two high pieces from Japan, the HEQ SBCM23 Prospex (recently discontinued) and the HEQ Chronograph 7j21 and I would start a new collection of HEQ from this pair of precious pieces

I hope to share all these pieces and my modest knowledge with you in the future. Best Regards to all :thumbright:

Hello and welcome, and fine first post.

Please post some pics of your collection when you can.

Cheers,

C.H.

[jmarchitect]

Buenos noches amigo! 8)

[Thewatchbloke]

Hello and welcome - you'll enjoy it here :thumbup:

[Daz]

Hi and welcome, we are almost neighbours our family has a place just down the road at Carvahal.

[Omegamanic]

Hola, como estas?

Hope it is nice and warm - welcome. 8)

[horrovac]

It's a pleasure to me participate in an international forum like this, one of the biggest and popular. I am member of several forums in Spain but I never had registrered in English forums because, like you can see, my level in this idiom is not very high, but my desire of learn and share our common hobby and, of course, Google translator have encourage me to participate.

What? What are you saying? I don't understand a thing.

Welcome, mate :)

[mr1973]

Welcome to the forum! We already have some crazy Spanish in here (no names) so you'll fit in perfectly :-)

[The Hack]

Welcome to TZ! :)

[mr1973]

It's a pleasure to me participate in an international forum like this, one of the biggest and popular. I am member of several forums in Spain but I never had registrered in English forums because, like you can see, my level in this idiom is not very high, but my desire of learn and share our common hobby and, of course, Google translator have encourage me to participate.

What? What are you saying? I don't understand a thing.

Welcome, mate :)

My hovercraft is full of eels.

[MrCarlitos]

Hi to all.

Here is warm, very warm, 35 Celsius Degree this afternoon, but humidity is not very high so it is tolerable. Also we are in Feria, an annual festival like a carnival but I think here we drink more than in your carnivals .

Now I am in Málaga but usually I pass all the summers in Torremolinos, very near to your family in Carvajal, Daz (Very nice place to live). I have grown with a lot of English people all the summers and I have a lot of friends from your country, specially from Manchester and London. This is like a little quarter of these cities in Summer, the sangria quarter :D .

I hope to pass a lot of time here in the forum and share my watches, specially my last adquisitions from Japan, they have been sent today and I can wait to his landing.

Thank you for your warm wellcome and I hope we can see us a lot in the future. :cheers:

[gray]

Hello and welcome onboard :)

[MMC]

Sounds like a damn fine collection too. Welcome to the nuthouse. We've got all sorts in here, so room for one more!

[GraniteQuarry]

Welcome aboard :P

[EdRonax]

Welcome and enjoy.

[erasuretim]

:hello2:

regards

tim

[nurek]

Welcome from another newbie :)

[erchie84]

Hola

[Huertecilla]

Buenas Carlos,

¿Qué tal caballero, no feria blues?

I live in the nororiental de la provincia, atraves de Las Pedrizas, in the mountains.
Not as close as Carvahal but still relatively close.

By all means share some pictures of you collection. Any digitals in there perhaps?

The big wok in Torre Bermeja marina shopping is ideal to take some pictures of far eastern watches with sushi. Afterwards feed the fish and have a drool at the higher end watch shops.

Btw Carlos, are there ever any feria de relojes in Málaga?

[Daddelvirks]

Welcome from Holland :)

Over here Malaga is a sort of icecream, with rum and raisins :D

Daddel.

[Guz]

A very warm welcome to ya :wink:

[Huertecilla]

Over here Malaga is a sort of icecream, with rum and raisins :D

It should really be with dulce de montes wine and the dried white raisins from the same region; the Montes de Málaga.
That is where it gets it´s name from; the raisins and dulce from the Málaga region.
The easy way out was to use dried raisins soaked in liquor and rum was a popular port drink. Raisins in rum were even a popular Dutch appetiser called ´Boerenjongens´. Hence the easy shortcut to a tasty ice cream.
The original is a lot more refreshing.

It has been a while now but I used to over a 1200 metre pass on horseback to cross over to the south slopes and ask for a bottle of dulce. It would be poured in a 2 l. Cola bottle.
It is a véry nice ride and I don´t know why I stopped doing it. I now get the wine from a friend* who makes it himself but originally I brought the wine as I went there anyway, not the other way around.

He makes his own vinegar from it too and that is quite something else to use as a dressing with the produce from our veggie plot :bounce:

[dustybottoms]

Welcome to TZ :D

We have a family holiday home not far from you by the sea in Torrox on the road to Nerja.

Enjoy.

[paulrlx]

Muy buenas Carlos. Welcome to the club

[MrCarlitos]

Thanks to all for your warm wellcome, It's a pleasure to be here with so many (and so good) watches fanatics.

Welcome from Holland :)

Over here Malaga is a sort of icecream, with rum and raisins :D

Daddel.

Thanks for your wellcome Daddel, over here Holland is a sort of beer :mrgreen: . It's so curious, I think this could be caused for the same thing that Huertecillas has said. Here we have a sweet wine (the swettest wine) that was very famous in UK and Europe in the XIX century (not so much like the sherry but it was very popular too). I sincerely recomended you, it's probably one of the best sweet wine of the world.

Buenas Carlos,

I live in the nororiental de la provincia, atraves de Las Pedrizas, in the mountains.
Not as close as Carvahal but still relatively close.

Hi Huertecillas, a pleasure to talk with you, I have readed you many times before but i didn't could imagine that you live in Málaga¡¡¡ You have a friend in Málaga for what you could need, don't doubt it. I think I have read you in forums of HEQ, don't it?

[escyman]

A very warm welcome to the Forum,Carlos.You will enjoy,learn a lot about watches and human nature and spend too much time and money!!

[bond007]

Hi and welcome from another newbie :)

[gregory]

Welcome aboard... great intro.

I am Spain.. moreso.. Xabia (Benitatxell) bound on the Costa Blanca this weekend. Looking forward to returning to that lovely region.


Looking forward to seeing pics of your collection mate. :)

[Huertecilla]

Hi Huertecillas, a pleasure to talk with you, I have readed you many times before but i didn't could imagine that you live in Málaga¡¡¡ You have a friend in Málaga for what you could need, don't doubt it. I think I have read you in forums of HEQ, don't it?

Thank you Carlos

Yes I appreciate the aesthetics of heq technology as much as I do ditto wiggly spring - and solid state electronic technology.
I also have a soft spot for field ruggedness and thus for some sovjet calibers, Seiko 7S and solid state tech.

Do you know of any watch collector meetings/fairs (feria de relojes) in andalucía?
I know Málaga houses a lót of quite good traditional watchmakers and ther must be many enthusiasts.

[wildheart]

Hola Carlos from sunny Essex :)

[Griswold]

Hola. :D

[Edu]

Welcome and enjoy. My wife is from Vigo so I know the watch circuit there quite well. Nada mas, ciao

[monogroover]

Hello chap, welcome aboard.

[Chinnock]

Welcome to a great forum!

[blackie]

Hola from Rojales.

It's scorchio and I'm here until next week.

Adios.

[magirus]

Good morning. :)