closing tag is in template navbar
timefactors watches



TZ-UK Fundraiser
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 50 of 84

Thread: Ta ta folks

  1. #1
    Grand Master MartynJC (UK)'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Somewhere else
    Posts
    12,359
    Blog Entries
    22

    Ta ta folks

    I’ve had enough. Will be posting a final SOC soon. But had enough of TZ - good to meet those I have - keep the flame burning and all that.

    May go off to watch school, so need to concentrate on studies - next life chapter is beginning for me.

    “So long and thanks for all the fish” (HHGTTG)

    M

  2. #2
    Master
    Join Date
    Jul 2017
    Location
    Felixstowe, UK
    Posts
    1,310
    Thanks for all of your contributions, M.

    Good luck and remember - Don’t Panic.


    Sent from my iPhone using TZ-UK mobile app

  3. #3
    Grand Master wileeeeeey's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2017
    Location
    N/A
    Posts
    19,154
    Enjoy your time offline and remember, you can check out, but you can never leave.

    All the best.

  4. #4
    Good luck for the future. This place ain’t what it used to be sadly


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  5. #5
    Master shalako's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Surrey, UK
    Posts
    4,487
    I hope you change your mind Martyn, always enjoyed your contributions, particularly your in depth watch reviews.
    Last edited by shalako; 3rd July 2019 at 10:28.

  6. #6
    Craftsman Strebor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    Horley, UK
    Posts
    354
    That’s a shame as I enjoyed your posts and meeting you at the Surrey GTG earlier this year. Best wishes on your next chapter in life.

    ‘Life?...Don’t talk to me about life’
    (another Douglas Adams fan here)



    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

  7. #7
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    UK, Maldives, Singapore
    Posts
    803
    Will be shame to see you go, the in-depth review's of different watch brands has been enlightening

    All the best in the future, hopefully you'll be back with a Vacheron right up

  8. #8
    Hope to you see you come back, without your review I would not have got the zenith! but then I would have alot more spare cash! so not sure if you did me a favour or not really!!

    anyway was always good reading your posts

  9. #9
    Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    dunfermline fife
    Posts
    1,459
    Remember to take your towel, good luck with any plans and hopes for the future.

  10. #10
    Sorry to see you go. I have also enjoyed reading your reviews.

    Best of luck with watch school.

  11. #11
    Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Warwickshire
    Posts
    2,306
    Sorry to see you go. You will be missed, along with Walkerwek who also announced his departure recently.

    That’s the second long standing worthwhile contributor leaving the forum lately, what is that telling us?
    Last edited by JeremyO; 3rd July 2019 at 10:27.

  12. #12
    Master wildheart's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Essex - Hopefully on a golf course!
    Posts
    8,482
    Quote Originally Posted by RobDad View Post
    Good luck for the future. This place ain’t what it used to be sadly


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    I can only agree with the above. The Discovery 4 post in SC really says it all about TZ at the moment!

  13. #13
    Martyn sorry to see You leave take very good care My Friend and pop in now and then I have always enjoyed your contributions best wishes for the future.

  14. #14
    Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Chester and Merseyside, UK
    Posts
    4,330
    Perhaps we all dip in and out as other parts of our real lives dictate.

    There is still a massive amount of good here on tz-uk and I hope we do see you again.

    Good luck with this next stage and don't forget your Babel Fish.

    H

  15. #15
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Jun 2019
    Location
    Chelmsford
    Posts
    414
    Nooo can’t be true - end of an era. All that skill and knowledge, let’s hope there is a rethink.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  16. #16
    Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    N/A
    Posts
    7,769
    I hope this ends up being a sabatical rather than a departure.

  17. #17
    Grand Master MartynJC (UK)'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Somewhere else
    Posts
    12,359
    Blog Entries
    22
    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    I hope this ends up being a sabatical rather than a departure.
    Most likely. There are things to deal with over the next few months - with take stock then.

  18. #18
    Master Papa Hotel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Not Edinburgh
    Posts
    7,491
    Quote Originally Posted by CatalystGuy View Post
    Nooo can’t be true - end of an era. All that skill and knowledge, let’s hope there is a rethink.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Have you learnt a lot from his posts in your fortnight here or are you being a smart-arse?

  19. #19
    Master Papa Hotel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Not Edinburgh
    Posts
    7,491
    Good luck Martyn, although I'm not convinced you have all the requisite skills to be a TZUK resident watchmaker... I mean, you'll have to work harder in the alienating customers classes...

  20. #20
    Master jukeboxs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Scotland
    Posts
    5,452
    Ignoring the BP, I do find TZ-UK quite balanced - where members generally look out for each other, and I for one appreciate that.

    Thank you for your review posts over the years, and good luck with your next chapter.

  21. #21
    Craftsman jimmbob's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Location
    Shropshire, UK
    Posts
    687
    All the best. Don't be a stranger.

  22. #22
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Jun 2019
    Location
    Chelmsford
    Posts
    414
    Papa hotel, he is a personal friend and so interact regularly on watch stuff for many years. He is the reason I joined tz after a long time looking in.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  23. #23
    Master PreacherCain's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    London, UK
    Posts
    3,938
    Sorry to see you go, Martyn - not that we have interacted a great deal, but I have always enjoyed your posts, and indeed, consider it your fault that I am so obsessed with all things Skywalker X-33. I hope it's a sabbatical, as others have said, but in any case, I hope the things that need sorting get duly sorted.

    Oh, and if you see Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, tell him he's already insulted me. ;-)

  24. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by CatalystGuy View Post
    Papa hotel, he is a personal friend and so interact regularly on watch stuff for many years. He is the reason I joined tz after a long time looking in.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    And?

  25. #25
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Jun 2019
    Location
    Chelmsford
    Posts
    414
    So will miss his content but will still get it first hand off the forum


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  26. #26
    Good luck Martyn
    Hope everything goes well for you

  27. #27
    Master Sharky's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Bristol
    Posts
    8,175
    Good luck and all the best

    Mark

  28. #28
    Master
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    Sussex, UK
    Posts
    5,128
    The thing is, many of us are a trifle obsessive (say no more!) and walking away from the hobby can be liberating.
    I was into Audio for thirty years; then one day I woke-up and thought ‘enough.’ Never looked back, just walked away. I kept many of those old friends, indeed some have even graduated to watches......
    So good luck...time for a change.

  29. #29
    Master Papa Hotel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Not Edinburgh
    Posts
    7,491
    Quote Originally Posted by CatalystGuy View Post
    Papa hotel, he is a personal friend and so interact regularly on watch stuff for many years. He is the reason I joined tz after a long time looking in.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Good for you. Here's to another fortnight-long era!

  30. #30
    Master
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Location
    Maidstone
    Posts
    1,387
    Best wishes for your next chapter. I've enjoyed your posts, be good to see you back if that works for you. If not, thanks for your contribution to the forum.

  31. #31
    Master
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    1,053
    Good luck, from another who always enjoyed your collection & posts.

    Can't believe I'm the first, but surely no need for watch school when the answer to the Ultimate Question(s) of Life, the Universe, and Everything is obviously 42!

  32. #32
    Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    End of the world
    Posts
    3,460
    Blog Entries
    9
    All the best!!

    Sure you will back when you have had a break, which is often needed!!

  33. #33
    Grand Master
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Somerset (U.k )
    Posts
    12,260
    Blog Entries
    1
    I will miss your contributions, especially your watch reviews. Always a good read and educational.

    Good luck with whatever the future holds Martyn.

  34. #34
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Apr 2010
    Location
    Hampshire
    Posts
    894
    I can only reiterate the comments above.

    Thanks for your contributions, and the best of luck in your future endeavours.

  35. #35
    Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2017
    Location
    Somewhere
    Posts
    1,901

    Cool

    You will be missed Martyn, and we look forward to your 'I'm back!' post.

  36. #36
    Master
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Aberdeen. Scotland
    Posts
    1,591
    Blog Entries
    1
    Best of luck.

  37. #37
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Jan 2017
    Location
    Somerset
    Posts
    780
    Best of luck for the future. I too hope to see you back.
    Enjoyed reading your stuff.

    Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

  38. #38
    Grand Master oldoakknives's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Posts
    20,100
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by Papa Hotel View Post
    Have you learnt a lot from his posts in your fortnight here or are you being a smart-arse?
    Quote Originally Posted by Papa Hotel View Post
    Good for you. Here's to another fortnight-long era!
    Can't imagine why people take a break.........
    Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.

  39. #39
    Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Location
    London
    Posts
    1,510
    That's a real shame Martyn, I'm not around much any more with some RL issues but it's sad to see some of the best members departing for good recently.

  40. #40
    Owl1
    Guest
    Good Luck Martyn

  41. #41
    Apprentice
    Join Date
    Nov 2016
    Location
    London, UK
    Posts
    22
    So long from another occasional poster but avid reader of your reviews Martin. Distance lends perspective so maybe see you online again down the road.


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  42. #42
    Look forward to seeing your SOC. It's always interesting to see what people are content with.
    Maybe a southern gtg is in order. Far from the madding crowd.

  43. #43
    Master Thorien's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Herts
    Posts
    3,255
    Totally understand how you feel Martyn, hardly ever on here myself anymore. Good luck for the future

  44. #44
    Grand Master markrlondon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    London, England
    Posts
    25,353
    Blog Entries
    26
    Quote Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton View Post
    Perhaps we all dip in and out as other parts of our real lives dictate.
    Indeed.

    It's not that bad here, really. ;-)

  45. #45
    All best wishes Martyn, shame to see you go.

  46. #46
    Master sean's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    Location
    UK/Canada
    Posts
    4,677
    Quote Originally Posted by markrlondon View Post
    Indeed.

    It's not that bad here, really. ;-)

  47. #47
    Master Mark020's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Amsterdam
    Posts
    2,393
    Sorry to hear this but good luck Martyn!

  48. #48
    Banned
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Here and there
    Posts
    7,948
    Blog Entries
    1
    Man up. You have made some good friends. Bought some bargain watches. Done some average (cut and paste) reviews. And generally been an ok guy. Stay or go, your choice.
    Last edited by Skyman; 3rd July 2019 at 20:45.

  49. #49
    Grand Master
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    sussex uk
    Posts
    15,483
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by Skyman View Post
    Man up. You have made some good friends. Bought some bargain watches. Done some average (cut and paste) reviews. And generally been an ok guy. Stay or go, your choice.

  50. #50
    Banned
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Here and there
    Posts
    7,948
    Blog Entries
    1
    ^^^Is what I said, ye olde sea dog.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Do Not Sell My Personal Information