What other mechanical things are you into?

I enjoy vintage watches...mostly Rolex, I shoot pictures with my Leica M4-2 and recently bought an early 60s Olivetti Underwood typewriter. I also prefer writing with a fountain pen and I admire well made hand tools of any kind and for any purpose. As modern as my Porsche is, I still find the touch of the human hand everywhere and that is what attracts me to it.

I make mosaics if that counts

Mechanical watches are definitely something that interests me. I'm particularly drawn to the Omega brand, but I like others as well. I wear a Speedmaster every day, but I've also got a nice Seamaster and a few vintage watches from the 1930s and 1940s. I am also into guitars. I have electric and acoustic guitars, but I am particularly fond of the acoustics. I like the shape, the detail in the woodwork, etc.

I also have a thing for Omega...though I only own one. This is great for just about anywhere and the dial is easy to read without taking my hands from the wheel or needing glasses. It makes me think of the engineers in the US who fell in love with the early Porsches because they were such unique machines.

Nice! I'll try to take pics of a few of my older Omegas and post them.

I have one too, but I am thinking of getting the Casio Oceanus instead. Oceanus is a true "forever" watch. The tough solar movement, 6 atomic clock bands...I am fascinated by it. Having a watch that will always be on time, and will run on the power of light, it is just amazing.

Im not a 1%er so I choose to buy casual Michael Kors and Citizen EcoDrive watches hehe...I'm also into Ducati motorcycle and Photography

Call yourself a photographer - in picture #4, you've gone and cropped off the best bit..... or did you miss by accident??

I've been a competitive cyclist for 35 years.

Being 'retired' from the music biz in Nashville, one of my other hobbies is vintage hi-fi gear and musical instruments. The wife and I also have an antique furniture import biz, mostly European/French. I appreciate all carefully hand-crafted things.

Sold majority of my watch collection to buy my Porsche in cash. My current stash consists of Tag Carrera, Omega Speed master, Panerai Luminor(hand wind), Casio G-Shock, Seiko Monster, Citizen WR-200 EcoDrive.

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How is that Seasucker rack holding up for you?

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I don't use it too often I've got a BMW wagon I usually use to haul bikes but it works great on those days when I'm meeting people for a ride and want to arrive in style

I don't wear my wedding ring or a watch....gets in the way when working on cars. If you ever pinched you finger with the wedding ring while reafing on a bolt with a wrench, you'll know what I mean. I'm into anything that has an internal combustion engine.

Well, of course, I love my Porsche - and my Corvette. I swapped the D36 rear end out of my 'Vette for a D44 with 3.73:1 gearing, which dropped the top speed of the 'Vette to somewhere around 130, but that car now pulls like a freight train. 80-100 takes just a couple of seconds...and second-long second gear chirps out of the Vette's autotragic gearbox. I love cars because, for the most part, you can look at a part and figure out what it does, and you can see how all the parts interact to make the whole thing function. Cars are cool because they embody decades of engineering progress in a single package. I even like drum brakes - such an obtuse-seeming invention that worked pretty darn well. If it has moving parts, I'm game to disassemble it. I like to tinker with computer hardware, build storage servers, gaming rigs, etc. I suck at welding, but it doesn't stop me from having fun with the welder. While my wife doesn't treasure the yard art I made out of four Porsche disc rotors, she did put it in the garden rather than the recycle bin. I also like to take random bits out of my junk hardware and weld them into characters, like socket man, whose arms and legs are bolts and screws, and his head is a 3/4" socket. I own a Makerbot 2 - 3D printing is a great way to burn time and money. I love to service my own cars - there is something Zen about working on your own vehicles. It's a labor of love, it's rewarding because it's so much cheaper than paying a mechanic (ESPECIALLY on the Porsche and Corvette). I also don't trust people I don't know with brakes - I'd much rather KNOW I torqued the caliper bolts to the right spec, and didn't forget the retaining pins, on a car my wife's going to be driving. I inherited my mom's Corvette not long after she died, and my father had recently had the brakes serviced. While driving it home, I noticed a curious clicking noise coming from the front left wheel. I got it home and pulled off the wheel, and found that the brake technician had not put a cotter pin through the pad retainer, which had backed out to the point that it was ticking against each wheel spoke as the tire rotated. If the wheel had been designed such that the spokes were another half-inch away from the caliper, it would have come out completely. That would have been an exciting ride... I like to mess with Arduino and Raspberry Pi, and I'm a sucker for Lego robotics. I built an automated turntable that would take a series of 32 images of whatever's on the turntable to create a VR representation of the object. Lego is awesome because it's not permanent...you can build something, and instead of keeping a bunch of "finished" stuff, you can tear it down and make something else. The older robotics kit has awesome parts - motors, gears, rotation sensors, IR sensors, touch sensors - that you can use to make crazy stuff. It's awesome for a tinkerer. Building stuff out of non-Lego material is also fun - I've built radio-control smoke machines, a remote-control tank with a flame thrower, an electric kazoo, a working scale-model hovercraft, and a really cool shake table (earthquake simulator) with a nephew for his science fair project. I'm only 44, but retirement is gonna be AWESOME. Give me a case of beer, a box of used electronics and a soldering iron or an old Lego robotics set, and I'll be a seriously happy man.

I love bikes too. Here's my prized possession, 2006 Ducati Sport Classic 1000

So we have German cars and Italian bikes. What draws you to the Italian two wheelers?

Lots of Ducati guys -- proper thing!!! I love bikes as well Ducati because they're so darned pretty and my R1 because it's so darned fast!!

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I was 100% Honda all the way, I bought the Ducati because it was beautiful and they'll never make one like that again. But once I rode the Ducati I fell in love. The bikes have character and quirks and flaws that make them beautiful. They have a soul. I still have a Honda CBR600RR and it's a freaking scalpel. It's fast and light and handles amazing. But it doesn't have the soul the Ducati has.

Trapshooting eats shotgun shells ....talk about about a bunch of moving parts to break!

I'd like to get into reloading eventually, although the range of stuff I'd need to reload 9mm, .45ACP, 20-gauge, 25 caliber, 223, 38 special, and 357 magnum would probably cost a crap-ton. I'm worried that some of the more random sizes, like 25 caliber for my Belgian Browning boot pistol, may go away entirely someday...

Tough to purchase reloading powder over the last year....real or imagined shortages (?) Prices for components have driven many out of the game.

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I love being on this forum, which meant I had to post the PG-13 version of this pic. Already been warned by Admins for posting nude pics, can't risk getting banned

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I too came from owning a 2006 50th Anniversary Yami but the R6 version. When I first got into riding back in 2003 and saw my first Ducati which was a Yellow/White 748 I was in awe! It was a dream to own such a beautiful bike. There is nothing else quite like the torque and sound of the L-Twin...it is truly a beautiful experience owning a Duc!

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Sweet! I'm the one going against the grain here and not having a Ducati but an Aprilia instead. Currently working on a BMW R100 cafe for next year to turn into this:

A bunch of watches, most of which I dont wear. Becoming interested in a Harley.

I got one of these hiding in the garage... but I cant ride her anymore... so some maintenance over the winter and for sale in the spring!

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Awesome bike, and such an unappreciated design. It's too bad that Ducati got crap for departing from the traditional twin-headlight design, and trying something new.

I'm into anything mechanical. Like many here, I'm a bit of a watch *****. I LOVE skeleton watches where the movement is visible. My collection is Tag Heuer, Bulova, Invicta, Stuhrling, Wittnauer. Rolex and Omega are definitely on my wish list! I worked on and tracked sport bikes for years at Barber Motorsports and the Talladega Gran Prix track. My favorite was a 2006 Kawasaki 636. I constantly outpaced liter bikes on it. My last was a CBR 1000rr that I never did mesh with. (Sorry for the quality, picture of a picture in my office!) I also fly glow and electric RC Airplanes, although not as much as I used to! I couldn't afford to get into jets!

I rebuilt this bike from ground up last summer Whenever I can't find anything else to do this is my getaway. Mechanical watches are my thing too. But more of a Breitling fan. This one is the Bentley Motors 6.75mm

Beautiful 2001 RSV Mille Alpine. I had the same bike years ago. Almost bough another a few months ago. Found a 2001 R but no fun in Miami for bikes. IF I bought another it would be a Diavel Chromo. Been thru a few Ducati Monster S4s, 72' chopped and stretched Triumph T100. Panerai, I'm a base man, to the bone... Owned a PAM 176G serial # 007, cant believe I parted with it... and 4 PAM 000s.

I've got a Triumph Daytona 675 over here. Thinking about selling it though. A buddy had a really bad accident on his bike and seeing him in the ICU for four weeks started me thinking.

I'm a engineer so if we ignore work everything from F1 cars through to toilet valves. I sail both my own boat and crew on friends for racing. Gun's primarily 9mm semi auto's but love my replica 1851 colt Navy. Off road 4x4

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Another sweet bike! I have to admit I don't really like the way Panerai has gone mainstream for some time now. I'm holding onto the one I have because its hand-wind and no longer available. Tag/Omega I have held onto for sentimental value, or else I probably wouldn't have those. Previous watches have been Tudor, Sinn, Ball, Damaskos, Fortis, Bell&Ross, IWC, Kobold.

Sjg1138 I know exactly what you mean. I had a 2002 GSXR600 Telefonica Movistar edition. Great looking bike but i sold in 2004 when a very close friend died of an accident due to idiot drivers. Then i stayed away from bikes for a year and couldnt take it anymore(bikes are like the worst drugs) and got into motorcross bikes, at least no cars around to run you over.

I took three pinball machines down to the wood during my pinball phase. I own four of them, but rarely work on them anymore. My watch phase involved Omega, Tag, Hamilton, Movado and Zenith. I managed to end that phase without buying a Lange, although I may be in Germany this summer, and I know where Glashutte is located. That 1815 mechanical (basically their least expensive) has had its hooks in me for a while now. I am now hopefully in the final stages of a guitar and amplifier period, encouraged by a childhood friend who periodically shows up with difficult to find guitars and impossible to find, vintage speakers. JBL, Altec Lansing, Cetec Gauss. I've played for 50 years, but am now trying to develop some skills I tell my wife these things are all investments, except the Porsche. I'm not sure she believes me.

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I recently had a similar conversation with my wife. I told her everything I buy, I can resell at anytime and get some money back. You can't exactly do that with coffee, shoes, manicures, massages, etc. At least that's how I tried to spin it.

I started just about a year ago this week and launched it this summer in early June. I still haven't completed the sail components yet, but hope to start again this winter.

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My Rolexes are vintage too...but they were new when I bought them I still have my pair of well-used Leica M4's but currently using the M Typ 240 which is digital.

Toy steam engines. Old radios, office equipment, etc. I am also mostly through a resto (albeit amateur) on a vintage speedboat, a GT160 clone.

luv it, my oil filter wrench fits the car as well...it's the simple things-

i'm in business repairing zimmer frames for Porsche owners.

Hobbyist DJ'ing for me Denon MC6000 Mixer/Midi Controller

Motorcycles (too many to mention, specializing in Japanese sport or sport-touring), firearms and target shooting, tools of all kinds (mechanical and home building), IT stuff, reading, and travel. I'm 53 and our two daughters have moved out of the house recently and are launching their "solo" lives. That's pure bliss, for all involved.

Rolex, guns, motorcycles (Euro Twins), race cars (Lola T-342), farming (tractor, IH FarmAll 140), photography, the usual.

Not sure how "mechanical" you consider this one, but I'm way into this: Big Green Egg...

Oh yea, cookin' too

Nice...

It get's the job done

That's big! My BGE isn't that big, but it gets the job done for my family...

Well, if we are cooking... Here is my homebrew setup...

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Previous ride: 2006 Ducati Monster Current: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple Also love photography, currently running a Nikon D300S =) (see signature for details)

Do vintage slot cars count?

Sure do, that's really cool!

Sanyata - is that Moss Landing? I grew up in Monterey, and went to school in SF. I love the central coast.

Golf?? NOT! Big Dual-Sports... Medium Dual-Sports... Small Dual-Sports... Mountain bikes... Kinda into the camera thing too... Tons of film cameras... Favorites are my M6, F1, and F3 that have travelled the world pre-digital, along with my original FTb... Now I sometimes mount up the Leica lenses on a NEX or shoot the larger but faster focusing Canon digital EOS. The APS-C NEX platform with Leica wide angle lenses makes an awesome travel setup... Canon L lenses with the tiny EOS SL1 body is another favorite combo! Not too many 'real' watches... Love my Gen1 GMT-II. Had Rolex refurb it after about 15 years, came back looking and running like new.

Also kinda into tools... Got into rebuilding some vintage Wilton vises a while back. Not the same vise before/after, but representative...

My girlfriend can be pretty high maintenance.

I remember Wilton had a hydraulic bench vise..is that one? BTW, great job! Probably $500 to buy a new one today

pfbz golf is not mechanical hobby, more like torture. Lifted this from the GT3 forum.

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I"ve still got my M4s and F-Photomic FTn's. If I ever shoot film again that is. Using a couple 5D's and an M240. Haven't had your luck with the Leica wide angle lenses on full-frame NEX though...too much corner smearing. I had to settle for a NEX6 as my backup to the M. EDIT: wait, that is a NEX6 in your pic! It's a 1.5x crop, not full frame.

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ew.

this is a bit more mechanical than golf....

oops...

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Your right... Should have said APS-C, not full frame. Still, the Voigtl�nder 15mm (~22mm equiv.) works really well on the NEX6.

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It sure does. I used it a lot on my M8 also, which was a 1.33x crop, giving it an 18mm equivalent. I had to engineer a way to put an infrared-cut filter on it (my copy is the little screw-mount version) due to the M8's over-sensitive-to-IR sensor. The Cosina-Voigtlander 12mm gives an 18mm equivalent on the Nex6 and works very well also. You should join the LHSA ( www.lhsa.org )! A couple members I know are also Porsche enthusiasts.

I started an auto museum. Does that count? By the way, look right on past that orange Mosler - the real gem is in the background on the left.

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Sure is, what an eye!

Rebuilding wheel horse tractors Kind of same as my 996 but on a smaller scale. Put way more time and effort into it than it is worth, but they are hobbies. Rebuilt every piece including the engine on this one. Cost me over $1500 for a tractor that it worth $500 when done. This winter starting another one because I can do most of it the basement.

Rolex Sea Dweller been on wrist since '86 (built like a tank) and a Hasty Bake grill (gift from my wife) which is an AWESOME toy that can generate great meals. Not pictured...some SIGs. https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1415379164

I'm in the hunt for a 996 right now so maybe I don't count. I have a BMWk1200rs (hoping a 911 will make as happy ) rebuilding a cb350f, have a track Mini Cooper, Crap can racing Into watches a little, got a Rolex because I thought Steve Mcqueen wore one in the intro of Lemans. Found out it was a Tag when I had a letter Grassroots Motorsports published talking about.

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McQueen wore a Heuer Monaco (not Tag back then) and other watches that 'wardrobe' put on him during filming, but his personal daily wearer was a stainless steel Rolex Submariner 5512. Zillions of pictures of him wearing it...

motorcycles yes some restoration ya sailing, oh ya fish stuff renovations masonry work paragliding stupid ****

Kind of amazing the similarities in these posts. I'm sure there's some statistical algorithm that explains that. Interesting group here, with excellent hobbies.

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So are you still on the original bracelet, as I have a 96 GMTII and the clasp just hangs down now!. For me, Rolex, Mont Blanc pens, Ducati's, 80-90's Japanese motorcycles, other cars (owned 8 in 3 yrs)

Been wearing this daily for 7 years straight. When time allows Not mechanical but.... Vodka:Sour Cherry:Sugar 3:2:1 Ratio let it soak up for three months and POW!!!

I'm another gearhead, and I absolutely loved my '84 Alfa Spider (did a lot of performance modding to a car that started out fun as hell). My '67 Mercedes is my baby, got her when I was 17. The motorcycle is an '84 Kawasaki ZG1000 with a modified front end. I'm also into firearms (all sorts, I have many from a 9mm carbine rifle to a .50 cal muzzle loader), guitars and drums, and I'm also an electronics tinkerer. The last pic is my home for another year, which I am a bit fond of- the USS Stethem, DDG-63, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. alfa jet.jpg Alfa engine.jpg 67 Mercedes2.jpg kawa zg1000.jpg USS Stethem.jpg

D6lc...yes, original bracelet but I had to have one of the tabs laser welded when it broke a couple of years ago. Has worked perfectly ever since. I was in one of the Rolex stores here in Dallas and they've got the "new" (re released) Sed Dweller. Gorgeous but WAY out of my price range for a watch now!