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Aktungbby · 01-23-21, 04:24 PM

I'll be back shortly I believe u did not post the ship but discussed it few years ago in a PM regarding the Khufu's burial ship beside the great pyramid.. I still suffer from PTST 3600 years later and don't use pumice on my dry feet!

Aktungbby · 01-23-21, 05:32 PM

Shortly...being reference to time, What specifically is this...and how many little pink things does it have?

Buddahaid · 01-23-21, 05:44 PM

A gyroscope clock with seventeen jewels?

Catfish · 01-23-21, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Shortly...being reference to time, What specifically is this...and how many little pink things does it have?

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A time machine?

17 jewel incabloc?

skidman · 01-23-21, 05:47 PM

Erm, um, hm. Google says it is the VENUS CALIBER 178 / BREITLING NAVITIMER AOPA 806. 17 Jewels (whatever that means).

Buddahaid · 01-23-21, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by skidman

Erm, um, hm. Google says it is the VENUS CALIBER 178 / BREITLING NAVITIMER AOPA 806. 17 Jewels (whatever that means).

Hahaha!

Catfish · 01-23-21, 05:56 PM

17 jewels means that there are 16 bearings holding eight axles, made of rubies. The number is odd-numbered because there is one ruby added to act as a stoppage. ("Hemmung" in german, is stoppage the right translation?)
Rubies are being used because they are hard enough not be worn out by these steel axles for years. The mineral has a Mohs hardness of 9 and is relatively cheap - only diamond has 10.

skidman · 01-23-21, 05:59 PM

Thanks Catfish. And praise the W/W/W thread, it teaches the really important things in life.

Aktungbby · 01-23-21, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Umm .. this did no take long .. the vine-dark seas seem to have inspired Aktung

Some say this rear contraption was used as a ram, since the ships could be rowed forward and backward, and the rear "castle" could then have been used for warriors like archers, but i do not think so.
If you take a closer look at the frieze from Akrotiri, you may get an idea

Methinks the stern gizmo which looks attached but not integrated into the hull construction was used with heavy lines for beaching the craft. Even Agammemnon's 1000 Greek ships spent the war's decade hauled up on the beach at Illium; the over-hanging Minoan sternpost would have precluded any ramming and it was only depicted on larger vessels which had multiple uses and were not dedicated warships..

As a true Napan all dark wine inspires ME!

JEEZE while I dithered on sternposts... Yup it's the Venus 178 movement; no Incablok on mine though. I'm wearing my vintage Wakmann chronograph with with the movement as I post:

Over to the Skidmann

skidman · 01-23-21, 06:36 PM

What's this?

Buddahaid · 01-23-21, 06:40 PM

A bell from the 1936 Olympic Stadium's bell tower.

skidman · 01-23-21, 06:46 PM

Yep. The ministry of information strikes back

Over to Buddahaid

Buddahaid · 01-23-21, 06:54 PM

It just seemed the only possibility.

Okay then. What is this?

Aktungbby · 01-23-21, 06:55 PM

A 40's aircraft?

Buddahaid · 01-23-21, 06:58 PM

Yes it is.

01-23-21, 04:24 PM	#15166
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,852 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I'll be back shortly I believe u did not post the ship but discussed it few years ago in a PM regarding the Khufu's burial ship beside the great pyramid.. I still suffer from PTST 3600 years later and don't use pumice on my dry feet! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-23-21, 05:32 PM	#15167
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,852 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Shortly...being reference to time, What specifically is this...and how many little pink things does it have? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-23-21, 05:44 PM	#15168
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,557 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	A gyroscope clock with seventeen jewels? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-23-21, 05:47 PM	#15170
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Erm, um, hm. Google says it is the VENUS CALIBER 178 / BREITLING NAVITIMER AOPA 806. 17 Jewels (whatever that means). __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

01-23-21, 05:56 PM	#15172
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	17 jewels means that there are 16 bearings holding eight axles, made of rubies. The number is odd-numbered because there is one ruby added to act as a stoppage. ("Hemmung" in german, is stoppage the right translation?) Rubies are being used because they are hard enough not be worn out by these steel axles for years. The mineral has a Mohs hardness of 9 and is relatively cheap - only diamond has 10. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-23-21, 05:59 PM	#15173
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Thanks Catfish. And praise the W/W/W thread, it teaches the really important things in life. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

01-23-21, 06:36 PM	#15175
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	What's this? __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

01-23-21, 06:40 PM	#15176
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,557 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	A bell from the 1936 Olympic Stadium's bell tower. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-23-21, 06:46 PM	#15177
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yep. The ministry of information strikes back Over to Buddahaid __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

01-23-21, 06:54 PM	#15178
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,557 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	It just seemed the only possibility. Okay then. What is this? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-23-21, 06:55 PM	#15179
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,852 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	A 40's aircraft? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-23-21, 06:58 PM	#15180
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,557 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Yes it is. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie