Tales of True Adventure for Rugged Men Not Unlike Yourself
The Honda N600, serial number 1000001. This is the first of 50 Hondas initially sent to the US in 1967 to see if they’d sell.
SPOILERS: They did.
This year marks our 60th anniversary in America. To commemorate this milestone, we’re looking back at the restoration of our very first car imported to the U.S. Watch Tim Mings bring Serial One back to mint condition before it went on to live in the American Honda Museum forever.
Never wanted to, I can’t help it. I mentioned this one to Renfield the other day, but I feel like it’s worth a post. Behold, the Seiko SLA033J1, a gorgeous reissue limited to 2,500 pieces. (The bastards.) It’s always a bad sign when the company’s own website won’t tell you how much the damn thing costs. But I did a little research, and this watch will set you back about $4,000.00. (EDIT: $4,250.00, to be exact.)
Introduced in 1965, Seiko’s innovative diver’s watch has been chosen by divers and adventurers globally. Seiko’s diving watch has become a global standard as a result over 50 years of innovation. The 1970 launch model, which boasts strong popularity in its history, will be reinstated. It is resurrected by modern state-of-the-art technology and design interpretation.
For comparison, here’s the original, the Seiko 6105-8110 …
And as worn by Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now …
Movement
Caliber Number
8L35
Movement Type
Automatic with manual winding capacity
Accuracy
+15 to -10 seconds per day
Duration
Approx. 50 hours
Exterior
Case Material
Stainless steel (super hard coating) with stainless steel bezel
Glass Material
Dual-curved sapphire
Glass Coating
Anti-reflective coating on inner surface
LumiBrite
Lumibrite on hands and indexs
Band Material
Silicone
Other Details
Water Resistance
200m / 660ft diver’s
Magnetic Reluctance
Equipped
Case Size
Thickness: 13 ㎜
Diameter: 45 ㎜
Length: 49.7 ㎜
Other specifications
Screw case back
Screw-down crown
Serial number engraved on the case back
Unidirectional rotating bezel
Other Features
26 jewels
Date display
Stop second hand function
Engineer Unwittingly Trips Balls on LSD from the 60’s While Repairing Iconic Synth
Now that’s a restoration!
Mick and Keef gave Richard Ashcroft back the rights to Bitter Sweet Symphony. Which is nice, because they could probably use the money. Story from Dickfork here.
Judging from this trailer, IT Chapter 2 looks to be another faithful adaptation of the book.
I’m fired up!
A freind whose opinion I sometimes trust saw this duo of rock royalty at Music Fest last weekend and liked what he heard. The first song I listened to was pretty bad, but this one has some things going for it: good melodies, harmonies, and chording. It’s too long and proggy in places, and perhaps owes too much to the White Album and Pink Floyd. Whoever made the video has worshipped too long at Terry Gilliam’s altar. It mostly just makes me want to go back and watch the real thing.
Chernobyl started this week on HBO. I’ve always been fascinated by this disaster, and the abandonment of Pripyat. The first episode was fantastic, I thought. Who’s watching with me?
This was televangelist Robert Tilton’s usual spiel, swindling every last penny from poor folks who were at the end of the proverbial rope. What a piece of shit.
https://youtu.be/me2H7Ja93Wg
And I’m sure you’re all familiar with this series of videos in which some video-editing genius used Tilton’s ridiculous facial expressions, pauses, and verbal tics to hilarious effect.
But I had not seen this video. This is another kind of genius. Anyway, enjoy or don’t.
So everyone knows what the biggest sports event of 1984 was right? Damn right you do, it was the epic karate battle between Daniel Laruso and Johnny Lawrence. Well, thankfully the good folks at ESPN have put together a 30 for 30 to commemorate the event. Sort of…
