This has reminded me of Polanski's assertion that racism "comes from poverty". He's the political leader we deserve in our short video-dominated, post-literate society

Time Trumpet is a six-episode satirical television comedy series which aired on BBC Two in August 2006.[1]

In the clip from 2013 he is citing the Sun journalist as a source that gives him credibility that he can enhance the size of women's breasts. He has clearly not been "misrepresented" in the slightest

Things may be bad right now but at least people aren’t listening to “electric swing” music anymore.

BREAKING: The NEC has sensationally BLOCKED Andy Burnham from standing to become the next Ayatollah

Completely understand why Scorsese has in his most recent films dropped all subtext and turned to camera and said "these are bad people who did bad things" - because the subreddit of his fans consider Travis Bickle "morally grey"

Went to a different indie cinema to see Magnolia - all good except for a guy in front of me who laughed at literally everything. One of the film's characters was revealed to have sexually abused his daughter and he was pissing himself...

Every 21st century Labour Prime Minister re Peter Mandelson

They had Children of Men on tonight, everyone was much better behaved

Went to a screening of Weapons at a local indie cinema tonight, multiple people were on their phones at various points

Picked up this clock for repair

Polanski says countries which neighbour Russia (Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania) "Have called for a European security alliance because they can see NATO isn't working". I can find no record of this. Whereas I can find record of each government saying the total opposite

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

Went to the Imperial War Museum in Salford and saw this sculpture of Mussolini

A very nice detail from Marty Supreme was Mauser's period-correct wristwatch

Adam Curtis was the worst thing to happen to the video essay - why bother constructing an argument when you have snappy editing, haunting music, and most importantly archive footage

New (vintage) tool: this is a watchmaker's lathe. It will allow me to fabricate parts, like bushings, balance staffs (and just about everything else depending on the available accessories)

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Some filing practice today. Filing these steel rods flat enough to stand up on their own. Pic 1 is the set up, bench vice and no. 1 file. Pic 2 is before, Pic 3 after, and pic 4 is the finished article with both rods filed flat

Another vintage tool I picked up. This Seitz jewelling tool is more versatile than it's modern Chinese counterpart. It will allow me to not only replace jewels, but ream worn out jewel settings so they can be either rebushed or their jewels replaced

Assembled these custom watches for a couple of friends of mine

Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches. IG peterelliotglomb

Hairspring progress thus far. Someone had clearly tried and failed to move the regulator, bending the hairspring around the stud. Hairspring work is among the most difficult tasks in watchmaking, one false move can wreck hours of progress

Today's work: this Roamer Searock Automatic features a MST 522 movement (meaning the watch is around 50 years old). It currently isn't running. Upon opening it was very evident why - the hairspring is bent and the movement has been drenched in oil

Hoshoryu was gifted a giant soy sauce after becoming Grand Champion in London.

Finished the service on this Seiko. It features one of my favourite day/date quick change mechanisms, to change the date you press the crown, with a long press the change the day

Today I'm finishing up this Seiko 6119C for a friend of mine. Since the watch is from 1976 parts are scarce, where a NH35 (the modern Seiko workhorse movement) costs £40 today, a replacement 6119C balance alone costs £60 and had to be imported from Palestine

Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.

Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn

Some of today's work, regulating a Seiko NH35 movement (as featured in Trump's watches)

More vintage mechanical watches for sale via my eBay. The Phenix features a rare German Buser movement. The Rila is a great example of how brass wears over time (my guess would be 50-60 years) compared to stainless steel

Today's work: reassembly of a Tissot 781-1

A time lapse of me dressing 3 sets of tweezers

Vintage mechanical watches currently for sale via my eBay include: A Seiko 5 from approx 1980 A gold plated women's Citizen A women's Sekonda manufactured in the USSR All are in working order.

you did your best to have as many high information people on that march at least fella x

More assembly of the Elgin 485

After much adjustment & readjustment this balance is running as it should. Mechanical watchmaking is not so very different to what it was almost 100 years ago, but it's now much easier. On modern, shock-protected movements this is a much quicker, relatively hassle free job

Identified a major fault during reassembly. One of the cap jewels is cracked - one likely cause of it stopping and starting. This photo is taken at maximum magnification under the microscope

The Elgin from 1931 features a blue hairspring with a Breguet overcoil. Blued hairsprings were phased out due to being more susceptible to magnetism, and less robust than modern alloys - they are however, very pretty

New mainspring installed in an Elgin from 1931

My favourite vintage watch I've come across this year is this Raketa, made in the USSR. The bezel flips open when the crown is pushed, enabling the visually impaired to feel what time it is

The Seiko 6119C quick set date function