Horological Meandering

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My name is Tim, I'm a rookie learning my way around may take a little time. I happen to notice that the fellow promoting this website has a watch I may be interested in, he was holding the watch with a white glove the watch is called "JALAN BUKIT BINTANO"...  

Please be careful. The photo shows damage to at least 4 heads of the bolts holding the watch case together. An authorised and competent Audemars Piguet watchmaker would never do that. So, that watch, if real, has been mistreated by someone. Regards, MTF

I have acquired this time piece from an older fellow, it appears his hands became a bit shaky and his eye sight a little dim clearly the wrong screw driver was used. ...  

Jalan Bukit Bintang is a famous shopping street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is like Rodeo Drive in the USA. Star Hill Road is the translation: jalan is road, bukit is hill and bintang is star. The Malay grammar is reversed like French so 'Road Hill (of)... 

MTF, Thank you for this class about Malaysian language and, as a bonus, about Chinese numerology. I'm always confused with Bahasa Malaysian because Malay uses Latin characters and seem, wrongly, easy to understand. At least "Restoran" (Restaurant) sounds ... 

Malaysia (and many other countries) are a mix of ethnic origins and the ethnic Chinese is one of the three majority groups in the country - superstitions abound, and for many Chinese, numerology is part of life and business, so "bad numbers" would exclude... 

Nilo, To continue our discussion about Vasco da Gama and Afonso da Alberquerque, due to the Portuguese occupation of Malacca (1511 - 1641 AD), some Portuguese words and grammar has entered the Malay language. So, you can speak Malay but you didn't know it... 

Melvyn, Because we were a Portuguese colony, we have a strong trend to downplay Portugal accomplishments. I know that they didn't were, let's say, Purists but they travel this entire planet spreading their culture and influence. Thanks again for the class... 

:-) MTF

thanks for the excellent lesson and this is reminding me of how much I take for granted. Great stuff I just learnt here today about my country and language on a watch forum! Is this a great place or what??

.....still remember the old history and language. I even did Malay Literature in ancient Royal Court language that is so different from what us plebians used ;) Regards, MTF

The coconut tree is not Brazilian native!!! We even have a vainglorious, early 1940's, named "Watercolor of Brazil" that describes "our coconut tree". I bet that 99% of the Brazilians don't know that. Also add, the "ladies fingers" ("quiabo"), the mango e... 

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this time piece, it appears to be still in working condition. ...  

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You should look at the Market Place we have here for stuff like this. In any case, welcome!! S [spelling typographic edit)