Stupid question from the newbie!

[Ruud Van Driver]

Ok, I give up, what's the proper meaning of the "WIS" abbreviation?

[tkerrmd]

Watch idiot savant

[HogwldFLTR]

http://rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=323923

[Ruud Van Driver]

Thank you, gents

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Ruud Van Driver

Ok, I give up, what's the proper meaning of the "WIS" abbreviation?

WIS = Watch Idiot Savant.



1.A person self trained to sleep in 5 positions while wearing his/her COSC certified chronometer in bed.

2.A person who opens the back of a new Patek on the first day of acquisition and hand winds the rotor to tighten up the main spring.

3. A person who takes his 2000 meter water proof Rolex SD off from the wrist. And puts it into the deepest pocket,and three plastic bags before walking into a rain storm without any rain gear on.

4.A person who waits every 5 minute in front of his radio controlled clock in order to adjust all his/her 14 mechanical watches to the accuracy within -2/+2 seconds per 24 hours.


5. A person who can memorises all serial numbers of the Rolex watches made in the past 60 years but keeps forgetting the wifes wedding anniversary.

6. A person who washes his/her watch in luxury shampoo,polishes with specially bought cloth.Then rests it on another specially bought cloth just encase they scratch the stainless steel.

And reading the many many posts on TRF we sure now have quite a few above.

[Racerdj]

Peter, another very informative post!

[Im Lauf der Zeit]

Before finding out what WIS is supposed to mean I thought it was "watch in safe," referring to someone who buys one or more watches to keep pristine in storage.

[AK797]

There are WIS, WI and just I.

[sco]

Pretty sure this is a WIS move. I've got this jacket that I really love to wear, but there is a metal snap on the inside that is in perfect watch scratching position. I asked my dry cleaner to sew a soft patch over the button. It's perfect now...

[tkerrmd]

Originally Posted by sco

Pretty sure this is a WIS move. I've got this jacket that I really love to wear, but there is a metal snap on the inside that is in perfect watch scratching position. I asked my dry cleaner to sew a soft patch over the button. It's perfect now...

boy that sure is!! done the same thing!!!!

[FTX I]

Originally Posted by padi56

WIS = Watch Idiot Savant.

5. A person who can memorises all serial numbers of the Rolex watches made in the past 60 years but keeps forgetting the wifes wedding anniversary.

Guilty.

[dysondiver]

im not seeing anything unusual in any of these posts ..... lol

[ess45]

Originally Posted by dysondiver

im not seeing anything unusual in any of these posts ..... lol

Me too. So what's the idiot part on WIS.

[iclick]

Originally Posted by dysondiver

im not seeing anything unusual in any of these posts ..... lol

You haven't seen mine. To trump the minor OCD behavioral deviances we've seen so far, peruse my WIS of the Year submission. These are some screen shots of a program I wrote to keep track of the regulation of my watches. I don't show this to my normal friends, as they would probably have me committed, but I'll wager I'll get a hesitant nod from a few here. This would translate as "He's crazy but I kind of understand." Don't have me committed, as I'm sane...honest. Now, where's my Timegrapher?

All seriousness aside, it's a challenge and helps keep my brain working in retirement.

[toomuchtalk]

Originally Posted by iclick

You haven't seen mine. To trump the minor OCD behavioral deviances we've seen so far, peruse my WIS of the Year submission. These are some screen shots of a program I wrote to keep track of the regulation of my watches. I don't show this to my normal friends, as they would probably have me committed, but I'll wager I'll get a hesitant nod from a few here. This would translate as "He's crazy but I kind of understand." Don't have me committed, as I'm sane...honest. Now, where's my Timegrapher?

All seriousness aside, it's a challenge and helps keep my brain working in retirement.

OMG

[nGage7962]

Originally Posted by iclick

You haven't seen mine. To trump the minor OCD behavioral deviances we've seen so far, peruse my WIS of the Year submission. These are some screen shots of a program I wrote to keep track of the regulation of my watches. I don't show this to my normal friends, as they would probably have me committed, but I'll wager I'll get a hesitant nod from a few here. This would translate as "He's crazy but I kind of understand." Don't have me committed, as I'm sane...honest. Now, where's my Timegrapher?

All seriousness aside, it's a challenge and helps keep my brain working in retirement.

Wow! Those screenshots are giving me 1980's flashbacks...

[Chrispare]

[1st amg]

OMG, what a great idea, there are a couple of jackets I own that have that watch wrecker button on it, I am doing this ASAP! Thanks for the idea WIS!!

[iclick]

Originally Posted by nGage7962

Wow! Those screenshots are giving me 1980's flashbacks...

You have a good memory. It's in Foxpro, the DOS version ca. ~1990. For all you youngsters, computers did exist back then. It's the only programming language I know, it works very well for its intended purpose, brings back fond memories of the DOS days , and doing this type of thing keeps me off the street. This is only one program among others not related to watches.

[nGage7962]

Originally Posted by iclick

You have a good memory. It's in Foxpro, the DOS version ca. ~1990. It's the only programming language I know, it works very well for its intended purpose, brings back fond memories of the DOS days , and doing this type of thing keeps me off the street. This is only one program among others not related to watches.

Yes, I have fond (and otherwise!) memories of C and x86 assembly language programming on PC's in the 80's and even into the early 90's.

[locutus49]

WIS = someone with WISdom.

[Rondineli]

Originally Posted by iclick

You haven't seen mine. To trump the minor OCD behavioral deviances we've seen so far, peruse my WIS of the Year submission. These are some screen shots of a program I wrote to keep track of the regulation of my watches. I don't show this to my normal friends, as they would probably have me committed, but I'll wager I'll get a hesitant nod from a few here. This would translate as "He's crazy but I kind of understand." Don't have me committed, as I'm sane...honest. Now, where's my Timegrapher?

All seriousness aside, it's a challenge and helps keep my brain working in retirement.

: rofl:

[tylerad1]

Haha!! This is a great thread! Cheers

[Jbranda]

Originally Posted by padi56

WIS = Watch Idiot Savant.



1.A person self trained to sleep in 5 positions while wearing his/her COSC certified chronometer in bed.

2.A person who opens the back of a new Patek on the first day of acquisition and hand winds the rotor to tighten up the main spring.

3. A person who takes his 2000 meter water proof Rolex SD off from the wrist. And puts it into the deepest pocket,and three plastic bags before walking into a rain storm without any rain gear on.

4.A person who waits every 5 minute in front of his radio controlled clock in order to adjust all his/her 14 mechanical watches to the accuracy within -2/+2 seconds per 24 hours.


5. A person who can memorises all serial numbers of the Rolex watches made in the past 60 years but keeps forgetting the wifes wedding anniversary.

6. A person who washes his/her watch in luxury shampoo,polishes with specially bought cloth.Then rests it on another specially bought cloth just encase they scratch the stainless steel.

And reading the many many posts on TRF we sure now have quite a few above.

This is awesome

[Nycturbovr6]

Good stuff!

[Dyim]

Originally Posted by iclick

You haven't seen mine. To trump the minor OCD behavioral deviances we've seen so far, peruse my WIS of the Year submission. These are some screen shots of a program I wrote to keep track of the regulation of my watches. I don't show this to my normal friends, as they would probably have me committed, but I'll wager I'll get a hesitant nod from a few here. This would translate as "He's crazy but I kind of understand." Don't have me committed, as I'm sane...honest. Now, where's my Timegrapher?

All seriousness aside, it's a challenge and helps keep my brain working in retirement.

I bet you if you turn that into an app, people on here will buy it!

[Hairdude1]

Originally Posted by padi56

WIS = Watch Idiot Savant.



1.A person self trained to sleep in 5 positions while wearing his/her COSC certified chronometer in bed.

2.A person who opens the back of a new Patek on the first day of acquisition and hand winds the rotor to tighten up the main spring.

3. A person who takes his 2000 meter water proof Rolex SD off from the wrist. And puts it into the deepest pocket,and three plastic bags before walking into a rain storm without any rain gear on.

4.A person who waits every 5 minute in front of his radio controlled clock in order to adjust all his/her 14 mechanical watches to the accuracy within -2/+2 seconds per 24 hours.


5. A person who can memorises all serial numbers of the Rolex watches made in the past 60 years but keeps forgetting the wifes wedding anniversary.

6. A person who washes his/her watch in luxury shampoo,polishes with specially bought cloth.Then rests it on another specially bought cloth just encase they scratch the stainless steel.

And reading the many many posts on TRF we sure now have quite a few above.

Just perfect!!