http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/list.php?67Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:49 -0400 Phorum 5.2.11 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,485708,485708#msg-485708 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,485708,485708#msg-485708Dave M


Life: Dave lives in upstate New York with his wife and daughter. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and currently owns and manages a small manufacturing company.

Watches: Dave has been active at PMWF.com since 2007.

Role for PMWF: moderator of "Mod Central", PMWF's watch modification forum.



]]> Dave M Meet the PMWF AdministratorsMon, 27 May 2013 22:12:13 -0400 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,329644,329644#msg-329644 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,329644,329644#msg-329644BobbyMike AKA Michael Walters



I was born in 1963 in the bosom of the South, but now live in rural New York. I have lived in Virginia, Tennessee, California, Texas and New York.

I have been blessed to have been able to visit England, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Italy in my youth. My biggest regret is that I didn't do more traveling when I had less responsibilities. I love to meet people from different places and find out about their lives. I enjoy finding common ground with the people I meet.

Currently self-employed as a woodworker I'm trained as a bootmaker, glassblower, trim carpenter, house builder, illustrator, juggler, and furniture maker. I like to make things!

I'm happily married to my lovely wife, Elizabeth and have 4 children (all of whom are homeschooled). We grow most of our food, make our own maple syrup and raise chickens for eggs and meat. I also make my own beer when I can get a chance.

I am a USMC veteran whose career ran the gamut from guarding the President at Camp David to cleaning toilets and quite a bit in between.

I have always taken an interest in watches, and seriously started to "collect" watches last year when I realized I was already doing so. I like working on watches and find the mechanical workings of them fascinating. I started out mostly collecting diving and other "work" watches, but through my exposure to the wider array available here at PMWF I have expanded my range.]]> BobbyMike Meet the PMWF AdministratorsMon, 13 Jun 2011 18:18:57 -0400 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,314748,314748#msg-314748 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,314748,314748#msg-314748
Ed has been active on the PMWF since 2004. He is a moderator on the Russian Watch Forum.]]> Ed Brandwein Meet the PMWF AdministratorsFri, 29 Apr 2011 08:59:15 -0400 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290404,290404#msg-290404 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290404,290404#msg-290404Reto

Life: Born in 1956 in Switzerland. Graduated from the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich as an Electrical Engineer. Has been working in IT, IT education and management consulting until 2001. Living happily married to Patt in Bangkok, Thailand since 1995. Two Children: Philip (1987) a textile engineer is working in Switzerland. Reya (1998) is attending an international school in Bangkok.

Watch Life: PMWF.com was founded by Reto in late 2001. Looking after the site was a natural continuation of the IT activities. And combining this with the passion for watches, has made this a perfect journey.
Today PMWF.com is a full-featured watch site with many forums and plenty of additional resources. It takes a great PMWF Admin Team to cope with all the aspects of running a very active site like PMWF.com

PS: The picture was taken from on a trip to Otaru, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, in February 2010]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:41:41 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290402,290402#msg-290402 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290402,290402#msg-290402Ron Good AKA AlbertaTime



Born in 1951, I'm a Canadian musician/writer with other professional background in Human Resources management, Employment Development counselling and consulting, Retail Sales management and Computer Repair and Audio-Video Technology. I've worked as a self-employed musician, in private industry, in commercial and public television, Community Education (music/computers/HR), and in and/or with both provincial and federal government agencies.

I lived most of my life on Vancouver island, but also about 5 years in Montreal, 8 years in northern BC, a little less than a year in scenic Woodland Hills, California (loved it), and for the past few years in northern Alberta.

I made the mistake of looking for a better watch a few years ago. That led me first to affordable watches generally and, quickly following that, to the then little-researched and explored area of mainland Chinese (PRC) watchmaking, especially wristwatches from the 1950s, through the Cultural Revolution era to today.

I use the research and communication tools and skills I've developed during my work history, and I'm doing my best to learn---and then to share everything I'm discovering---about not only the watches, but also the friendly and skilled people who made them, the culture in their beautiful countries, and the many values and hopes we all share. I'm poorly trilingual and very slowly learning to read some Chinese.]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:33:41 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290400,290400#msg-290400 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290400,290400#msg-290400Chris Moy AKA cmoy

I've been collection watch since the mid 90's. I started out collecting vintage deco pieces. I was drawing to the streamline design. Curvex's were big on my list. I also love American RR pocket watches. As time went by my collecting habits changed to the 70's. It was all about FUNK! :D Somewhere along the line I got into G-Shocks. I'm know for collecting anything and everything :D Recently I've been getting into photography. Don't worry, I won't forget about watches :D

]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:32:04 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290399,290399#msg-290399 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290399,290399#msg-290399Dan Byers AKA DanB

Life: US Army Veteran Daniel Byers was born in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1949. He has been an ER nurse for the past 28 years and is currently a supervisor in an emergency room. He has been married for 36 years and has raised four sons.

Watches: Dan began his watch collecting over 20 years ago and presently owns close to 30 watches. He joined PMWF in February of 2002 and has been a part of the Admin staff since 2003. Dan created the PMWF "WIS of the Month" contest in 2003 wherein a forum member is recognized and honored for their contributions. The contest still runs today and has been expanded to include a WIS of the Year as well. Dan has enjoyed is time with the PMWF where he has had the opportunity to learn a great deal about watches and the people behind them. He finds the PMWF to have a cozy atmosphere where people who like watches can communicate with each other all on the same level, regardless of the value of their watches.

Role for PMWF Today: Admin, WOTM Contest]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:30:59 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290396,290396#msg-290396 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290396,290396#msg-290396James Enloe AKA JitteryJim

Life: Born in 1970, James is a married, father of one beautiful little girl (13 months as of this writing) living in the Pacific Northwest - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. After completing a Masters degree in Music Education in 1996 he went to work for a software reseller (Software Spectrum) and has not looked back; currently a Software Operations Business Analyst for Insight.

Watches: James has been a watch wearer for as long as he can remember with one of his earliest watches being a Star Wars digital watch with C3-PO on the dial. Throughout his childhood he wore various Casio and Seiko digital watches, mostly of the inexpensive kind. Throughout the 1990's his interest in watches grew; in 1997 he acquired a Citizen Navitimer that would be his daily wear watch for over three years. In late 2002, after a move to Boston for work, he discovered a wealth of resources on the internet, including the PMWF, which was hosted with WatchUSeek at the time. PMWF went independent shortly after that and James lost track of the site for a couple of months, finally finding it again in January of 2003. Since that time James has been a regular contributor to the site and joined the Admin team later that same year.

Current watches: watches.jitteryjim.com

Role for PMWF Today: Tech Admin; maintains the PMWF Gallery and WOTM Blog; Phorum "expert"]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:17:29 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290394,290394#msg-290394 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290394,290394#msg-290394Michael AKA Micha (AKA Butch, don't ask!)

Life: Dutch national, YOB 1976, married to Jasmine, father of a son. Michael lived in The Netherlands till the age of 19. He received the baccalaureate in 1995 and moved to Germany to study chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe. After graduating in 2001 he started his PhD studies at the Philipps-University Marburg. In 2005 Michael received the PhD degree in chemistry. Since 2005 Michael has been working as a medical representative.

Watches: Michael started collecting watches in spring 2003 and discovered PMWF when looking for a place to discuss watches for a student’s budget. PMWF quickly became his new home in the www. Late 2003 Michael joined the PMWF admin team.

Role for PMWF today: icons manager and sales forum doorman ;-)]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:14:20 -0500 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290391,290391#msg-290391 http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/read.php?67,290391,290391#msg-290391Tim Marshall AKA Tim

Life: Born in 1972, my first seven years of life growing up in Montreal, Canada. Moved to southern Ontario, Canada in 1979. Have lived in greater Toronto area since. Have lived life working numerous different jobs, anywhere from a line cook in a restaurant, to professionally detailing cars, and moved into a passionate area of IT/computer work. Have been for most part a Systems Administrator, IT Helpdesk role for past ten years.

Watches: I came across Poor Man's Watch Forum in late 2002, early 2003 when I was seeking information on one of my early watch purchases (a vintage Seiko 6139-7002 chronograph). I've made PMWF my home base for watch forums/websites since! Like others, my interest in watches came early, as I grew up as a child with my first wrist watch, a mechanical Timex (which I still own to this day). I fell in love with automatic/mechanical watches due to how they function/operate mechanically. I've bought and sold many watches since being here at PMWF, but have settled with a couple special ones to keep now. Not to say there isn't plan to get a few more in the near future! I have taken an IT role for PMWF, consisting of assistance/setup of hosting of the website through a few different providers, helping move the website when problems with particular host(s).

Role for PMWF Today: Forum/website admin]]> Micha Meet the PMWF AdministratorsSun, 20 Feb 2011 07:05:30 -0500