#like the idea does not indicate a full story. you’re just doing a zodiac elements and that’s boringggggg

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i’m sorry (isn’t) but that pixar elements movie should not have made it past the concept stage

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*     PERSONALITY TESTS     !

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ZODIAC  SIGN:           virgo. Detail-oriented Virgo is ruled by Mercury, planet of the mind and communication. Virgos are always analyzing everything, forming opinions and judgments. On the outside, you seem sweet and innocent, but your quick mind never misses a detail. Virgo is also the sign of service, and you’re always there when help is needed. You’re an amazing, careful listener, and as a result, you give the best advice. You love to analyze everything! In fact, you can drive yourself crazy, because you never stop thinking. Virgo is a perfectionist who sees every flaw, and at times, you’re a little too critical. Relax your mind by channeling it into a project, like solving a crossword puzzle, writing a story, or organizing your desk. As an earth sign, you love the outdoors, so chill out in nature, or try a sport like karate. Remember, it’s easy for helpful Virgo to give, but harder for you to receive. Let your friends pitch in and support you, too! Try opening up a little more. You don’t have to be perfect to be loveable. Just be yourself.

MYERS - BRIGGS:         enfj, the protagonist.         ENFJs are natural-born leaders, full of passion and charisma. Forming around two percent of the population, they are oftentimes our politicians, our coaches and our teachers, reaching out and inspiring others to achieve and to do good in the world. With a natural confidence that begets influence, ENFJs take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community.

People are drawn to strong personalities, and ENFJs radiate authenticity, concern and altruism, unafraid to stand up and speak when they feel something needs to be said. They find it natural and easy to communicate with others, especially in person, and their Intuitive (N) trait helps people with the ENFJ personality type to reach every mind, be it through facts and logic or raw emotion. ENFJs easily see people’s motivations and seemingly disconnected events, and are able to bring these ideas together and communicate them as a common goal with an eloquence that is nothing short of mesmerizing.

The interest ENFJs have in others is genuine, almost to a fault – when they believe in someone, they can become too involved in the other person’s problems, place too much trust in them. Luckily, this trust tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as ENFJs’ altruism and authenticity inspire those they care about to become better themselves. But if they aren’t careful, they can overextend their optimism, sometimes pushing others further than they’re ready or willing to go.

FOUR  TEMPERAMENTS:           sanguine. The sanguine temperament is fundamentally spontaneous and pleasure-seeking; sanguine people are sociable and charismatic. They tend to enjoy social gatherings, making new friends and tend to be boisterous. They are usually quite creative and often daydream. However, some alone time is crucial for those of this temperament. Sanguine can also mean sensitive, compassionate and thoughtful. Sanguine personalities generally struggle with following tasks all the way through, are chronically late, and tend to be forgetful and sometimes a little sarcastic. Often, when they pursue a new hobby, they lose interest as soon as it ceases to be engaging or fun. They are very much people persons. They are talkative and not shy. Sanguines generally have an almost shameless nature, certain that what they are doing is right. They have no lack of confidence.

CELTIC  ZODIAC:           vine, the equalizer.          Vine signs are born within the autumnal equinox, which makes your personality changeable and unpredictable. You can be full of contradictions, and are often indecisive. But this is because you can see both sides of the story, and empathize with each equally. It is hard for you to pick sides because you can see the good points on each end. There are, however, areas in your life that you are quite sure about. These include the finer things of life like food, wine, music, and art. You have very distinctive taste, and are a connoisseur of refinement. Luxury agrees with you, and under good conditions you have a Midas touch for turning drab into dramatic beauty. You are charming, elegant, and maintain a level of class that wins you esteem from a large fan base. Indeed, you often find yourself in public places where others can admire your classic style and poise. Vine signs pair well with Willow and Hazel signs.

SOUL  TYPE:           helper. You can find Helper types at the scene of an accident, behind the counter in a shop, or doing laborious work—such as garbage collection—jobs that others feel are beneath them. With their no-nonsense, roll-your-sleeves-up-and-get-the-job-done approach to life, Helpers keep the modern world rolling If you’re a Helper type, it’s important to find something or someone you can devote yourself to. For that reason, dedication to a career, partner, family, or friends will come easily to you. Many Helpers will spend long years in the same job, proud to have never missed a day of work.

When it comes to expressing emotions, you rarely allow yourself to get too carried away. Being stable and grounded means keeping a strong attachment to the Physical Plane and not being distracted by flights of fancy. Your purpose is not to change the world, but to keep it turning smoothly.

ALIGNMENT:           neutral good.          Neutral Good is known as the “Benefactor” alignment. A Neutral Good character is guided by his conscience and typically acts altruistically, without regard for or against Lawful precepts such as rules or tradition. A Neutral Good character has no problems with co-operating with lawful officials, but does not feel beholden to them. In the event that doing the right thing requires the bending or breaking of rules, they do not suffer the same inner conflict that a Lawful Good character would. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. Neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.

THE ANIMAL IN YOU:           Tiger. Tigers are handsome and powerful people with an innate self-confidence and elegance. There's a sense of immediacy and an aura of electricity that surrounds it, and when it walks into a room, something always seems about to happen. Once a tiger has found its groove, it focuses on its goal with a brightly burning intensity. Male tigers, when out of their element, are sometimes mistaken for beefcake, but when you see them in their offices wearing their power suits you realize that you're dealing with incisive, authoritarian individuals.

ROSENBERG  SELF  ESTEEM  SCALE:           24/30.           scores below 15 indicate low self esteem.

BRAIN  LATERALIZATION  TEST:          left,   58%.           Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is not stated and proven.

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First Look at the Laco Flieger Limited Topper Edition

Topper Fine Jewelers is a small, family-run, suburban jewelry store out in beautiful Burlingame, California. But its physical size belies its presence in the watch world. In recent years, Topper has expanded out of its San Francisco Bay Area locale, but not by opening more stores across the country. Instead, Topper has really tapped into the watch community, both the one local to its store as well as the community at large across the country and Internet. I’ve purchased watches from Topper, and so have several of my friends and co-workers, and it’s really a testament to how co-owner Rob Caplan builds and fosters relationships with watch nerds like you and me. 

Another way Topper has really grown its footprint is through genuinely interesting collaborative projects. We’ve covered several of them here on Worn & Wound, among them the “Topper Ninja” and a series of vintage-inspired Zodiac LEs with design input from Eric Singer. This past weekend, Topper unveiled its final joint venture for the year, and I had the pleasure of flying over to Burlingame for its release and to check out the watch in the metal — introducing the Laco Flieger Limited Topper Edition.

Laco Flieger Limited Topper Edition

Case Material: Stainless steel Dial: White lacquer with heat-blued indices and hands Dimensions: 42.5mm x 10.7mm x 49.8mm Crystal: Sapphire Water Resistance: 10 atm Movement: Laco 98 (ETA 6498) Strap/bracelet: 22mm brown leather Price: $1,895 Reference Number: N/a Expected Release: Available now for pre-order

Topper Fine Jewelers in Burlingame, California.

The story of the watch began back in Baselworld, when Rob Caplan met with Laco distributor Chad Sagris and Laco Head of Sales Sebastian Maziossek. The conversation quickly focused in on producing a limited edition watch, and one that was different from anything in Laco’s catalog. Rob had always wanted to make a pilot’s watch, and with Laco being one of the five original makers of fliegers, it made sense to start there. Rob also knew he wanted to make the dial white, so that too was a natural starting point. But that’s when things got a little tricky.

Russ Caplan, Sebastian Maziossek, Chad Sagris, and Rob Caplan at the launch event.

Rob’s next ask was, “why don’t we heat-blue the hour markers?” On its face, that sounds like a simple request. After all, heat-blued hands are a thing, so why not indices? Everyone at the table was in love with the idea, and they were off to the races. But as everyone quickly learned, it was not a simple ask. Heat-blueing hands is undoubtedly an art form , but it’s one that the watch world has largely mastered. It takes a skilled hand (and eye) to do it right, but the know-how is there. Heat-bluing indices however — well, that’s a new beast entirely, and Laco’s suppliers had some problem-solving to do.

Bay Area Watch-Heads out in full force at the launch event.

So what was the problem? As it turns out, the steel itself. The steel for the indices is thicker than the hands, so they had to adjust for that. There was also the issue of the alloy. Laco’s supplier had to test several different steel alloys to see which one would work best for the process before finally landing on one. But that’s not all. As you can imagine, heat blueing isn’t an exact science, in that a watchful eye needs to determine when the process is complete. When you’re tempering a single second hand or even a set of hands, that’s relatively straightforward. When you’re working with a whole bunch of indices, then it becomes more of a challenge. Add on top of that the fact that all 12 indices need to match each other, and then the hands as well, and you’ve got yourself a real manufacturing conundrum. But, these are German suppliers after all, and they eventually figured it all out, and the watch was born. But it bears asking, did all that effort pay off?

The answer is a resounding yes. Fliegers have been done to death. For every Sub homage out there, there are two flieger variants for you to choose from. So it takes something really special to break through the mold. And while the foundation of the classic flieger watch is here, the devil’s in the details, and those details really work.

The dial is a major attention grabber. It’s lacquer white, so it has this slight gloss that is immediately eye-catching and sets it apart from other pilot watches. It also plays off the indices. One of the best things about heat-blued metal is the way it dances with light. In one angle, the indices may appear black. Move the watch head ever-so-slightly, and the indices come to life in the most vibrant, beautiful blue. That dynamic nature of the indices and the gloss of the dial work really well, and together they add a new dimension to the dial that I haven’t seen in a flieger before.

The white dial and blued markers give the watch some major wrist presence.

Though it does sit low on the wrist, which makes it manageable.

Of course, visibility is critical to a pilot’s watch, and thankfully we’re not lacking in that department here. The dial is very sharp and without any major clutter,  and the contrast between the blue/black elements and the white base is on-point. There’s also ample lume here, rendered in BG-W9, for nighttime visibility. The application is also slightly three-dimensional, which gives the whole thing some added depth.

The rest of the watch is relatively straightforward, but finished to a high level. The case, rated to 100 meters, is largely brushed, but there are polished elements that give it a high-end feel. The movement is dubbed Laco 98, which is essentially a Swiss-made ETA/Unitas 6498 with Elaboré finishing and some custom touches, like Laco’s branding. I’m a huge fan of these ETA/Unitas calibers. They’re hard-wearing, reliable, and they look really cool. Just look at the size of that balance!

The launch itself was coordinated with a local meetup group, Watch The Bay, and local collectors came out in full force. Watch rolls were everywhere, and watches were being passed around like candy (be sure to look at the gallery below for a taste of some of the watches people brought). And, of course, everyone at the venue got some hands-on time with the Topper Edition, and just from speaking to a handful of collectors present, I got the sense that the response was overwhelmingly positive.

The Laco Flieger Topper Edition is limited to 100 pieces and can be pre-ordered right now direct from Topper. Topper Fine Jewelers

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