About the Porcupine

My name is Bo Soby Hansen. I was born on the 18th. August 1966 and as far as I know, it was the only natural dissaster to hit Denmark that year !
I am married to Lene (since '94). She is on her way to becoming a nurse. We have no kids, but two cats; Lunte and Misser ! We live outside Nykobing Falster in Demark in a small, rented country house.

My formal education is actually as an adult educator, but I currently work as I.T technician at a conference center. Most of the work is concentrated on PC user support, a bit of teaching and system maintenance. I also take care of the A.V department.
Unfortunately the owners are closing the place down by the end of this year, so I will be looking for another job soon !

Back in 1996, Lene's mom won a trip for two to New York. It was pretty obvious who got to as nr. two ! They had a great time in the Big Apple and as so many others, they bought a bunch of fake watches !
Lene brought me a very nice two tone TAG Heuer S/el ! "Cool !" I thought ! But after a couple of days, I started wondering what the real thing was like and what it might cost ! Big....very big...mistake ! I have always gone for quality, so it was of course asking for trouble ! I took a look at some TAG's by the one of the local watchmakers and I was sold ! I guess the rest is pretty common; I found other brands that attracted me more over time.
Since I couldn't afford the high end stuff (actually, I couldn't quite come to terms with the prices either !), I went for a very nice Candino Diver. A really nice watch with that looked a bit like a very well known divers watch !:-) A Tissot PR 200 Aquatic followed soon after and so on.
All this ended and a new chapter began, when I saw the Omega Speedmaster Professional !
As I was still unable to afford a new Speedy, I started looking for a second hand model. I found a vintage watchmaker and the rest is history !:-)

The Internet ! I found the above mentioned vintage watchmaker via the internet, I found WatchNet and later Time Zone the same way ! I used to be proud of not being a total computer freak, spending countless hours in front of the screen, even though I worked with them on a daily basis. Hah ! Those were the days ! But with that said, I have found more information on the net than I could ever dream of. And much more important, I have found some fantastic freinds all over the world, who really mean much more to me than watches !

Thanks for reading

Bo
Oh by the way...why do I call myself The Horological Porcupine? Well, my wife thinks my beard feels like a porcupine and I am slightly interested in horology!:-)