Help Needed Gentlemen: Vietnam Period Military Watch

• Apr 22, 2015

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bn1966

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Hello Gentlemen,

I'm slowly finding my way around service issue jackets of the period but watches are totally new ground. Any thoughts on the watch listed here & the price (fair?)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321722129980

 

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• Apr 22, 2015

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http://scubawatch.org/seiko6105.html

I've seen this watch praised quite a bit.

 

• Apr 22, 2015

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Wow...that's a great watch!!!

 

• Apr 27, 2015

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Hello bn1966,

I am in Northern Vietnam at present teaching English. I am into watches and there are a lot of vintage watches here that were "left" here. The prices are reasonable for something like a period Bulova or Hamilton. There are some replica US military watches but trying to discern a real from a fake of those particular watches is not my area of expertise. Let me know what you are looking for exactly and I will have a look around.


Peter

 

Last edited: Apr 27, 2015

• Apr 27, 2015

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bn1966 said:

Wow...that's a great watch!!!

Click to expand...

Willard's watch is all well and good, and everything, but Kurtz didn't even wear a watch!
You want to get yourself some black pajamas, and camo your face everyday dude. The horror.......the horror...........

 

• Apr 27, 2015

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Or you could try this;

http://store.mooremilitaria.com/personal-items/military-style-wristwatch.html

 

• May 1, 2015

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I've gone for the PJ's Big J...The Horror...The Horror...no camo dude so I've borrowed the wife's make-up...The Horror...The Horror!!!

 

• May 1, 2015

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But seriously...purchased this watch:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321722129980

 

• May 7, 2015

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The one you purchased looks more like a WWII watch.

During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops were known to buy Seiko 6105-8000/8009’s at the PXs (Post Exchanges) on bases in Southeast Asia. Many soldiers wore them through the rigors of combat, as Army-issued watches were known to fail in the jungle environment. Lots of pieces made their way back to the States on the wrists of service members after their tours were done. In Apocalypse Now, Captain Willard (played by Martin Sheen) wears a 6105-8110.



http://gearpatrol.com/2012/06/12/timekeeping-icon-volume-5-seiko-6105/