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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

daizawaguy

Call Me a Cab
Messages
2,661
Location
Tokyo
1959 IWC

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Aviator

Familiar Face
Messages
99
Location
Sunshine State
That Antiquorom collection was amazing!

I downloaded the catalogue, but I should have tried to order it...that is the most amazing collection I have ever seen privately owned. So many of those could be considered a grail watch, and any one would consider themselves super-fortunate to own it...yet he had hundreds.

Amazing catalogue.
 

kodou

New in Town
Messages
32
Location
Southeast
JEEP said:
Let's just say he smiles every time I walk into his shop :)

/Jakob
And of course it's always nice to elicit a smile from a shopkeeper when you enter their store. Plus, that smile likely means you're an appreciative customer and will get the same returned to you in terms of service.

A collection of 700 watches is crazy, especially if it's true that the guy obtained them all in the span of a decade. It makes me wonder about his overall profit. for instance, if the seller has 15 of a certain rare watch...wouldn't auctioning them all at the same time drive the price down a bit perhaps? Actually nevermind, the watch would still be rare even if 15 more of them are known to exist in the world now. enough babble...more watches please!
 

kodou

New in Town
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32
Location
Southeast
JEEP said:
Let's just say he smiles every time I walk into his shop :)
/Jakob
And of course it's always nice to elicit a smile from a shopkeeper when you enter their store. Plus, that smile likely means you're an appreciative customer and will get the same returned to you in terms of service.

A collection of 700 watches is crazy, especially if it's true that the guy obtained them all in the span of a decade. It makes me wonder about his overall profit. for instance, if the seller has 15 of a certain rare watch...wouldn't auctioning them all at the same time drive the price down a bit perhaps? Actually nevermind, the watch would still be rare even if 15 more of them are known to exist in the world now. enough babble...more watches please!
 

Warbaby

One Too Many
Messages
1,549
Location
The Wilds of Vancouver Island
Not vintage, not rare, and not worth much, but this Russian Raketa winder is one of my favorites for the 24 hour dial and the cool place names in Cyrillic (which I've finally deciphered so I actually know what they are).

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Highlander

A-List Customer
Messages
473
Location
Missouri
I just bought a Raymond Weil 5514 last weekend, it looks remarkably like the Pateks.

Also for my day to day office wear, I am getting the Circa CT116T. Just what I was looking for (I THINK... :) )
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JP147

New in Town
Messages
17
Location
London
I wear a CWC military watch as mentioned below and it's often admired. Looks great in all its simplicity and works like a dream.
 

dynamike

New in Town
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2
Location
moving to Phoenix Az.
Two of my Favorites

The First is a Illinois sz17 23j Sangamo Special,the second is a Waltham Railroader 18sz 17j. Ive owned these two watches for the past 18 yrs ,I started collecting in my early 20s.


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Talbot

One Too Many
Messages
1,855
Location
Melbourne Australia
Sometimes the face on your wrist is better than the one in the mirror

All, thanks for a great forum. My only gripe is I'm now buying more than I used to.

Excellent taste in timepieces here.

I have been buying el cheapo's (and others) for a while and thought I'd share a couple of my favourites from the bunch.

Brietling AOPA Navitimer

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Le Coultre alarm watch

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Gustav Homberger

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Ogival by Bascula


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Omega

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Omega 30T2

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Submariner

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Olma Chrono
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Super Oyster

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Dr Doran

My Mail is Forwarded Here
Messages
3,854
Location
Los Angeles
Stalin pocketwatch I found in a flea market in Vilnius, Lithuania a few years ago. No, I don't like Stalin. But if it's not a repro, it's real history -- either way, it was cheap. It naturally stopped working within an hour of leaving the flea market.

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