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Nice choice. I have this one Velatura SRH005.
The build quality is very good on these Velatura's. The case back has a cool design also.
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my god that is mouth watering literally. getting the idea of buying a nice watch recently and been looking into seiko's recently. think this is the one i was.
how often do you have to wind it up or will it go on its own movement.
seen it on amazon for $600, good price i think but is there anywhere you would advise buying in a shop in ireland that can match that price roughly0 -
Just found this forum, fellow watch nut here!!
My Chaps! (Apologies for the photos..no natural light and watches need a proper clean up!!)
The collection..had more but sold them on!
Citizen Eco Drive Skyhawk (blue angels edition)
Citizen Aqualand 20th Anni Dive watch (actually use it as dive watch too!!)
My Bell & Ross BR03 Aviation (forgot to centre the dial! :eek:)
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Picked up this vintage Seiko 7s26-0050 just before christmas but hadn't got around to taking pictures.. Came on a Seiko rubber strap and had the bracelet included but decided to stick it on this Nato.
Slightly smaller than I thought at 38mm (comparison with the Seiko Pepsi)
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The one on the left arrived before Christmas but I was only united with it yesterday.
Next stop will have to be Bund diver but there's a bit of due diligence required before I can make the decision - and another pay day might help.0 -
CarltonBrowne wrote: »The one on the left arrived before Christmas but I was only united with it yesterday.
Next stop will have to be Bund diver but there's a bit of due diligence required before I can make the decision - and another pay day might help.
Cool and interesting watches.
But for someone like me who at some point was forced to wear jocks & socks (and everything else) with "Bund" written on them ...somehow they just don't have the same appeal
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That grey strap would be the Luftwaffe colour, to go with their snazzy leather jackets
need to get yourself one of those now too, don't you ? 0 -
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Say nothing CB, we may have useful contact above ^^ Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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It seems to have been more common in the past. Maybe because in the 30/40/50's a lot of young men who joined the forces(mostly working class lads) simply didn't have/couldn't afford a serviceable watch? A halfway decent quartz(timekeeping wise) can be had for 10 or 20 quid today, you'd have to spend much more relatively speaking for a similar mechanical back in the day. Even more so for a stopwatch/chrono watch. I recall reading a book about war in the trenches in WW1 and it mentioned how the officers "new fangled wristlet" cost the equivalent of two months wages for a working man. Plus many civvie watches of the time wouldn't have been ideal for military use. No lume, white dials, soft cases, zero protection (and small size), even though in general most official issue for the ordinary soldier often weren't that much better. Today the average Casio, Timex etc would be perfectly fine. Plus for pilots back then they had to rely far more on accurate timekeepers. Today that stuff is all built into the aircraft and from ground control.CarltonBrowne wrote: »It's funny; I know lots of people that are ex-forces (UK mostly but also German, Indian etc) and not a single one of them has ever even had a sniff of an issue watch. I suppose it probably pays to be one of the QMs mates, technically known as being a REMF.
A lad I knew who was in the US marines owed me one after covering for him and his mates(long story, but drink was involved) and I asked him to try and source me one of the US issued watches and he had a hard enough time trying for me. Like he said the PX was chockablock with casios, ironmans even Rolex so few of the lads ever bothered anymore with the issued watches. He did get me one in the end from a mate of his who happened to have one. He did tell me specialised guys like divers and SAR lads still got issued watches. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Thanks to Peasant for posting this in the bargain thread.. Turns out the motor seems to have seized on it so I picked it up for half price 45 euro
Will have a look at it when I get time to see if I can get it working again, if not it's a nice ornament for the office!!
Hanging in the office!
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One of these guys;Deep Thought wrote: »What did he get you in the end ?
Stocker&Yale 490. Mechanical, hacksetting. Pretty robust. Well it was until an ex I loaned it to broke the crown off.
Still have it, but never got around to sorting the crown. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Thanks to Peasant for posting this in the bargain thread.. Turns out the motor seems to have seized on it so I picked it up for half price 45 euro
Will have a look at it when I get time to see if I can get it working again, if not it's a nice ornament for the office!!
That looks real good on yer wall there ...
I'd say if push comes to shove you could probably put some cheapo off the shelf quartz wallclock movement in there, just to get the hands moving, like0 -
This just arrived:
Vostok Europe Gaz 20M "Pobeda".
Possibly the heaviest dresswatch I]Clarkson voice[/I...in the world [/Clarkson voice] ...only 38 mm but 173 g, hewn out of solid steel
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Snake_Doctor wrote: »Now Thats what I call a watch. Where preytell did you aquire that beauty - there should be a new rule - all nice watches to be accompanied by where they can be bought...:D
This watch is discontinued.
There are currently three or four different models on ebay (where I got mine also), only that they cost a bit more than I paid
(search for Pobeda and list by highest price first ...they'll be on the first page)0 -
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moar pics of the Vostok Europe Pobeda
Apart from the humdrum clasp, I think this particular watch can hold its own against watches that cost several hundreds (if not thousands) as far as fit and finish are concerned ...I'm rather taken by it, as you may have guessed 0 -
As Mrs. P also has a liking for nice watches, this is what she bought recently (see pics below) ...Vostok Amfibia "Lady First"
A very nice watch, very solid. It may not look it in the pictures, but apart from the strap everything is stainless steel, no plastic. In deviation from other Amfibias, this is a 17 Jewel handwind and only 100m water resistant.
Still it should do nicely for the next holiday on the beach.
It also has a nifty strap where the excess is looped inside (instead of through a keeper), so no loose ends flapping around. Sadly the pic of that is out of focus ...but no hope of getting the watch back for a second shoot
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