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Nothing particularly special from a horological perspective about this watch.
I bought it with my first salary cheque (or part of it) when I finished college and I got a job (25 years ago!)......
Found it last week in my parents' attic - popped a battery in and it started without any further fuss......
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Seiko. Nuff said.
Indeed.
I also found the Glycine I was given for my 21st - it had to be carted off to 'hospital' for resuscitation! And I only ever wore that as a dress watch - the Seiko got hammered as an every day watch.
I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that euro-for-euro they are by far the best watch out there.0 -
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Cool collection Hal. Very eclectic too. No matter what the situation, you have all the bases covered. If you don't mind me asking what's the make of the one on the right on the bottom row? It's very like this;
Omega quartz seamaster from 1974-5. When these were out first a couple of others came out with a similar style case, but haven't seen one that's more modern.
EDIT, just noticed Omega Man thanked your post. Spooooky. :eek: :pac: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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Cool collection Hal. Very eclectic too. No matter what the situation, you have all the bases covered. If you don't mind me asking what's the make of the one on the right on the bottom row? It's very like this;
Omega quartz seamaster from 1974-5. When these were out first a couple of others came out with a similar style case, but haven't seen one that's more modern.
EDIT, just noticed Omega Man thanked your post. Spooooky. :eek: :pac:
It's a Nixon "Scout" don't think its in production anymore, about $50 on the secondhand market.
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Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Join Date:Posts: 59004
Speaking of...and remember you oh so stylish bastards, I haz the banhammer, though Bedlam may overrule me. He beats me regularly. Help.Wibbs,
You have hilariously eccentric taste in watches.
This is a well rare beasty indeed. Found in Girard Perregaux's sales literature at the time,
...but very and I mean very rarely seen in the wild. The dial is a direct representation of the circuit layout of the Motorola chip at the heart of the movement. Expensively printed too, with at least three printing passes, in the flesh it's got a lot of 3D relief going on.
And the milanese strap is an original GP too
(and well lush in quality).
Came to me dead as a dodo(and for a real bargain basement price. maybe ye recall what I said earlier of bad ebay listings?), but with the fortification of strong mugs of tae, a glass or two of burgundy, the entreaties to St Jude and the application of man spanners*, it's running again and bang on the money with it. The date stamp is 1972, so a very early example of the movement.
Let the rotten tomatoes fly, you heathens you.
:D
*ps, if you ever wanted a testament to the build quality and engineering layout of anything, much less a watch, then if it can survive my tender mercies it will likely survive the apocalypse.
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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Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Join Date:Posts: 59004
Lucky bastard I most certainly am CB on a few levels. God loves a tryer twat.
Here she is ticking solidly again after me taking the hammers to it.
It is so different to a modern quartz watch in so many ways. Everything is bigger for a start. The quartz module at six o'clock is around 12-14mm long, where a modern one would be closer to 6mm(my Longines Ultraquartz module is 20mm odd. Hand cut crystal so...). It also has a fast/slow trimmer at four o'clock which very few modern quartz have(which IMH is a major pity). This has the first series stepping motor, which is nigh on bulletproof and appears to have even more unobtanium inside the works than the later ones. The stepping motor in these could drive the hands of Big Ben. Since then there has been very little improvement on stepping motors compared to this boyo. No backlash prevention guff going on either, yet it hist the dial markers on the money. It's also much more modular and repairable at this stage of the game. Though even to my gammy eye, they could have made it a little smaller in diameter, if not in depth.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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[Deleted User] wrote: »Nice watch StereoSound, has a vinyl record look to it. Something tells me you're into that
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