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Mitch Buchannon

Eoin wrote: »

What's that last watch?

It looks like a MKII Kingston Sub. Its a copy of the watch Conery wore in the early Bond movies.
http://www.mkiiwatches.com/watch-collections/limited-editions-series/kingston/

Sunster

Eoin wrote: »

What's that last watch?

That's my MK II Kingston
It's a homage to the vintage Rolex big crown subs (check google images for pics). Had to wait 3 years for it!
You'll find loads of info in the MK II forum http://forums.watchuseek.com/f325/

Sticky Fingers

I bought this recently completely on impulse. It is solidly made and I think it looks great, and it's only a Swatch !

MiCr0

My first pre-owned watch is inbound, 1978 seiko 6309 :-)

MiCr0

bedlam wrote: »

MiCr0 wrote: »

My first pre-owned watch is inbound, 1978 seiko 6309 :-)

Is this the birth year watch you had been hunting for?

I gave searching for a sept 78, this one is from may :-)

darirl

MiCr0 wrote: »

I gave searching for a sept 78, this one is from may :-)

Thats my birth year/month...Ive been looking for it, lol...post up a photo when you can.

sparrowcar

That's gas. I have been looking for March 1978 myself since I saw Mitch's birth watch. Such a great idea for anyone's watch collection.

34......great age

MiCr0

Clearly watch collection is something that affects men of a certain age :-)

Sunster

I might regret it in the future but I just traded my Sea Dweller for this

MiCr0

This is my incoming seiko

Bullseye1

The Sub is fantastic but personally I think you were mad to trade the Sea Dweller. There is a SD on the TZ-UK forum for £3550 but comes with no papers or box.

Don't the SDs go for quite a significant amount of money more than the Sub?

Sunster

Bullseye1 wrote: »

The Sub is fantastic but personally I think you were mad to trade the Sea Dweller. There is a SD on the TZ-UK forum for £3550 but comes with no papers or box.

Don't the SDs go for quite a significant amount of money more than the Sub?

Mine is the Sub C. The SDs go for more money than Subs on the forums but the forums are their own mirco enviroment in regards value. The SD on the TZUK I've enquired about. Its a triple 6 but without papers - still quite well priced

Bullseye1

Sunster wrote: »

Mine is the Sub C. The SDs go for more money than Subs on the forums but the forums are their own mirco enviroment in regards value. The SD on the TZUK I've enquired about. Its a triple 6 but without papers - still quite well priced

Does it look genuine to you? With the serial number is it possible to get replacement papers from Rolex? Not that I would be too pushed in that regard but if you were to ever resell most buyers want boxes and papers.

I was on watchfinder and they list the SD quite a few hundred almost a thousand more than the Sub. The cheapest one they had in stock was for £4500.

Sunster

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Does it look genuine to you? With the serial number is it possible to get replacement papers from Rolex? Not that I would be too pushed in that regard but if you were to ever resell most buyers want boxes and papers.

I was on watchfinder and they list the SD quite a few hundred almost a thousand more than the Sub. The cheapest one they had in stock was for £4500.

The Triple 6 actually commands a higher premium than the regular old SD as it's rarer being the transitional model ( http://www.ginault.com/Rolex/Sea-Dweller-16660.html ) It is genuine. If you wanted you could get Rolex servicing to do a movement service and you'll get a very nice 2 year rolex warranty confirmed on a nice Rolex card although of course this will cost you the service! I'm tempted myself if I could stretch the funds

Homer

Sticking with my vintage theme of late.. 1960's Seiko Seahorse. 37mm diameter and a nice patina on it. Sub €50 auction on the bay Gonna change the strap, give it a polish and wear it as a occasional dress watch for a while!

darirl

sparrowcar wrote: »

That's gas. I have been looking for March 1978 myself since I saw Mitch's birth watch. Such a great idea for anyone's watch collection.

34......great age

I'm not ready to hit 34 yet, holding off thinking about it for as long as I can, but that doesnt mean I can get myself a gift . Also, it looks like the source that I was going to buy from "time_classics" on ebay has a less then reliable reputation. I was always wary of the number of bids that went in so early for the watches but it looks like they really push shrill bidding.

Micro where did you find yours?




I dont want to take this thread off topic, so I'll leave a pic of my cheap and cheerful Sottomarino I got from ebay earlier this year, about €50 with postage (it was on offer).





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MiCr0

i got mine over on the watchuseek sales forum http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/

Eoin

Another 78-er myself! That's a really good idea, and I was looking at those exact same Seikos too...

Edit @darirl I was so annoyed I missed out on that watch on eBay - I think they were going for about $50 at the time.

MiCr0

it might be worth creating a thread on nice watches from the 70's
:-)
i've got my 6309, but i'd quite like a rolex DSD or sub and there were some very nice seiko bellmatics from the era too


[edit] and who could forget the omega speedmaster

Wibbs

*cough* the speedy's a 50's child.

I agree though IMHO a lot of 70's watches are very undervalued ATM. Hell when you see a Girard-Perregaux on adverts for 150 quid you think WTF. IMHO again this won't last long as the other fashionable decades supply dries up. So buy one of the quality names now to get ahead of the curve. Plus they tend to be more of a modern size too.

Eoin

Wibbs wrote: »

Plus they tend to be more of a modern size too.

That's a big factor for me actually. I know that some people think big watches are just a fad, but I just don't like < 42 mm watches, which rules out a lot of vintage watches for me.

sparrowcar

Eoin wrote: »

That's a big factor for me actually. I know that some people think big watches are just a fad, but I just don't like < 42 mm watches, which rules out a lot of vintage watches for me.

That's your age showing

Wibbs

Eoin wrote: »

That's a big factor for me actually. I know that some people think big watches are just a fad, but I just don't like < 42 mm watches, which rules out a lot of vintage watches for me.

Yea most vintage stuff is between 28-35mm, even many chronos and tool watches. IIRC the speedy isn't much over 40mm? Very few are bigger than 40 and those that are can be too big like WW2 B-Uhrs at 50mm just across the dial. They're absoeffinlutely huge on the wrist. 60 odd mm lug to lug, so even on a giant of a man would look mad. The zenith/omega/laco/etc 30's pilots watches at 41mm are about the only relatively common pre 70's vintage over the 40mm. Even divers were around the 35mm.

Here's a 20's print ad pic I have for a man's watch

Blurred I know but you can just make out "Stylishly small" seen as an advantage.

sparrowcar wrote: »

That's your age showing

or too many hours in the gym or too many pies actually not always true. The biggest guy I know has remarkably dainty wrists. People defo had smaller wrists back then. I have had a couple of original straps from the teens and twenties and unlike modern straps where I always have to bore extra holes to fit they were shorter and had holes to spare.

Wibbs

OK speaking of period straps... yet another early wristlet. This time from 1916. Unusual design taking it's cues from pocket watches for protection of the dial.



Then press a button and it gets cool.



A half hunter in silver with black enamel numbers on the outside. hallmarked all over the place(even the lugs), no name on the dial(which was much more common than not) but likely sold by Mappins a high end jewelers in London. Can't figure the movement origin, but it's a good quality 15 jewel one. Not one of the usual subjects. Size wise it's 36mm, at the larger end for wristlets, thick at 11mms odd and wears bigger.

The period strap needed some TLC, but came out well. I reckon it suits the watch better than one of the cuff style ones. Counterintuitively makes it look more "manly" as a mate put it. Keeps good time, but in need of a service I reckon. It looks like it hasn't been worn in many decades. I also need to remove the very thickly laid on radium on the dial and hands.

Wibbs

You may notice how narrow my focus is I just love the history and the designs and quality from some real high end names today for argos money pretty much. Hell keep an eye out and an IWC one is around 600-700, Rolex around the same(though the latter have v basic/crappy movements at this stage). Cheapest IWC you could buy.

Bullseye1

Beautiful JLC on eBay from German seller. I'd love to add a JLC to the collection.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=280853083776&index=17&nav=SEARCH&nid=48847788065

Bullseye1

This JLC for less than €400
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=110848031794&index=13&nav=SEARCH&nid=48847788065

Wibbs

4 days to go on the last one I can't see it staying at that. BUt yea JLC are gorgeous movements. The watchmakers choice.

Reloc8

The missus does not take a very good wrist shot

But she's in LA and this just arrived at her hotel :

sparrowcar

Reloc8 wrote: »

The missus does not take a very good wrist shot

But she's in LA and this just arrived at her hotel :

You ordered her engagement ring to the hotel room? :eek:

:D