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This Damasko is my daily wearer now, except when work dictates that it's a Seiko BFK day, ie. too risky.
It's been a year since I bought my first vintage Longines, so it will be worn later today, even though it still stinks of tobacco.:eek: From the pre-quartz days when Longines were still at their best, 1967.
If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.
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Not a "today I'm wearing" post, but instead a "What I tried on" post.
Background, we were out for lunch last Saturday in Amsterdam and we realised that the hotel was hosting a seriously fancy pants watchshow. As we were effectively "guests of the hotel", we walked in where we got to drink lots of wine and champagne, sit in an BMW i8 and try on lots and lots of watches.
BTW - does anyone here want a Mont Blanc or Panerai catalogue? I have copies after the show
The Rolex Air-King. I quite liked this, but I think I'd prefer the new Daytona Cosmograph. 40mm diameter so it worked quite well on my wrist
Seriously impressed by the IWC pilot watches. I tried on a few of them which I would never have considered before due to their earlier large sizes.
Baume et Mercier had an original Shelby Cobra to celebrate their new new special edition
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French LIP in house quartz from 1975.
Another Roger Tallon design I believe. This one only came with their quartz. Don't come up too often as they were in production for only a short run. Had a cork strap from a while back and it fits it on the button.
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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SpannerMonkey wrote: »my god above thats a big watch
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You know what they say about men with big hands........... big gloves
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sparrowcar wrote: »Took the speedy to the beach today on a nato
The Nato matches the dog's harness, nice touch
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More French LIP goin on. This time the second version of their Nautic-Ski, the world's first electronic Diving watch*. The first version came out in late 1966 and featured black and gold dials, by 68 this one came along, identical save for the colour/dial change. All were housed in the Swiss EPSA made Super Compressor cases rated to 200 metres. Work on a different principle to the Rolex Oyster style. No screwdown crowns here. It uses pressure to compress the case more and increase the seal. Very Taoist. The current Longines legend diver is based on their vintage one of the 60's. JLC, IWC and many others used these cases, so we're not talking cheapo here. The modern examples no longer use the Compressor principle of old, relying instead on seals(which are far better these days).
Anyhoo, the battery had died in it, at least I hoped this was the case… so out with the special caseback tool. You might get lucky with the rubber ball trick, but I never have with these. They're as tight as a camels bottom in a sandstorm. Even with the tool, they can be a vein popper.
Love the diving helmet dude in the caseback. New battery in and..
It's ALIVE!! Yay. Though battery driven these LIP R148 "Datolip" movements have a balance wheel and tick. The battery and electric bits essentially replace the mainspring and normal escapement, otherwise they're a 13 jewel "mechanical" watch. Though they do have a distinctive tick to them. More a metallic "clang clang clang". Accuracy wise I've found the ones I've had to be about the same as a good mechanical movement of the era, not nearly as good as a tuning fork and nowhere close to the quartz that were coming down the line.
This movement can be had in watches for under a 100 quid, but be careful the Nautic-Ski is about the largest(and most sought after) of them at 37mm(45 mm lug to lug and something like 13 mm thick) so wear large enough. But as you may see from the pic there's a fair bit of space between the movement size and case, so others with the movement are generally smaller for today's tastes. They generally survive the years well because of the good sealing and the movements are strong and spares are plentiful enough.
And here it is on the wrist with another of the era battery driven diver.
Value wise the Nautics have climbed a fair whack in the last five years. In the noughties you could get one for 200 quid and usually less on an ebay auction, now more like double that and more. And triple that and more for dealer pricing. They don't seem to come up near as regularly as they did either. The later ones with more 70's tonneau style cases come up very rarely, but usually go for slightly less money. The very first series which didn't last long get the most money. They can be spotted because the rotating inner bezel is marked 15/30/45, rather than 10/20/30/40/50 and they have LIP stamped into the cross hatched crowns. Original first series example in the original dealers manual for them.
along with the "dress" Himalaya, that particular type rarely shows up and is larger than most with the movement. Tropic strap on the diver. I cut mine off, because I don't like them and couldn't get to the springbars. Yeah. Well ye already know I'm that much of a gobshíte.
IMH they're still a little "undervalued" in the current market. These were used by the Cousteau team and are by far the cheapest route into that area of collecting. They were also used by guys like Eric Tabarly, French yachtsman and all around tough fecker. Here he is sailing with Bardot in 68. As you do..
He seems to have had an original black dial example and soon after one like mine. His other watches again would be expensive today. Along with Cousteau he also favoured the Omega Marine Chronometer, which makes sense as unlike mechanical wristwatches with chronometer on the dial, you could actually navigate with it.
Well I haven't written a longwinded tome in a while, so I was due.
*and skiing apparently. One of the daughters of the family was an avid skier so.. I suppose a fairly waterproof watch would be a bonus in skiingRejoice 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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I'm still a one watch man for the foreseeable future (see comment below) and to be honest I've never been happier. The speedy has filled a void that no amount of other watches ever filled before. I do miss some of the watches I've flipped but would sell them all again if it meant owning one that just hit the spot.
Anyway what's great about owning only one watch is you don't have dilemmas about which one to wear. I get great enjoyment out of changing the straps. This week I'm rocking a tan leather.. Happy Monday all.
The blurring on the glass is baby moisturiser (See comment above)
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