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Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)
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Sorry - what to do with it!
That it was in the attic with ammo boxes and other ww2 ephemera is fantastic.
It could and would make a lovely little mini-museum on a shelf.
As for the servicing, no experience of vintage servicing but Wibbs, TF and a couple of other posters here can no doubt offer some advice on that front.
Lovely watch and great find, long may you and yours enjoy it
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Oh very nice OB. Looks like the Omega CK2292 model as issued to the RAF, mostly to navigators. Longines also had a similar layout. Both were to a British air ministry spec. Unusually for the time they specified pale dials when the vast majority of pilots watches had black dials. No radium lume either(the earlier Air Ministry Weems with bezel were similar). They're a very nice watch indeed. Cracking little movement in them and when well serviced will be very accurate. I seem to recall some were made with alloy cases because steel was at a premium and they generally fetch a little more, though that may just be the Longines examples? Solid lugs for a one piece or stitched on strap(they look great on a NATO), though some had the solid lugs removed down the years.
IMHO that's a watch that is very deserving of a service and to be worn. Shed loads of history and the ageing of the dial wouldn't worry me a jot. I mean when Longines brought out their reissue they added mottling. For the hipsters like.
Yours is real.
I suppose these days they're a small watch which can put some off, which is a pity. Though I'm 1940's style scrawny of wrist so can get away with it. 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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Well to give you an idea of my level of scrawny, this is a 32mm on me...
1940 issued German navy watch.
:eek: Your Omega would fit me grand. 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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Well to give you an idea of my level of scrawny, this is a 32mm on me...
1940 issued German navy watch.
:eek: Your Omega would fit me grand.
Jaysis! We've met a few times in a previous life/username (w/admin approval!) and I'd never have remembered you for having wrists that thin! That's how my Speedmaster wears on my own.0 -
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hitemfrank wrote: »I'd say our wrists are very similar in size. I didn't think it possible for another man to have wrists close to my size lol
I can confirm that!
Although I genuinely felt the 40mm Milgauss fitted your wrist perfectly. It's a small wearing watch.0 -
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https://www.seikowatches.com/global-en/products/5sports/special/streetfighter/
These look fun for those who are nostalgic about Street Fighter - hopefully they did something interesting for the casebacks too.
Chun Li's one became a pseudo GMT too. The Blanka/Zangrief bezels were an opportunity missed to do something else interesting (or semi-functional at least).
Just a print on the glass caseback.
I like the Ryu one maybe on different strap. At first I thought the Blanka one was too mad but it's grown on me. Don't like any of the other ones except maybe the Guile one. Huge street fighter fan growing up first game I really remember playing in an arcade. Daughter quite likes playing it on the Snes mini with me.
They're very pricey for a Seiko 5 though @ £380 and I doubt there will be sales.
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hitemfrank wrote: »Yeah, I was very pleasantly surprised at how it wears.
Need to squirrel away more money. Prices on Chrono24 seems to have crept up in line with the Rolex price increase. Understandable, but annoying.
I don't think Rolex prices have increased recently?
Milgauss is €8k RRP, cheapest one on Chrono24 in the EU with box and papers is €7k
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Yeah I think you're right about the chrono24 prices. It wasn't quite €7k when I got mine a few months ago. I'll do you a good deal if I can get a good deal somewhere on a 116622
Apparently there are some rumours around about Rolex discontinuing the Milgauss, which will send prices up. And there are some rumours about Rolex launching a blue sub, which would be of great interest to me too!0 -
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That is pretty awful. But VAT will not be collected if there is only €6 or less due, so very cheap parts will still be cheap. It does mean that a €27 part will now cost us €43
The 6 euro rule is also abolished. Some confusion on the thread but it’s stated in the pdf on page 8 that the rule is gone.
Cheap parts now very very dear!0 -
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