Post pics of your watches Part II
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Just trying out the new picture function on the new boards. Dont like it. Once its inserted you cannot move it. ImgBB still better as you can set a time limit on how long the photo stays visible. Spent last few days down in waterford and cycled the greenway with the kids which was nice. Daytona makes a good beater.
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While Boards has been down, it has been a busy few days for me regarding watches.
Firstly, My Bell-Matic journey continues! Going back to May during one of my regular checks of the auctions, I came across a gold 4005-7000 listed in Japan. The 4005s were made from around March 1968 to May 1969 going by information collected on the forum. Sold only in Japan, they were slightly cheaper than the 4006 models that sold for 18,500 Yen for the Stainless Steel models
Note "SGP. WP"- Seiko Gold Plating .Water Proof is the gold model, at 20,000 Yen it was the most expensive model. Also featured in the same catalog next to the gold 4005 is my 4006-6020!
The 4005s for some reason never really caught my attention like the 4006s and also being gold wasn't something Id normally consider. Completely forgot about the auction over the weekend, and with about a half an hour left to go on the auction, while outside cleaning the gutters! Decided to put in a sniper bid as a spur of the moment decision!
Success! €158.45, the only bidder! Complete with the original bracelet as I know from hunting down the one for my Dolphin Bell, is getting harder and harder to find. Very surprised there were no other bids as going by the pictures, it looked to be in fantastic condition. Once again, went with EMS Shipping but thankfully it arrived faster than my last purchase and most importantly, in one piece!
When I removed the bubble wrap ad saw it for the first time, ticking away..... I fell in love! Wasn't sure what my reaction would of been, my first 4005/gold Bell. A member on here that I have been chatting with the past year said, a gold model in good condition has a certain charm, a feel back to a different time, a bit of a "Dellboy look" ! that cant bee seen looking at pictures, and I completely agree! No matter how many pictures I took, I cant show to how nice it looks in person.
A quick video showing it in more detail along with testing the functions
Some small scratches and the bracelet might need to be tightened near the clasp as seen in this picture the pin appears to be worn
As per usual, will look at getting it serviced, extremely happy with it, Highly recommend getting a gold Bell, especially one without any plating loss as they really are a fantastic looking watch and really happy to now have a 4005 in my collection!
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Also got an update from Richard regarding the progress of the Service of the 4006-7000 from the 4006-7000 from January 1967 I originally bought for the bracelet for the Dolphin Bell. There were a couple of issues from moisture damage due to the gaskets having not been replaced for many years. The winding rotor had suffered quite a bit and had some of the green mold that grows on it due to moisture reacting with the base metal under the plating. There is also a bit of pitting around the top of the case threads along with light wear on the plate due to the rotor bearings been worn but appear to have been replaced during a pervious service as they are fine. There were also some other movement parts with signs of surface rust which were cleaned up with the center wheel which couldn't be saved and so had to be replaced. The caseback and alarm pusher gaskets too were rock hard and so were replaced.
Like the Dolphin, this watch had also a few unique surprises Richard hadn't seen in other Bells! The dial is dated March 1967, I wonder was this is when they went from the Diashock dial to the later style as I have seen Diashock dials used as late as February 67
Note the burned in" fingerprints on the back too, which must be from either the guy who made the dial or from a watchmaker who serviced the watch previously. Over decades, oil from any errant fingerprints will eat into a painted surface and can no longer be removed.
Like the Dolphin Bell, this watch too has the early 'rolled edge' dial. The other surprise was that this watch had completely different clips for holding the alarm bezel in place, you can see that they are much longer when compared to 'regular' clips
The alarm bezel too was a slightly different design, marginally thicker than a normal -70xx alarm bezel and with a different side profile.
The watch is now on test winder and all going well, hope to have it by the end of next week. Once again, a HUGE THANK YOU to Richard Askham for taking on another project from me and for taking the time to document the work. Very interesting to see these unique differences in the early models and look forward to getting it back and will do a further update then
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Just in time for the great Boards relaunch (don’t think I’m liking it on my iPhone), this turned up this morning. I was actually buying shoe care products on a website when I spotted this on sale so into the basket it went. Cheap and cheerful, well overpriced at retail. Will prob swap out the pinchy bracelet.
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Picked this up today, was in Cork for the week and went into Keanes a couple of times (to get on they list for a Sub No-Date) and this morning the lady in there said she had a Datejust 41 that was on hold but the buyer couldn’t pick it up anymore. Lucky me!
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Wearing the backup microrotor model today...
I do like the new boards format in terms of allowing easy upload of photos 😀
@CalamariFritti just saw your comment about the Starlight (this new layout will take some getting used to) - and no worries at all - aventurine certainly isn't to everyone's taste - I would say you should see the material in person however (though it's hard to get access to any of the higher end boutiques that tend to stock aventurine pieces) - and dress watches aren't for everyone. Perhaps the Equinox diver will be more up your street... or the minute (perhaps 5 minute) repeater model instead 😁
Maybe when things get back to normal and we can do a boards meet up (potentially by then I can bring along the Equinox too 😍 people can see why I like aventurine and micro-rotors).
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it’s been like Christmas week for me with watches .
got a good price on a new omega seamaster 300 diver .Really like this watch but not sure on the bracelet so will try get a rubber omega bracelet
and finally got what is a grail watch for me
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