Post pics of your watches Part II

quattro777 · 25-12-2020 10:35AM

Signum Cuda no date with the heat treated meteorite dial.

It was advertised as a 40mm when I purchased it, they have since changed that to 38.5mm which is more accurate.

unkel · 25-12-2020 01:12PM

Under the cuff no problem...

unkel · 25-12-2020 01:37PM

Have lusted over the gorgeous green on this one for ages since several of you posted pictures of your Alpinists here

Got this as a Christmas present for myself. It's a beauty, but it's a catch & release. Will post in the for sale thread soon...

Cyclingtourist · 25-12-2020 02:38PM

unkel wrote: »

Have lusted over the gorgeous green on this one for ages since several of you posted pictures of your Alpinists here

Got this as a Christmas present for myself. It's a beauty, but it's a catch & release. Will post in the for sale thread soon...

An Alpinist is for life, whereas a Timex is just for the weekend.

Timex Weekender 41mm

IrishPlayer · 25-12-2020 04:10PM

A walk after dinner

banie01 · 25-12-2020 04:38PM

The Mrs surprised me with this a little while ago

I'm blown away by the gift and very taken with the solidity and feel of the watch and bracelet.

Happy Christmas everyone, hope ye have a fantastic 2021 and that we all come through the shítstorm of Covid a little happier, knowing ourselves and those we love a bit more and a bit more empathetic and careful of those around us.stay safe and happy Christmas.

blue5000 · 25-12-2020 04:50PM

Happy Christmas all. Vintage Longines for me today. Sorry Fitz, bit of in-grained dirt there too:D

Birneybau · 25-12-2020 05:02PM

banie01 wrote: »

The Mrs surprised me with this a little while ago
I'm blown away by the gift and very taken with the solidity and feel of the watch and bracelet.

Happy Christmas everyone, hope ye have a fantastic 2021 and that we all come through the shítstorm of Covid a little happier, knowing ourselves and those we love a bit more and a bit more empathetic and careful of those around us.stay safe and happy Christmas.

Delighted for you Banie. Very Merry Christmas to you and yours.

And same to the rest of you filthy animals.

Fitz II · 25-12-2020 05:08PM

Banie nice tudor, very very nice, and you too Blue5000...love seeing the christmas watches.

Roycropper63 · 25-12-2020 05:38PM

Well wear Banie.
Next year you must put your wife in contact with mine!!!!

893bet · 25-12-2020 05:43PM

Roycropper63 wrote: »

Well wear Banie.
Next year you must put your wife in contact with mine!!!!

I will go a step further and suggest a trade of wife’s.

With cash Banies way obviously.

redlead · 25-12-2020 05:53PM

893bet wrote: »

I will go a step further and suggest a trade of wife’s.

With cash Banies way obviously.

That depends on whether Roy Cropper is trading Harold or not ;-) there would want to be a lot of cash!

Cyclingtourist · 25-12-2020 06:00PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Happy Christmas all. Vintage Longines for me today. Sorry Fitz, bit of in-grained dirt there too:D

Nice. I'm thinking of a vintage Omega for my next watch.

banie01 · 25-12-2020 06:06PM

893bet wrote: »

I will go a step further and suggest a trade of wife’s.

With cash Banies way obviously.

My Mrs is priceless tho, and still relatively new :P

saccades · 25-12-2020 08:25PM

Ian OB wrote: »

Alpha Saphir 266 I picked up on honeymoon in Berlin 11 years ago. Not the worlds most expensive watch but due to the occasion it was bought I was a little miffed when No. 2 Son decided to play soccer with it 6 years ago.

No watch shop around has been able to replace the glass : ( So I'm looking at buying another one online to swap the glass out of it.

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Watch glass cutting in Abergavenny - fixed my wife's smashed Raymond Weil a treat (Inc replacing one of the diamonds).

Do work for some of the watch bloggers (watch guy I think, where I got the name from).

Cyclingtourist · 26-12-2020 02:08PM

Seagull 1963 {HKED version) Panda on cold ham & turkey day.

Blub123 · 26-12-2020 03:06PM

Looking to pick up a speedmaster. Anybody know if any of the major jewellers in the country include watches in new year sales??

fulladapipes · 26-12-2020 09:05PM

Christmas was good this year. A leather bund from Atelier de Griff in Belgium for the new Speedy, and a couple of books. The Man and his Watch book is very good; the Rolex one is effectively a reference book for every watch they've made up until recently.

Ian OB · 26-12-2020 10:29PM

saccades wrote: »

Watch glass cutting in Abergavenny - fixed my wife's smashed Raymond Weil a treat (Inc replacing one of the diamonds).

Do work for some of the watch bloggers (watch guy I think, where I got the name from).

Go raibh maith agat, I'll investigate them in the New Year.

Wibbs · 26-12-2020 11:26PM

What I've mostly been wearing this week:

Mostly. I'm such a slut.

Though on a smaller size buzz of late.

Tonight this one in particular:

1914 American made Hampden. Cracking little movement in these.

As good or better than any Swiss movements of the time. And a time when American brands were far more likely than Swiss to be innovative and on more than one level with it.

fulladapipes · 27-12-2020 12:22AM

What is the second one from the left Wibbs?

somebody_else · 27-12-2020 12:30AM

fulladapipes wrote: »

What is the second one from the left Wibbs?

Looks like Wagner

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MENS-WWII-era-WAGNER-Germany-airforce-PILOT-MILITARY-WATCH-good-condition-/183747626031

fulladapipes · 27-12-2020 12:36AM

It does indeed. I couldn't read the logo from the photo. Thanks

somebody_else wrote: »

Looks like Wagner

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MENS-WWII-era-WAGNER-Germany-airforce-PILOT-MILITARY-WATCH-good-condition-/183747626031

dinorebel · 27-12-2020 01:04AM

Wibbs wrote: »

What I've mostly been wearing this week:

As good or better than any Swiss movements of the time. And a time when American brands were far more likely than Swiss to be innovative and on more than one level with it.

Great as these are the Ultronic would never leave my wrist.

IrishPlayer · 27-12-2020 12:04PM

Another walk with a different watch

Wibbs · 27-12-2020 03:54PM

Sticking with the old dudes

micks_address · 27-12-2020 03:55PM

Such knobs (on those watches)

Fitz II · 27-12-2020 04:33PM

micks_address wrote: »

Such knobs (on those watches)

Bunch of Wagners

Lorddrakul · 28-12-2020 12:34PM

Well, Christmas is a time for family, and stories of old and discovering ancient heirlooms!

A casual conversation with my Dad (in his 80s) revealed that his dad, born in 1900, gave him a watch he acquired in Dublin while working there in his youth.

As far as I can tell, it is a Gruen Precision Quadron, in art deco style, possibly in a nickel finished case, with the 17 jewel manual movement with a running seconds sub-dial complication. The numerals and general style date it to the second half of the 1920s.

I could not see any hall marks, but didn't have any tools with me, so I could not remove the later addition mesh strap to see if there were any marks on the inner lug surfaces.

On the back there is what looks like a machine engraving of a bouquet of flowers in a wide, shallow vase.

My dad says it still works if you wind it!

He has no history as to when or how my grandad acquired it, but as he worked mostly as a bar manager during his time in Dublin, in the 1930s, this must have represented quite an outlay. That said, my grandad was an accomplished amateur turf accountant, so this may have represented a big win.

It is a gorgeous piece and from an interesting company, having been founded in Cincinati in the nineteenth century.

If anyone has any knowledge or could point me to some decent sources, I'd appreciate it.

29-12-2020 01:25PM

Ok I'll try this image hosting malarkey. Bought this in May - but it only arrived today :eek:

Was convinced the Chrono 24 seller had mispriced (this is the cheapest new one I've seen from the EU by quite some distance) and was hoping I'd cancel if they stalled enough but I stuck with it. Grand Seiko Skyflake (SBGA407) - while I know others have far more expensive/exotic watches this is a "big hitter" piece for me. Delighted with it so far - my photography skills and phone camera wont do it justice

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