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Post pics of your watches Part II
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Cheap piece I got on Adverts a few months ago. I got it mostly for the NATO strap tbh! Handy as a basic day to day piece.
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Wearing the one on the left today.Love seeing all the military watches by the way!
1943 Wagner RLM(Air force ministry). When Germany started to run out of hard currency to pay the Swiss they went to local German manufacturers in Glashütte for issued watches. Though why they didn't go that route from the get go always puzzled me. These were issued to paratroops and other air force staff. There are also examples issued to the navy but they're mad rare and the air force ones aren't exactly common any more. They come from different brands(Nila/Wagner/Artcos etc) but are essentially the same watch. The dials are painted more like aircraft instruments. Very matt.
In Glashütte it seems they didn't have a suitable round movement so these actually contain a rectangular movement from 1930's tank style watches of which the German brands made many around this 15 jewel Urofa 58 movement. This makes them larger than most of the issued watches at 36mm.
Double cased in brass, originally with lead seals for dust and water resistance. I've three of these(2 Wagners and a Nila), but the balance is broken in two of them. It's easy to get NOS ones, but replacing one of them is way out of my wheelhouse. Something that was the bread and butter of watchmakers before shock protection really took off.Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.
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Sticking with the military watches, wearing my 1930s Silvo today
Was thinking back to my trip to Prague last March, hard to believe it's been already nearly a year ago that I was standing outside frantacily waiting for the shop to open before leaving for the airport :rolleyes::D
Pictured beside the Roamer that he wanted €596 ,mine was €194
Also a Doxa he was looking for €312 with (thanks to Wibbs for the guidance
) the wrong hands
Also a treat getting to see this IWC in a different shop, can't remember what he wanted but it's way out of my reach! :pac:
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... and the Roamer has the wrong minute hand* and crown. You got the best out of that lot and for a great price too.
*compare the hands to yours. Yours have the same patina, the Roamer's have been touched up with black. The lume is recent too. Radium of that vintage tends to turn a muddy grey with a hint of pale green(the original colour), not the tan of the earlier Trench watches(and some post war radium mixes), but restorers usually miss that. Yours is the right colour. Note the IWC has the same colour as yours on the numerals, though the hands are incorrect and have been relumed. The length and width of your minute hand is correct, the Roamer's is too thin and short. Note yours hits the minute track precisely, the Roamer's doesn't.Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.
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Rotating through some divers (but not hoodies) this weekend. Havn't had this on in a while. PO 2500m 42mm personally my favourite PO of all time, based on versatility (a function of size here). I also like it a lot on the OEM strap. The bracelet, however, is still one of the best ever, notwithstanding that it lacks the sort of adjustability you expect from a modern diver.
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A very very special watch on the wrist today (finally got it fixed after many many years)... my first ever personal watch purchase:
A citizen eco-drive - back when I was 15-16 if I recall - almost shaking with excitement in looking up the wonders of solar powered, titanium, gold(plated!) bracelet and multifunctional watch... got it in Argos
and they even sized it for me...which meant that before I walked 2km from the shop the bracelet had fallen off. You can imagine how gut wrenching it was to a 15 year old to have something that he spent maybe a few years of pocket money on "break" so soon after purchase (I think the watch was 150 euro at the time).
A quick trip back and things were fixed... I guess it was a good sign that I'd like watches in the future - I remember discussing the Citizen vs a fellow classmate's Tag that he was sporting "yeah, I accept your watch cost thousands...but mine has all the technical features... and gold and titanium too :P ... and TWO alarms "
Over the years it got put into the watch box (out of sunlight) so when I took it out a few years ago it didn't surprise me that the hands no longer moved i.e. I couldn't adjust the time, though the second hand started ticking so I knew the battery was still okay after a sunlight charge.
...A quartz reset would be easy...if I could get the caseback off! After 10+ years of leaving it untouched the rubber was almost glued on. And the caseback had a very shallow indent design which almost seems made for caseback tools to slip and stab yourself with... Various caseback wrenches, sticky balls etc. were used... Today finally got a two teeth caseback opener and plastic case holder (the metal ones I had would scratch the titanium too easily) and with a bit of elbow grease finally popped it open (no blood which is always a win).
As I suspected, an easy on/off via the battery, reset the watch's circuitry and it has its functions back again. I had thought about putting it up on adverts before but now I think I definitely want to keep this one - it's worth very little to others but to that 15 year old me it was the coolest thing ever.1 -
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hitemfrank wrote: »Been wearing the trench watch this weekend.
If I see that watch on adverts TF I'll hunt you down with extreme prejudice.I had thought about putting it up on adverts before but now I think I definitely want to keep this one - it's worth very little to others but to that 15 year old me it was the coolest thing ever. Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.
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On loan from my brother in law, he didn’t trust me with his Rolex..:pac:
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