Ain't that the truth! I tend to visit Watchuseek about once every six months now because I know that the second I go on there I'll see something that I "have" to buy. It was getting out of hand and my budget was creeping up with every watch.
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Ain't that the truth! I tend to visit Watchuseek about once every six months now because I know that the second I go on there I'll see something that I "have" to buy. It was getting out of hand and my budget was creeping up with every watch.
Well, I look at a number of watch sites including 'Watchuseek', 'WatchesToBuy' (which is also under Vintage Watches for Sale), 'Classic watch.com', 'Darlor Watches' and 'Yorktime Watches' among others. Yes, I'll readily admit that I enjoy browsing vintage watch sites. However, I haven't yet bought a watch from one of these sites, although I have no doubt that I will probably succumb at some stage as I love some of the old vintage classics from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, as well as a some from earlier eras.
Just got this in the mail yesterday. Really like it so far, except the strap is a bit too shiny for my taste.
I haven't actually bought a watch from Watchuseek either. I just get inspiration from those that I see. It's a terrible disease is watch affection
The venerable Bambino. I prefer the original but it still looks nice. Enjoy.
Here's mine.
I haven't actually bought a watch from Watchuseek either. I just get inspiration from those that I see. It's a terrible disease is watch affection
The venerable Bambino. I prefer the original but it still looks nice. Enjoy.
Here's mine.
An affliction, - indeed a grave one - no less.
Actually, I have never bought from any of them, but, those classics from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, the ones with clean lines, dauphine hands, neat size, (I don't much care for bloated bling bling style monsters) and an air of understated classical elegance are what I will probably succumb to at some stage.
I haven't actually bought a watch from Watchuseek either. I just get inspiration from those that I see. It's a terrible disease is watch affection
The venerable Bambino. I prefer the original but it still looks nice. Enjoy.
Here's mine.
It is a beauty!
I like the silver case, black dial version. It looks great.
That was just pure watch foreplay there
Phrased like that, you may just have a point……..
You probably know already, but just in case, Kinetics need a special winder - most regular ones won't keep them charged up.
Here are my thoughts on my new Citizen Eco Drive, a gift. This watch is photoelectric powered. Not really a traditional watch, not sure if it belongs in this thread, but I like it almost as much as my Rolex submariner. It shares the same quality of being perpetual: it could theoretically work forever. Only the battery likely needs to be replaced after a certain number of recharges. The submariner is not dissimilar, as the mainspring is replaced at each service. At the same time this watch is radio synced to an atomic clock. I don't see how this is not equal or superior to a Rolex in these qualities. Further, it is water resistant to 20 bar. I think the only place the submariner is superior is that I can dive deeper than 600 feet (lol) and it would still work after 6 months in a lightless mineshaft (the length of time the Eco Drive can go on a full charge without light). Cheers.
Heres my two! Sorry for the poor quality. Took it in a hurry.
I just got the Rolex 2 days ago and I haven't worn it yet. I wear my apple watch when I go to work and wear the Panerai whenever I'm not at work. I never leave the house without a watch on my wrist.
Ah, congrats on the Rolex and I hope you really enjoy wearing it.
The reason I asked was thats sometimes people lock these lovely timepieces away, instead of enjoying the experience of being able to wear them and appreciate them.
I was given a Seiko SKX009 and have been playing around with it on different Natos. I've had its brother the SKX007 and its long been one of my most favourite watches.
I bought a Navy Blue dive strap for it though and think it'll now be on that for some time, I love it!bwell worth paying a little more for real rubber too.
I bought a Navy Blue dive strap for it though and think it'll now be on that for some time, I love it!bwell worth paying a little more for real rubber too.
At the moment I have only two watches. One's a Skagen 355SGSCA, and my most recent purchase is a Fossil Riley ES3529, which was a gift purchased by my sweetie at the Fossil store at CityWalk in Universal Studios Orlando.
I just got a new DSLR, so was practicing with it. It's not that great of a shot.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxtw3nlsi2d5cx0/RileyFossil.JPG
I just got a new DSLR, so was practicing with it. It's not that great of a shot.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxtw3nlsi2d5cx0/RileyFossil.JPG
Here's a recent acquisition, even though it's an uncased movement. It's absolutely stunning in-hand, although I need to play around with the lighting to really make the damaskeen "pop."
Somehow or another you know I'll cough that up with a little bit of prompting
(thanks for the compliments by the way). This is an 1872 model Waltham. The design came out of the Nashua department-it shared a lot in common with the 1868 model, but both the winding and setting mechanism were improved considerably and the overall design improved.
Initially, the 1872 model was made in two grades "Am'n" and "Park Road." The Am'n was the better of the two grades. Incidentally, I was photographing all my '72 Am'ns last night. This was the 165th 1872 model Waltham made(the winding wheels are incorrect).
Waltham continued to really improve the 1872 model, and by 1876 had released the superb American Watch Company grade(I do not have one of these). 20 of these were sent to the observatory trials at the 1876 Centennial exposition, with one bringing home the gold medal, at least a dozen others bringing home silver, and all placing exceptionally well. They were competing with the best that England and Switzerland could offer at the time.
Incidentally, around that same time the president of Patek Phillippe visited the Waltham factory where he was given an example of the 1872 American Watch Company grade. At his insistence, he simply picked one off the end of the assembly line. He took it back to Switzerland, where his chief adjuster examined the watch and reported that it was of a quality that Patek could only manage to produce in roughly 1 out of every 10,000 watches.
All that aside, the Am'n grade remained the second in quality to the American Watch company grade. All were 16j with gold settings, while American Watch Company grade watches usually were 21j and with supreme finish quality.
Somehow or another you know I'll cough that up with a little bit of prompting
This is an 1872 model Waltham. The design came out of the Nashua department-it shared a lot in common with the 1868 model, but both the winding and setting mechanism were improved considerably and the overall design improved.
Initially, the 1872 model was made in two grades "Am'n" and "Park Road." The Am'n was the better of the two grades. Incidentally, I was photographing all my '72 Am'ns last night. This was the 165th 1872 model Waltham made(the winding wheels are incorrect).
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Waltham continued to really improve the 1872 model, and by 1876 had released the superb American Watch Company grade(I do not have one of these). 20 of these were sent to the observatory trials at the 1876 Centennial exposition, with one bringing home the gold medal, at least a dozen others bringing home silver, and all placing exceptionally well. They were competing with the best that England and Switzerland could offer at the time.
Incidentally, around that same time the president of Patek Phillippe visited the Waltham factory where he was given an example of the 1872 American Watch Company grade. At his insistence, he simply picked one off the end of the assembly line. He took it back to Switzerland, where his chief adjuster examined the watch and reported that it was of a quality that Patek could only manage to produce in roughly 1 out of every 10,000 watches.
All that aside, the Am'n grade remained the second in quality to the American Watch company grade. All were 16j with gold settings, while American Watch Company grade watches usually were 21j and with supreme finish quality.
And what is wrong with inviting such a response with a timely prompt?
Fascinating story, and back-history, as usual, and thanks for taking the time and trouble to post it.
For that matter, I have long been struck by the inventiveness, creativity, and sheer liveliness of much of US culture in the last few decades of the 19th century and - roughly - the first half of the twentieth century, up to the late 1960s and early 70s.
Roughly speaking, that century, from 1870 to 1970 was phenomenal for the US in terms of cultural swagger, creativity, and sheer chutpaz (just look at the writers, inventors, the literature, the inventions such as the phonograph, cinema, telephone, tungsten bulbs, etc,……).
In essence, what was happening in the US was production of goods not just for export, but for the domestic market: This meant it had given rise to the democratisation of what the industrialising world was producing, and it was predicated on the fact that well made goods became both available and affordable to large sections of the population in the US.
The watches you write about with such engaging enthusiasm fall into this category; American watches were known to be excellent, and beautifully made and were affordable watches of a consistently reliable quality which meant that someone on a decent (rather than a stratospheric) salary could aspire to own one. American watches had become a by-word for well made and affordable quality by the middle of the twentieth century, at a time when Swiss watches were out of reach for most.
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Thank again for your complements and-as always-wonderful insight.
Trust me when I say that I do not mind timely prompting to write about something in which I'm interested-especially watches!