Post pics of your watches ***Please NO QUOTING PHOTOS***

firestarter51

Tag Heuer Kirium chronometer arrived Friday, after an ultrasonic and polish it looks ok

893bet

Qco's, Eco's, DV builds, process validations zzzzzzzx

Stare at my AT way more fun!!

Wibbs

Near century old US made Hampden.

Decided to lume the hands and then had my first go at a dial. Looks better in the flesh. :) Did a better job with the spare dial I have for this. I am happy with the colour though. This luminous dial layout is a hard bugger to find, most of these I've seen(and they're scarce enough) have non lume "fancy" dials and very thin hands. This originally came with those thin hands, but after years of looking a handset came up so I grabbed it and then two weeks ago a dial and handset came up from the same Bay search I'd forgotten to delete. Had to have it, of course. 15 quid so…

Clareman

My WilliamL Kickstarter watch was lost in the post, I've a choice between selecting another 1 or waiting until June for the Rose to come back into stock, 1st World Problems

Wibbs

Clareman wrote: »

lost in the post

Ahh crap C. When it comes to watches that phrase is up there with "hmmm why has my left arm gone numb and I feel a weight on my chest". I live in fear of it.

Clareman

Wibbs wrote: »

Ahh crap C. When it comes to watches that phrase is up there with "hmmm why has my left arm gone numb and I feel a weight on my chest". I live in fear of it.

The joys of buying from the internet, I've gone for 1 of the black watches instead of the Rose, I liked the rose but I don't have the patience to wait until June for it, I also live in hope the original order turns up

firestarter51

gone retro for a while, shame about the hands but its quite common on the 4000

Menas

Took a gamble on a badly listed and photographed watch on ebay. And it was from italy (another gamble with the postage!)

This was the photo from the listing.


Watch arrived during the week. Took the movement out of the case and gave the case and crystsal a good bit of spit and polish, a wee bit of care to the face and hands.... and low and behold, its a wee gem.

It has a Felsa cal 692 under the bonnet which was the first bidirectional automatic movement. A Bidynator. This is also one of the first automatic movements that Breitling ever used.

Watch dates from about 1952.

Deep Thought

cracker....

what are the secrets to finding this stuff..

Menas

Deep Thought wrote: »

cracker....

what are the secrets to finding this stuff..

Patience!

For me I browse ebay every now and again. I search for 'vintage watch'....filter to show eu only results and change view to show 'ending soonest'.

Then I just look for well known brands that people have not been bidding on.

Usually the reason is...
1) Reserve is too high
2) Watch is broken
3) Watch is in terrible condition
4) Bad pictures or description....or even brand name spelt wrong.
5) seller has too high postage or other restrictions (buyer feedback etc).

If you find a 4) then that is where you find the gems. But they are rare IMO. Wibbs could probably add a few chapters to this...but this works for me...and it is a gamble.

Brief_Lives

I am a real fan of Dive watches. So I bought this 2 weeks ago, and it arrived today. Just in time for St Patricks day...

Deep Thought

any views out there on the Steinhart Ocean Vintage GMT?

Also considering the Stowa Fliegerchronograph Classic...

Thoughts?

dinorebel

Just looking at the Steinhart Ocean Black and want it badly.

dancrowley

Deep Thought wrote: »

any views out there on the Steinhart Ocean Vintage GMT?

Also considering the Stowa Fliegerchronograph Classic...

Thoughts?

I have that Stowa. Beautiful. Purchased in 2012 and it gets compliments whenever I wear it.

Fabritzo

I want a nice green faced watch like that Meranom never seem to have them available

Eoin

Only the bezel is green on the Steinhart. Deep Blue make a green version of their Sea Ram which is quite nice, but a bit chunkier.

firestarter51

This arrived this morning

mad m

Visiting brother in law in US....you probably have seen them on their own when he has been back home , so they are all in their beds at moment.

mad m

Found this in brother in laws house, it's like playboy to him.:rolleyes:

Cyrus

We already have a dark side on the forum so I went a shade lighter

Gator strap and platinum dial swung it for me

firestarter51

Picked up an Indy, nice watch for the money

CarltonBrowne

This just in. In much better nick than what was described and thank God there are German Ebay sellers who don't take Paypal - it keeps the riff raff away.


The patinaed lume on the sword hands pick out the lighter fleck in the Donegal tweed strap perfectly.

firestarter51

CarltonBrowne wrote: »

This just in. In much better nick than what was described and thank God there are German Ebay sellers who don't take Paypal - it keeps the riff raff away.

And it says what in the title of the thread? NO quoting photos.

The patinaed lume on the sword hands pick out the lighter fleck in the Donegal tweed strap perfectly.

What if it didn't turn up or wasn't working
Wouldn't your money be lost not using PayPal ?

Wibbs

CarltonBrowne wrote: »

This just in. In much better nick than what was described and thank God there are German Ebay sellers who don't take Paypal - it keeps the riff raff away.

That is a stunner. :eek:I love the handset. Very B-Uhr.

The French and Spanish can be folks who often don't do Paypal either. As you say it limits the international sales(Americans in particular will avoid non paypal sellers).

firestarter51 wrote: »

What if it didn't turn up or wasn't working
Wouldn't your money be lost not using PayPal ?

It may be more of a pain to get refunds, but there are usually options. If by credit card it's pretty much the same as PP. Bank transfer is more longwinded, but I've known a couple of people get money back there. Like in everything, you buy the seller more than the watch. An ebay seller with lots of sales and good feedback is usually safe enough.

Clareman

Got a new watch today, happy out with it, I think I have too many Seiko's at this stage though

Senecio

Clareman wrote: »

Got a new watch today, happy out with it, I think I have too many Seiko's at this stage though

No such thing as too many watches.

Clareman

Senecio wrote: »

No such thing as too many watches.

Agreed, but I think this is my 4th Seiko Chronograph, have a Kinetic, Solar, this 1 and another "standard" 1

dudara

Clareman wrote: »

Got a new watch today, happy out with it, I think I have too many Seiko's at this stage though

Schiphol Airport has quartz Seiko Chronographs on sale at the moment for about €110. Must take a look at them this afternoon

Ionised

Two new arrivals in the past week. Every time I log into my online banking I swear I can hear a very quiet groan (it may just be me though).

Hamilton Viewmatic



Steinhart Ocean One Vintage

blue5000

Had to do a bit of welding earlier this week, so had to wear the BFK. I have had this just over a year on the farm now, and so far it has stood up well. Bezel is aluminium so it has a few scars.

Clareman

dudara wrote: »

Schiphol Airport has quartz Seiko Chronographs on sale at the moment for about €110. Must take a look at them this afternoon

Pick up a couple of nice ones and I'll buy them off you when you get back

mynameis905

blue5000 wrote: »

Had to do a bit of welding earlier this week, so had to wear the BFK. I have had this just over a year on the farm now, and so far it has stood up well. Bezel is aluminium so it has a few scars.

Looks great blue. The scratches give it some real character.

blue5000

Clareman wrote: »

Agreed, but I think this is my 4th Seiko Chronograph, have a Kinetic, Solar, this 1 and another "standard" 1

You still have at least one to get,;)

http://blog.dreamchrono.com/2013/11/seiko-6139-pogue/

Clareman

The ones I can find at the moment, yes I have a problem

dudara

Clareman wrote: »

Pick up a couple of nice ones and I'll buy them off you when you get back

I'm happy to pick one up next week or at some stage of anyone wants.

I took a look on my way home this evening, but unfortunately diameter wise, they were too big for me. At least three models to choose from. If you look on Schiphol website under shopping, you can find them in the latest brochure.

I did however, see a very nice Seiko 5 automatic pilot style watch on a canvas strap, which I did buy at €150. Pic later once I'm home

dudara

Here's an official photo



and my quick photos at home on the sofa

CarltonBrowne

firestarter51 wrote: »

What if it didn't turn up or wasn't working
Wouldn't your money be lost not using PayPal ?

It's always a risk and I certainly, for example, would not have done the same for a seller in Italy. The advert just said that the watch ran and I was already expecting it to need a service and be out by perhaps many minutes per day, or even per hour, but actually it's keeping very good time. In the end I was prepared to risk a punt of €100 and it came good - it could easily have ended up differently.

Germany is one of the few countries where Ebay sellers don't have to offer Paypal as a mandatory payment route. There's a general mistrust of credit cards and other financial mechanisms that are perceived as having high fees (something that comes from collective memory of hyper-inflation in the twenties, apparently) and Paypal comes under that umbrella. When I first came to Berlin I got caught out a few times in restaurants and even in department stores but then, I seem to remember, that it wasn't that long ago when you couldn't pay by credit card in M&S.

firestarter51

CarltonBrowne wrote: »

It's always a risk and I certainly, for example, would not have done the same for a seller in Italy. The advert just said that the watch ran and I was already expecting it to need a service and be out by perhaps many minutes per day, or even per hour, but actually it's keeping very good time. In the end I was prepared to risk a punt of €100 and it came good - it could easily have ended up differently.

Germany is one of the few countries where Ebay sellers don't have to offer Paypal as a mandatory payment route. There's a general mistrust of credit cards and other financial mechanisms that are perceived as having high fees (something that comes from collective memory of hyper-inflation in the twenties, apparently) and Paypal comes under that umbrella. When I first came to Berlin I got caught out a few times in restaurants and even in department stores but then, I seem to remember, that it wasn't that long ago when you couldn't pay by credit card in M&S.

I recently bought an auto and it's running a minute fast an hour, tried slowing it with the screw and it's slowed it a bit
I took a risk and it seems to have backfired lol
Think I will just sell it on as needing a service

I guess paying bank transfer is ok with a small amount, I tend to spend €3-800 at a time so PayPal is a handy back up

mad muffin

After a long hibernation I went on a bit of a spree…

Tisell flieger 43mm







45mm Radiomir homage






Gigandet 43mm sub





Gigandet Speedtimer 44mm

HDMI

This one arrived yesterday, Seiko SKXA53 nicknamed the Black Bullet because of the indices. These models were only produced between 2004-2007 and not well liked at the time because of the weird coloured chapter rings.

I ordered a new bracelet which arrived today, a Strapcode Endmill (president) bracelet with ratchet clasp.



And it's orange brother which arrived a few months back.

Ryath

mad muffin wrote: »

After a long hibernation I went on a bit of a spree…

Tisell flieger 43mm

That Tisell flieger is class you may have finally found me my budget flieger to tide me over till I can get a Stowa. (Keep telling the wife I want one for my 40th!) How long did delivery take? Let me know if you're flipping and I'll find try and find the money! Did it come with the deployment buckle or did you replace the strap?

Brief_Lives

mad muffin wrote: »

After a long hibernation I went on a bit of a spree…

Gigandet Speedtimer 44mm

thats a lovely watch... it is on amazon for a good price...
there is also this gigandet that has caught my eye.. again a good price..
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigandet-Automatic-Aviator-Analogue-G16-003/dp/B00QFKNL2S/ref=sr_1_53?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1461676056&sr=1-53&keywords=gigandet

how good is the build quality in your opinion?

mad muffin

Brief_Lives wrote: »

thats a lovely watch... it is on amazon for a good price...
there is also this gigandet that has caught my eye.. again a good price..
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigandet-Automatic-Aviator-Analogue-G16-003/dp/B00QFKNL2S/ref=sr_1_53?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1461676056&sr=1-53&keywords=gigandet

how good is the build quality in your opinion?

Thanks. I would look on Amazon.de much cheaper there. That's were I got mine. I got it last Christmas for €75 but they've gone up by some €10 since.

Build quality is rather excellent especially for the price. And it uses a Miyota Mecaquartz movement.

The bezel doesn't rotate on these models (not a deal breaker for me)

There's was only one problem with it and that was, it had some kind of oily haze under the crystal. Had the same problem with the black sub too. I'm far from an expert but found it fairly easy to fix myself.

Seems to be a not too uncommon problem with these according to the German forums. For the price I can't complain. The sub was €100 and it's got a Seiko NH35 automatic movement in it.

mad muffin

Ryath wrote: »

That Tisell flieger is class you may have finally found me my budget flieger to tide me over till I can get a Stowa. (Keep telling the wife I want one for my 40th!) How long did delivery take? Let me know if you're flipping and I'll find try and find the money! Did it come with the deployment buckle or did you replace the strap?

Thanks. It took 6 days from South Korea. Really very fast. Don't even think it was EMS. just normal post.

It didn't come with that strap. The original strap is its only weak point in my opinion.

I've actually changed the strap again since I posted last

Finally got my hydro conquest….

Cheers for pic tweek sir Wibbs

mad muffin

Another dark-side one arrived today for the collecti-on

https://m.imgur.com/amp2dgM,XKq5Scp,CPtpQyK,XFKYgKf

Homer

What a great start to the weekend.. Picked this beauty up today and I love it! Couple of Nato straps will finish it off nicely

Glycine combat sub goldeneye

MarcusP12

Hamilton khaki pilot quartz finally came today from jomashop.....thought it was small at first but it's actually a good size at 42mm....that's the Hamilton itch sorted.....

Ionised

MarcusP12 wrote:

Hamilton khaki pilot quartz finally came today from jomashop.....thought it was small at first but it's actually a good size at 42mm....that's the Hamilton itch sorted.....

That's lovely. Have the same but in black but your photo has the wanting back in me!