Peasant buys a Sunday watch

peasant

just bought myself a proper "old man's Sunday watch"



Reasons for buying:

- It's Swabian (like me) ...built about 40 km from where I grew up
- It's cheap (like me) ...under 30 quid
- It's the same age as me (roughly, anyway)
- It seems to be in good condition
- and last but not least ...it's neither Swiss nor Russian but entirely Swabian (but I think I mentioned that one before ), see :



http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&2uswk&Bifora_000
http://www.christophlorenz.de/watch/movements/b/bifora/bifora_113.php?l=en

flutered

a good solid vintage watch, it has the same durability as a sekio 5.

peasant

The watch arrived today

Absolutely gorgeous little thing, hardly a mark on it, beautiful, much nicer than the pics with a lovely textured dial.

Except it's broken. It was "packed" between two sheets of cardboard in a little padded envelope ...the crystal has detached and the movement is a non-runner.

Why can't sellers pack their watches properly?

This is my third one now that arrived broken, but in this case it really hurts ...such a nice watch.

Sorry ...had to vent

Marcusm

Fantastic looking piece for a plastic watch price. The guy who sent it to you must have been an idiot to pack it that way.

peasant

Well ...he'll be getting it back in exactly the same packaging :mad:

Wibbs

No chance of repair P?

peasant

Naaah ...not on a 30 Euro watch with a caliber where parts are hard/impossible to get for.

Might end up costing 10 times as much and still not work

Mitch Buchannon

peasant wrote: »

Naaah ...not on a 30 Euro watch with a caliber where parts are hard/impossible to get for.

Might end up costing 10 times as much and still not work

Any chance you could pick up a cheap doner movement and try and fix it ?

You have nothing to lose having a go yourself, seeing as it's already focked !

peasant

I have come to the painful realisation that I have zero talent as a watchmaker ...opening a caseback and pushing a regulator is all I can manage without doing major damage ...so no ...fixing it myself is not an option

Also the watch is very small, was described as being 35 mm but is only 33 (at most) and really looks tiny on my wrist. So I'd hardly wear it anyway.

It's currently packed and awaiting postage tomorrow ...lest I get too attached and end up sinking money into it and balls it up anyway.

One has to be realistic every now and then ...

yermano

sorry for your loss hope you get your money back without to much hassel