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2 hours ago, ricardopalamino said:

Technically ....Yes...

But Specifically ,...THIS is water...

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In any case , Great minds Think Alike...

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Aloha , Louis

Yes, beautiful water at that. Hey Louis, didn't know you frequented these parts!

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Its been a Sportsmatic 15035 cal 6601A for me this week so far. It suffers a little dial flaking but its still nice and I suppose its not doing bad for something made in October of 1963 and just feels very comfy on the wrist.58b6f216c974a_IMG_07511.thumb.JPG.bb77ffea54d3b01fb89dd9bf77b04df4.JPG

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Its been a Sportsmatic 15035 cal 6601A for me this week so far. It suffers a little dial flaking but its still nice and I suppose its not doing bad for something made in October of 1963 and just feels very comfy on the wrist.58b6f216c974a_IMG_07511.thumb.JPG.bb77ffea54d3b01fb89dd9bf77b04df4.JPG

The indices and hands are very classy

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A bit of vintage Russian for me this evening....

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Poljot De Luxe 29 jewel auto.

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Featuring the lovely Poljot 2415 "Orbita" movement, the thinnest auto movement of its day apart from the micro rotors.

I just finished a full strip down service on this today and am giving it a little test drive. I will probably post the full walk through shortly.

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I just finished working on this Seiko Bellmatic project watch .  

 I received a beat up Bellmatic that had a filthy knicked up case and bracelet , broken pallet fork , broken hairspring , a paperclip holding the band to the case , about a quart of oil in the movement , BUT , nice blue dial and rotating chapter ring . 

 

 

I bought a working Bellmatic on the bay with no bracelet  , and Poof !! , it morphed into this very nice , properly working project watch .

 

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I have worked on Swiss , Japanese , and other mechanical watches including chronographs .  Accutrons , Hamilton electrics ., and AS 1475 alarm watches that are used by a few different Swiss manufactures , But these Seiko Bellmatics are a bit of a challenge to work on .

I have the Seiko manual in a binder that has the tech sheets for this watch , and the info goes on for page after page .

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I just finished working on this Seiko Bellmatic project watch .  
 I received a beat up Bellmatic that had a filthy knicked up case and bracelet , broken pallet fork , broken hairspring , a paperclip holding the band to the case , about a quart of oil in the movement , BUT , nice blue dial and rotating chapter ring . 
 
 
I bought a working Bellmatic on the bay with no bracelet  , and Poof !! , it morphed into this very nice , properly working project watch .
 
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I have worked on Swiss , Japanese , and other mechanical watches including chronographs .  Accutrons , Hamilton electrics ., and AS 1475 alarm watches that are used by a few different Swiss manufactures , But these Seiko Bellmatics are a bit of a challenge to work on .
I have the Seiko manual in a binder that has the tech sheets for this watch , and the info goes on for page after page .

You have a really beautiful watch now

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Off to a family gathering tonight so i thought I'd power up my favourite watch the old Sportsmatic 6601-1990 manufactured May 1965 which makes it a year older than me and it works better and looks better than me too.58b967dbe3d1e_IMG_07641.thumb.JPG.006da10a7b820d9cdba633aa8c7dc585.JPG

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8 hours ago, digginstony said:

 

I really like this watch with its retro styling "WATER 100M RESIST" Takes me back to the 80s - 90s

Do any of the guy's on the forum know when the styling changed to its present day format 97a0451b64d404dd31bec3a4e455719c.jpg

 

 

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I'm not sure when the styles changed but I do know that as the Seiko Pogue 6139 - 600x  evolved from the first model , 1969  I believe , the words on the dial changed from "Water70Proof", to "Water70Resist " . to no depth markings .

If you see a watch that says Water Proof on the dial or case back you can be sure it is pre 70's ......... i think that there were some regulation changes that mandated this because most of these watches were not in fact waterproof to depth , but water resistantant for swimming , showering , etc .

 

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I've been posting on instagram more than WRUW threads and I've been having an orgy of Elgin Horizon models, so I'll post them here as there isn't enough Elgins :)

Lord Elgin Anthony 

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Lord Elgin Everest

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Lord Elgin Meridian 

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Lord Elgin Meridian

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Lord Elgin Briarwood

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unIdentified Horizon model

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Lord Elgin Panaroma

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Lord Elgin Panaroma

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Lord Elgin Cranston

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Lord Elgin Celestial 

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Lord Elgin Stratford

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Lord Elgin Skyliner

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Lord Elgin Vista

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Lord Elgin Pasadena

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Thanks!

The horizon line was released in 1957 and the last model (Lord Elgin Anthony) released in 1960. Elgin developed wrap around crystal technology that fits to the edge of the Bezel, they shared it initially with LIP who called it Panorama and Timex also released some wrap around crystal models a few years later.

This is the Lady Elgin Midway in White

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The Lady Elgin Skylark in 14k Yellow Gold

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The wife is starting to enjoy vintage watches and has the benefit of someone hunting and restoring them.

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