New Arrival Quiz

[No8yogi]

I just got a watch I have been after since I first started collecting watches! For a bit of fun can anyone guess what it is from the snippet below?

A cryptic clue 'I am cutlery but don't eat with me'

[Geo]

Hum, let me think about it, know what it is and so should Will.

I got a buzz out of that answer! ;)

Edited February 27, 2015 by Geo

[Marc]

Bulova Accutron tuning fork?

[Geo]

Bulova Accutron tuning fork?

Close, but no cigar!

[No8yogi]

Tuning fork is correct

Bulova is incorrect

[WillFly]

Oh my gosh...an O-meg-a f300!

 

And let me guess - the "cone" case?

[Geo]

Oh my gosh...an O-meg-a f300!

 

And let me guess - the "cone" case?

:)

[Marc]

Close, but no cigar!

 

Never mind, the cigar is something I won't miss.

These new fangled electric things are all the same to me anyway.....  black magic!!!!!  :devil:

[No8yogi]

Oh my gosh...an O-meg-a f300!

And let me guess - the "cone" case?

Correct! I thought that would be harder!!

Here she is

[No8yogi]

Never mind, the cigar is something I won't miss.

These new fangled electric things are all the same to me anyway..... black magic!!!!! :devil:

It's 45years old! Hardly new fangled! ;-) It really does hum!! It's in really good nic, the bracelet is signed omega but almost looks too good! It has the feel of a brand new watch!

[Geo]

It's a lovely watch Yogi. :) I don't care what Marc says (where's the sticky out tongue smiley when you need one?)

[clockboy]

I,m useless at quizzes  but a very nice watch 

[Marc]

It's a lovely watch Yogi. :) I don't care what Marc says (where's the sticky out tongue smiley when you need one?)

 

:P to you too Geo  :D

 

Actually I have absolutely nothing against these or any other of the transitional technologies between mechanical and quartz (nothing against quartz either), it's just that I have very little experience of them; and that is a very nice watch Yogi.

 

I do have a non-working Accutron sat in my projects box waiting for me to pluck up the courage to have a go but I need to source a replacement component coil first, I got as far as testing that with a meter.

I also need to work out how I can test the functionality of the rest of the electronics without having to fork out a mint on new tools that will only get used once in a blue moon. I do have an old oscilloscope (CRO) and was wondering if that could be of any use in diagnosing problems in watch electronics so if anyone can shed any light I am all ears.

[WillFly]

You can tell by the lugs - just showing in the picture - that it's a cone casing, as opposed to the more conventional lug casing. I've never been turned on by the cone case when I've seen pictures of it off the wrist - but I have to say it looks good on the wrist.

 

Should anyone want to indulge in a hummer, there's a very friendly chap in Brighton - Paul - just down the road from me, who is the man behind the Electric Watches Company:

 

http://electric-watches.co.uk/

 

He has drawer after drawer of the little hummers - Hamiltons, Bulovas, Wittnauers - some of them for sale at reasonable prices. What he doesn't know about them isn't worth knowing. Super guy - worth checking out if you need a service or a s/h hummer.

[clockboy]

Very interesting site Will. This guy seems a real specialist in a rare watch concept.

[WillFly]

He's an extremely knowledgeable and friendly guy. I saw his collection of stuff and his workshop at his house recently. He's also the chappie who sold me the ESA/ETA movement technical sheets that I've been scanning and adding to Mark's movement database.

Edited February 27, 2015 by WillFly

[No8yogi]

Yeah Paul is great and that website is a fountain of knowledge

I love this watch I think it is still quite modern looking and has lots of wrist presence, I've always wanted an electric and now need to focus on my next buy!