Which Watch Have You Got Coming In The Mail ? Show Us !!!

[martygene]

2 minutes ago, yankeedog said:

there are worse addictions.

Amen to that brother. I am glad I'm hooked on this one. 

[watchweasol]

Hi  here is a bit of Gruen info for you I have quite a bit more if you are interested  like their catalogue of movements etc.

Gruen Movement Catalog - Caliber Date Table V1.1 (1).pdf

[FLwatchguy73]

2 hours ago, martygene said:

I found this on one of my vintage watch Facebook pages. Probably have to wait for ten days or so as I'm in the US and it's coming from the UK. That dial is amazing. I also love the gold hands and numbers with a silver case. I'm 73 and SHOULD stop collecting and start selling my collection as my daughter wants so that she doesn't have to deal with it but being addicted and all I can't stop.  Lol.. Plus I have many watches in a drawer in my watch work bench to be serviced. 

Do you know what size this watch Is? If it is a 12s, it can be made to fit in a wristwatch case  if you're not big on pocket watches. 

[martygene]

4 minutes ago, FLwatchguy73 said:

Do you know what size this watch Is? If it is a 12s, it can be made to fit in a wristwatch case  if you're not big on pocket watches. 

You know... I didn't ask the size... 

[FLwatchguy73]

1 hour ago, martygene said:

You know... I didn't ask the size... 

This is an example of what that pocket watch can be turned into. I know pocket watches are not as convenient to use as wristwatches. 

[luiazazrambo]

Bought this lot because I wanted that Medana watch. 

Forgot to mention that they made the 404 club with the price tag of £3.67/unit.

Edited February 18, 2020 by luiazazrambo
404 club membership

[yankeedog]

Bierina ? Sounds  like a franco english word telling  me the the designer  had one too many. Either  that or it is a funerary  device. 

Edited February 19, 2020 by yankeedog

[jdm]

6 hours ago, yankeedog said:

Bierina ? Sounds  like a franco english word telling  me the the designer  had one too many.

Or they wanted to sound a bit like Biel/Bienne? Fact is, there in Hong Kong they also shown respect to Seiko.

[yankeedog]

 5 beers before you buy it ?

[FLwatchguy73]

Just picked up this lot.  Got it mostly for the jump minute quartz, the phone dial electric and the blue nebula electric. Finally qualify for @AndyHull 's 404 club.

[JohnD]

Another 'job lot' here, coming soon. Bought primarily for the Timex M84 Electric...

Never seen one with so little written on the stainless back, or with a knurled battery hatch before...?

The Avia might be interesting as well........

[AndyHull]

42 minutes ago, FLwatchguy73 said:

Finally qualify for @AndyHull 's 404 club.

Welcome to the club... nice haul.

[yankeedog]

Lately I have had the westclox itch.I would have passed these two buy if not for that five letter word at the bottom of the dial

J.A.P.A.N.

[AndyHull]

An older Timex Big Q heading my way from the penny lots.

 

[Redwood]

Well worth a gamble for £5

[yankeedog]

5 hours ago, AndyHull said:

An older Timex Big Q heading my way from the penny lots.

 

You would  be surprised  how  well  these  things run.

[yankeedog]

Progress on the lower of the westclox.7 jewel seiko 66 variant. One wonders  of the factions of pennies saved per  jewel. Running  well  enough  for  a fifty year  old throw away.

[AndyHull]

3 hours ago, yankeedog said:

One wonders  of the factions of pennies saved per  jewel. Running  well  enough  for  a fifty year  old throw away.

I've been puzzling over that too. You would think that maintaining a tooling and parts inventory for the different versions might cost more than the amount saved by skipping those jewels. Apparently the bean counters though otherwise, judging by the number of manufacturers who did this.

[yankeedog]

Spite?

[AndyHull]

18 hours ago, yankeedog said:

Spite?

Now I hadn't thought of that... could be.

[yankeedog]

Makes as much sense as  anything else..what could  the  cost difference  have been between  17 jewels  and 7? When  every other  facet of manufacturing  would have been  the same? Was there  an advantage  other  than price? Is a 7 jewel watch less fragile  perhaps?did 17 jewel watches have a higher  rejection  rate off the assembly  line? There  has to be a reason. 

[AndyHull]

A nice little black dial Timex Marlin - date.  (23571 02577) on its way.

Seller states "Doesn't wind, marks on crystal" - hence the 404 club price and no other bidders.

[AndyHull]

Probably BFG 866 based, with a badly cracked crystal and possibly destined to become a donor, since the dial looks a little shabby.

I'll see if it is salvageable first.

[AndyHull]

I present to you...  The Mona Lisa... It is a mechanical hand wind... It waves... It is almost certainly a Chinese movement like Chairman Mao. It is the most appalling piece of tat...  terrible... I love it. 

Surprisingly?! I was the only bidder. I've just spent more than I paid for it on a coffee in the local supermarket.

If you think this is kitsch, check out the link below.

https://publicdelivery.org/fernando-botero-mona-lisa/

The stuff of nightmares.

Edited February 25, 2020 by AndyHull

[oldhippy]

Leonardo da Vinci will be turning in his grave. That thing needs the hammer treatment.