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

[AndyHull]

A Casio MQ-504 is on its way, heading to the 404 club.

 

[luiazazrambo]

James Burton (1767-1815) — Watchmaker as far as I understand.

Very far from the 404 club.

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[AndyHull]

This little curiosity is heading to the ranks of the 404 club. It apparently uses a Miyota 6M17 24hr quartz movement, and has a somewhat interesting dial layout. 

Although this is an Esprit "fashion" watch, it does have a certain quirky aesthetic to it that is quite attractive, and of course it also has that other irresistible quality, namely a blue dial. 

Edited October 5, 2021 by AndyHull

[Jimg1969]

I have this neat little Hamilton on its way. Can't wait to see what movement it has, it's odd as I can only find a couple Hamiltons with 9:00 second hand subdials. 

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Jimg1969

[AndyHull]

A bundle of scrap Swatches are also on their way. If I can get the Irony working, that will be good, and any others will be a bonus. They work out at just over a pound each, so even of they are a complete bust, I'm not worried.

 

[luiazazrambo]

404 members

[AndyHull]

A small "Acier Garanti" pocket watch for 0.99p

 

[JS335]

This is my ref 16223.  Sent it in for service/repair.  It's gonna be a month or more but it'll be coming back.  Hopefully looking and working great.  Fingers (and eyes) crossed.

[Michael1962]

Well I now own the pocket watch that I posted about in another topic.

For some reason though, I can no longer access pictures in Gumtree.

Edited November 9, 2021 by Michael1962

[adenfulton]

lever fusee pocket watch movements and old tools from a friend 

[AndyHull]

I bought myself a little Christmas present..
Well?!
What?
Don't judge me... its got a blue dial. I couldn't resist.

Edited December 25, 2021 by AndyHull

[steaksauce]

They accepted a surprisingly low offer, soooo..

[Michael1962]

On 10/6/2021 at 2:31 AM, AndyHull said:

This little curiosity is heading to the ranks of the 404 club. It apparently uses a Miyota 6M17 24hr quartz movement, and has a somewhat interesting dial layout. 

Although this is an Esprit "fashion" watch, it does have a certain quirky aesthetic to it that is quite attractive, and of course it also has that other irresistible quality, namely a blue dial. 

Do the hands 'reverse' after getting to the 3 o'clock position, or do they keep rotating 'forward' to the 9 o'clock position?

[AndyHull]

6 hours ago, Michael1962 said:

Do the hands 'reverse' after getting to the 3 o'clock position, or do they keep rotating 'forward' to the 9 o'clock position?

The hands are double ended, so the other end appears at the 9 o'clock as the first end starts to disappear.
Its a pretty oddball way of displaying the time for a 24hr mechanism, which is why I grabbed it.

[Michael1962]

That's neat. I don't mind that at all.

[luiazazrambo]

On 1/3/2022 at 2:53 AM, AndyHull said:

The hands are double ended, so the other end appears at the 9 o'clock as the first end starts to disappear.
Its a pretty oddball way of displaying the time for a 24hr mechanism, which is why I grabbed it.

You might find this interesting about the dials and hands, hopefully you can read it.

[Tony13]

I have received this piece of sorry.

It is bad green gunk on the movement and on the outside of the dial looks like it had seawater or something in it at some point in it's life.

However the good part is I shook it and it ran for half an hour or so.

 

 

[AndyHull]

5 hours ago, luiazazrambo said:

You might find this interesting about the dials and hands, hopefully you can read it.

Very interesting. The wandering hour dial uses a similar idea to the Esprit above. I'll need to see if I can find an example online.

[Stretch]

Nice project to have.  I'll be interested to see the finished workmanship Tony

[Stretch]

On 11/8/2021 at 7:06 PM, JS335 said:

This is my ref 16223.  Sent it in for service/repair.  It's gonna be a month or more but it'll be coming back.  Hopefully looking and working great.  Fingers (and eyes) crossed.

Did you sent it to Rolex for the service?

I'm interested to know how much they charge for a Datejust service these days and if they recommended replacing various parts, as some people say they try and push new parts on people unless you ask for a sympathetic service.

[jdm]

On 1/6/2022 at 12:45 AM, luiazazrambo said:

You might find this interesting about the dials and hands, hopefully you can read it.

Which book is this?

[luiazazrambo]

2 hours ago, jdm said:

Which book is this?

 

[Tony13]

5 hours ago, Stretch said:

Nice project to have.  I'll be interested to see the finished workmanship Tony

Thank you. It might take a while before I start on this one. I am just a hobby watchmaker and do not always have the funds to buy everything I need in one go. These Tudor's usually turn out quite nice when there done I will keep this post in mind.

[Nibbler]

[Gordie]

Guys firstly I must say that I am impressed on all the fantastic vintage watches you all collect 

Recently I purchased these 2 from ebay 

First is a Precisa automatic of unknown year but looks maybe 1960 ish 

Second is a Tissot manual wind of unknown years as well 

Maybe some of you may know brand and how old?

Both these are very nice shape Precisa is gold and Tissot is rose gold