Watch of Today

[VWatchie]

Just now, Delgetti said:

High frequency day: 36000 bph. 

Now, that's a bad boy watch! 

[GuyMontag]

1947 NOS Ambassador 'C'.

Actually, the case came without the movement so the movement isn't NOS, but she sure is pretty.

[Kkramme]

[SBGA405] Grand Seiko “Godzilla” Spring DriveI always enjoy coming back at the end of the week to my first Spring Drive watch which is a combined automatic mechanical watch and a high quality quartz — a Spring Drive.Impressive accuracy (10 seconds per month) and wears remarkably comfortable at 44.5 mm in diameter and 95 gm.Love the power reserve indicator, and the colour of the dial amd the watch band.One of my “perfect” watches!!

[noirrac1j]

10 hours ago, Kkramme said:

[SBGA405] Grand Seiko “Godzilla” Spring DriveI always enjoy coming back at the end of the week to my first Spring Drive watch which is a combined automatic mechanical watch and a high quality quartz — a Spring Drive.Impressive accuracy (10 seconds per month) and wears remarkably comfortable at 44.5 mm in diameter and 95 gm.Love the power reserve indicator, and the colour of the dial amd the watch band.One of my “perfect” watches!!

As  I kid, I'd watch Godzilla stomping over buildings and cars and I'd think to myself: Tokyo is a really dangerous place to live... . Cool watch!!

[Razz]

1973 Bulova Diamond Excellency Q. 11 AN mov't manual wind. Love the UFO look of this one. Not sure the size of the diamond but looking around for an advertisement to see if it is.listed....strap is not original but the buckle is signed along with the crown. In excellent condition. 

[GuyMontag]

20 minutes ago, Razz said:

1973 Bulova Diamond Excellency Q. 11 AN mov't manual wind. Love the UFO look of this one. Not sure the size of the diamond but looking around for an advertisement to see if it is.listed....strap is not original but the buckle is signed along with the crown. In excellent condition. 

This is such an odd Bulova. Off of the top of my head the only other mechanical Bulova that I can think of that has the 'Bulova' logo as an hour marker is the Golden Clipper 'J' (there must be others), one of my favorite dials. And then it has a solitary diamond, which is not unusual with Bulova, but paired with the 'Bulova' hour marker, that only leaves two quarter hour markers, and I can't think of another Bulova that has only two hour markers like that. You do you Bulova, no conformity here!

Edited May 8 by GuyMontag

[Razz]

26 minutes ago, GuyMontag said:

This is such an odd Bulova. Off of the top of my head the only other mechanical Bulova that I can think of that has the 'Bulova' logo as an hour marker is the Golden Clipper 'J' (there must be others), one of my favorite dials. And then it has a solitary diamond, which is not unusual with Bulova, but paired with the 'Bulova' hour marker, that only leaves two quarter hour markers, and I can't think of another Bulova that has only two hour markers like that. You do you Bulova, no conformity here!

I agree, very minimalist dial,  but then the diamond. The 1973 R has a black dial and gold case and is similar in layout. But on the MyBulova site there really is nothing else like it...

[Razz]

On 5/7/2024 at 9:20 PM, Razz said:

I agree, very minimalist dial,  but then the diamond. The 1973 R has a black dial and gold case and is similar in layout. But on the MyBulova site there really is nothing else like it...

Updated photos with new leather strap and original signed buckle. I like the minimalist strap - plain back with black thread...

Edited May 14 by Razz

[AndyHull]

Today felt like a Timex day, so I've been sporting a classic.  One of my favourite vintage watches, a 1969 Timex Marlin.

Just for the record, as I recall this is a 404 club watch, and arrived pretty beaten up, and in need of a service. 

Its probably worth somewhat more than four quid after a little TLC.

The picture probably doesn't do it justice. Wearing it, the watch looks and feels almost new.

Edited Thursday at 09:02 PM by AndyHull

[RichardHarris123]

I have a love/hate relationship with Timex. Partly hate the crudeness of the movements but also admire that they keep on going, a bit like dollar watches. I can't fault the look. 

[AndyHull]

The movement is positively agricultural, but you can't deny that for a 55 year old watch, its not looking half bad.

Furthermore it is running pretty well for what it is. Often they are all over the place. This is what I am getting without a rewind, so the amplitude is starting to fade a little after a long day, but the accuracy and the beat error 'aint half bad for an ancient Timex pin lever.

They can be a bit of a faff to actually get running anywhere near as well as this sometimes, and a lot of them are somewhat tired and worn out, but this one is still marching on. I can't remember how long ago I serviced this one, but it was probably a couple of years ago, and I imagine the only time the mechanism had see the light of day before that was when it was in the factory in Dundee.

For what little it is worth, I'm sitting here writing some notes with a stainless steel Parker 45, which is another design classic.

I just looked up the date code on the pen (IIA if anybody is interested). At 32 years old, the pen by comparison is a relative youngster.

[LittleWatchShop]

3 hours ago, RichardHarris123 said:

I have a love/hate relationship with Timex. Partly hate the crudeness of the movements but also admire that they keep on going, a bit like dollar watches. I can't fault the look. 

My dad (watchmaker running his own business) hater them. I have serviced a few. In a strange way, they are brilliant.

[HectorLooi]

I love Timexes. But there is absolutely no money to be made if we were to do a full disassembly, clean and oil.

But with the advent of the ultrasonic cleaner, I wonder if we can get away with just dunking the fully assembled movement, sans the dial and hands, into the ultrasound. It should be better than the dunk and swish method.