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My Airspeed, an acrylic sandwich that houses a Miyota 8219 movement, The dial is laid our like a regulator. All in all a fun watch that I'm enjoying a lot.IMG_2008.JPG

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Boy, did I ever get lucky!  I went back to a local antique mall (more of a flea market, really) early this morning to buy something I'd seen several days ago. And it was still there!  And this time, I

steve1811uk
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1970 Seiko 5606-7000 with hand made stamp dial. Running at 0 SPD and amplitude over 300 degrees at full wind.

Neverenoughwatches
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An unusual one today, i picked this up a few weeks ago at an antiques fair. A Recoh Astromatic with a Baumgartner movement.  It has changing colour dial windows to indicate your luck and mood thoughou

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WillFly Distinguished Member

WillFly

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Oh, I think I'll join the pocket watch set - I have several. Here's the one I wear with a nice silver and gold waistcoat when I'm playing at weddings: An Elgin "Father Time" Grade 388.

 

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klinej54 Watch Enthusiast

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This is a 1897 Elgin Grade 116 B. W. Raymond I've been carrying for the last week or so.  It's a railroad grade during a time when stem sets were allowed to be used as railroad watches.  Several years later, that standard was changed to only allow lever sets in an effort to reduce miss-setting the watch during winding.

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On 4/16/2016 at 8:06 PM, ramrod said:

What is the size of pocket watch movement that would fit a 35 - 40 mm case?

 

20 hours ago, DaveCoatsworth said:

A better photo of the movement...

 

 

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Lovely watch.  Nice to see the pocket watch guys popping up!

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Someone is telling me that this watch is "JDM" because it shows a squared red 8 between "SAT" and "MON" plus other funny signs. I've also noticed that this microbrand is very rarely posted here, so here it is :D

 

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55 minutes ago, DaveCoatsworth said:

Nice B. W. Raymond.  Don't see two tone Elgins that often.

That's a beautiful watch. How do you clean the non-shock protected jewels? I see it has two little screws, but when I removed the screws on my pocket watch, the thing didn't even budge.

 

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You will still need a jeweling tool to mount the jewel properly or a staking tool. So if you have one or the other or both you don't need the above tool. 

ramrod Super WRT Addict

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On 11/3/2016 at 9:29 AM, dadistic said:

My Airspeed, an acrylic sandwich that houses a Miyota 8219 movement, The dial is laid our like a regulator. All in all a fun watch that I'm enjoying a lot.IMG_2008.JPG

that is really a great looking watch. who makes it? airspeed?

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12 hours ago, ramrod said:

that is really a great looking watch. who makes it? airspeed?

It's made by CJRwatches out of Hong Kong.  One of those Kickstarter things, I don't know whether it's going into regular production or not.

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man! i really like that. it's a very unusual design. i like how the subdials collide. i could own that one. the colors....everything is right.

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Wearing a Seiko 5 Sportsmatic today. Probably with a 6619 Movt inside. Dial has two dimples where the dial feet are. Crown at 4 and date quickset at 3. Dolphin on back is pretty much gone.

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2 hours ago, ramrod said:

i got a few dimpled dials. not much you can do about that i'm afraid.

that should have a quickset date with the push of the crown?

The date quickset is by the button at 3 o'clock. I believe this button is a replacement...from where I don't know as it doesn't look like any pusher I've seen before.

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54 minutes ago, RyMoeller said:

Okay, I challenge anyone to defeat this- the Merry Toys, a division of Leisure Dynamics, Inc. (I kid you not), wrist watch!

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I'll meet your challenge with a Genuine Hop-a-long Cassidy watch from the 50's ....

 

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And raise the ante with a Genuine Timex from the 80's  from their " Waterfall " Collection...

 

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