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my new catch just arrived today...
... first JLC automatic movement cal. 12A... is happily wearing it till this weekend. stefan
i love panda dials Ludi
if the Zodiacs were easier to date and fitted into 1964 i would probably have one by now. i've even considered buying a cheap speedy and the Mitsuoki Japanese edition white panda dial just to have one. if you can assist with any dating details i need for ...
Hello Graham...
... both of them as a serial number at 6 (inner lugs) and the case were manufactured by Heuer. There is no archive available, but Mark Moss, from chronocentric OTD forum (his e mail is available there), has compiled a huge serial number database and can h...
Like North & South of a magnet........
Total opposites sometimes attract. Love the look of them both Regards Tony
Yin and Yang
Black and white. I love the contrast. And it shows how superbly legible black hands on white dial or white hands on black can be. Watches for different moods. Love the shot. Andrew
yes, for sure, I wear watch on my left hand,
often its right face shows. thanks This message has been edited by chronomtr on 2012-05-25 06:20:09
That's fun ...
... and the pierced dial has a Sarpaneva feel to it. What size is the watch? Any wristshots? Needs a dedicated post on HoMe! Regards Andrew
this looks like a rock...
this looks like a rock solid tool watch. i really like the minimalist dial if you can call it that. i bet i couldnt find one anywhere no matter how hard i tried, but i have my Zenton Bronze to stretch my tendons. go on chronomtr, lets see a full post on i...
Ok, now you can tell us: Are you planning to open a Museum?
One thing is sure: This Black Memo is not the most expensive watch in the world, but not the less appealing. Another one in my wish list... Best, Nicolas
No but it does seem I am heading to that direction
Been visiting the dark side recently. Too many night visit by the devil sure gets me into trouble. Found out I am a weak man... when it comes to temptations. I think in future I'll stick back to the cheap 3 hands watch. Simple, complication free and at le...
There are not cheaper, when they are fine. ;) [nt]
No message body This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-05-25 00:42:07
Are freaks allowed ?
first you think it's an albino, then you realize it's a freak ;-) Or maybe the guys from the Peruvian Airforces just liked that later model bezel on their pre-Daytona ;-) This message has been edited by DrStrong on 2012-05-24 12:56:18...
Great 6238.
I have seen a few pre Daytona mismatch configuratio. Most claim it from FAP. Is that a real story second this? Coming back to the watch. This pre Daytona has a lot of charm Regard Tyler
Thanks Tyler. In fact...
this watch came from the military source with this "uncorrect" 6239 bezel, like a couple of other 6238's. So I guess these bezels were retrofitted on the watches in the late 1960's because they were easier to read than the inner bezel printed on the dial....
thats a beauty Jeff
the condition of the dial is amazing for its age. you sure find all of the best goodies which suits us all. you get to own them and we get to see them. best Graham
Very nice Cal 914!
Congrats, T-bomb! This one you shouldn't show to Nico...! HAGWE Blomman
Yes, my favourite...
Colour when it comes to the Funky bunch! Thank yoy, Nilo! Best Blomman
You really know how to mix them up!
You really know how to mix them up, Blomman. The bracelet combination is so cool. Was this a JLC option in the 1970's? Thanks for the shots. Andrew
No only an option...
It was the original configuration shown in the catalogue! Thank you, Andrew! Best Blomman...
That little cartoon ...
... made me think of a mobile phone ringing - the modern equivalent. Great to see the brochure. It really brings this historical piece alive. Andrew
On the way back from Vegas;;; A few more hours spent in LA
Before taking the plane for Paris... What a time we had. I count on you for the next one, my friend. And bring this special Cartier Tank with these red numbers I love so much! All the best. Nicolas
Wish I had these memories...
and watch! Missed the big GTG last year... Hope to make it to the next! Best, my friend Blomman
Of course. We were in your car! :)))
Thank you so much, Chill Bill. All the best, Nicolas.
It doesn't get more classically dressy than that!
Perfect dress watch and it looks great on you. You will have to post a profile shot one day to demonstrate just how thin it is. A remarkable pure watch from VC. Congratulations! Andrew
Huge congrats, Respo! :)
Stunning piece! You really have gone all in into VC! Best Blomman
Great picture ....
As usual. I notice that the TZ is set to Brazil! Cheers, Nilo (from Brazil)
The hands are very thoughtfully designed
And you capture the watch very well as usual, Davo. Thanks! Andrew
Funny category of watches, indeed.
We should re post a thread like this. Watches you bought, sold and re bought... I think Rilex will be quoted, often... Best, Nicolas
A horological staple
An important part of our diet. Not surprising you keep coming back for nourishment. Great weekend watch on the NATO. Andrew
From a time when ...
... Chronometer really meant something. With modern manufacturing techniques it's doesn't seem to have such meaning these days. Love the large sub seconds dail and arabics. Andrew
That's the Mystery Reverso with no hands on the dial
and what time is it? its always Smiling time : )
What a great shot!! I feel it resumes what ...
... this passion is all about: timepieces we love, and which make us smile everytime we stare at them (which is something we do more times than necessary, during all day!) Congrats for your imagination foowy! Very creative! Best cordial regards, Abel.
chocolate dial omega
This gave me considerable pleasure, although a little large for the wrist. Nice glossy dial, all original, what's not too like? Conor...
I like the dial, but ...
... it's going to take me a while to get used to the bezel. Perhaps ahead of its time. Andrew
Ceramic Bezel
Made by a specialist German firm, Villeroy&Boch. They have yet to carve out a reputation for their horological productions, but I'm working on it.
if Meissen can do it...
if Meissen can do it with Glashutte the Villeroy & Bosch can do it, perhaps not with Omega though. whoever made/ordered that cake must really love you, in all my years of Omega ownership ive never had a watch cake and i suffer for it...
We need the worlds biggest watch cake for ...
... IGOTT3! I can see a Guiness World Record in PuristS future. Andrew
Mother nature can't match the lume ...
... on the Ref. 5513! Natural thermal pool at Rotorua, New Zealand Andrew...
You should try to work on a pictorial essay on this watch all aorund the world, my friend.
That would be very ernjoyable to see! Best, Andrew, Nicolas
It is a frequent travel companion ...
... and replaced the IWC Mark XV as the travel watch. You have to have a certain level of faith in a watch (both its chronometric performance and automatic winding efficiency) in order to travel away from home with it. Sorry I didn't bring it to Paris, bu...
Very cool - is that...
Hey Andrew, Is that sulfur in the water? Like on Island? Best Blomman
I am hungry now... What a dial, and what a watch, my friend.
A ray of sun, that all this dial needs to enhance its beauty. I am sure your WE will be great. All the best, my friend. Nicolas.
Yes...
when it catches the sun, the dial just explodes chocolate. yet, on a cloudy day the dial can look black. Stunning dial..... and a prodigal watch for me. You know it has a good home. HAGWE too!
let me guess ... ... this one is from the Italian tree in your garden.
My oh my. How many of these chocolate thunder do you have. Wait! Don't tell me. Please for the sake of my sanity don't post their photos here. HAGWE Regard Tyler
from French oak tree
Tyler.... my chocolate watches are like the first Terminator film....it just keeps coming
i'm not a Panerai fan, but i love that brown dial
i have a couple of brown dialled pieces and really like them. i think brands are realising that we like the brown of a vintage 'tropic' dial and are cashing in by making them in new pieces. Omega, Panerai and others. nice looker Baron Graham
Ha..Graham...
I am not a fan of Panerai either...I have two and wish it was just one...but the one I would keep is this 36...it is a marvel
i have to say it...
i have to say it does look good, very good in fact, but its a p..pa...panerai...
i know....
..... i know. But the dial..... I do need to get down to one P...P...Pan... I need to sell one
Baron, A lovely combination dial mixes nicely......
With the titanium case. HAGWE my friend
Nilo, Nilo, what a question...
Nilo, Nilo, what a question to ask, would i stray from the theme just for Rolex ? they are both 64s, the 5513 is a iii.64, my birth quarter and the 1603 is iv.64, Nicos birth quarter. im undecided what my next Rolex will be, an explorer, a GMT or a whi...
Great pair, Graham
I am ii 64 so we nearly have the whole year covered. I passed on a iii 64 1675 a couple of years back because I wanted it to be the right quarter. One day. ;-) A
thank you Andrew, i’m...
thank you Andrew, im very pleased with my big entry into Rolex. i had the 1002 before these, but it didnt do the same for me as these do. im doing 3 times daily timing checks and the 5513 has settled down to + 3 seconds. the 1603 is running at 15 so ne...
This one always...
hits me hard when I see it! Love the moon face on this one! Best Blomman
Wish I can participate Tyler. Can't post pic as my motherboard burnt!
Just wearing my simple Exp I today. We should meet up and talk about the weather.
i like the look of...
i like the look of the strap DeBalzac, is it a Roy Taylor original or something you have added ? best Graham
thanks, i like the colour....
thanks, i like the colour. it matches a lot of pale lume. must take a look. best G
Let's talk accuracy ...
Disclaimer: Not my watch. It belongs to a dear friend. Some info from the late, and missed, Chuck Maddox site: " The most accurate wristwatch in the world. Still today, the Megaquartz 2400 is, indisputably, the most accurate, the most technologically adva...
This one always intrigued me.
The look is not my cup of tea, nor the fact that is not mechanical, but its concept... Thanks for sharing it with us, Nilo! Best, Nicolas
My feelings are about the same ...
I was intrigued with the concept and the (claimed and confirmed) ability to maintain time. This one, even with 40 or so years old, was timed and I could not notice ANY deviation after one week (not wearing)! I believe that this watch was the top of the qu...
another beauty Nilo. still the...
another beauty Nilo. still the only watch accurate nothing to be given the title of Marine Chronometer at COSC testing. a full set is hard to find, i had one but no box or papers, just a service guarantee which is pretty good to have. of course it went ...
They show up here, from time to time ...
Not very frequently but I was never tempted to burn some quids on those. Now that I know that is the most accurate... who knows. Cheers Nilo
Super Funky! :)
What a beast! Looks like a monster on your granddaughter's wrist! Best Blomman
You go to see what are true funky watches ...
On a post that I'm preparing. Tentative title is "70's watch designers powered by LSD?". I mentioned the "funky watch" concept that we play here to some friends and I was able to capture, on a local GTG, the essential of funkiness! A teaser: Omega Seamast...
thats a catch even if...
thats a catch even if its not yours Nilo. i have never seen one of these in the flesh. i had the anakin skywalker model with tungsten cap, but the black one was too elusive for me. yep it is an 861. you need to prize that off your friends wrist and put ...
Not my "cup of tea" ...
Graham, Even if it was, it belongs to a dear friend that is a "black hole" (once in, never out). Wait and you go to see some true desirable ones. Cheers, Nilo This message has been edited by nilomis on 2012-05-27 04:08:48
my longterm favorite
Sorry for not posting much recently, but I certainly wish all of you a nice long weekend! Best Andreas...
It has been a while ...
... since we have seen the 40mm Pt/WG Resonance, and made all the sweeter because of it. You wear it well and of course the seconds are perfectly synchronised! I would expect nothing less. ;-) Hope all is well. Andrew
They do know how to make cool modern designs ...
... and that dial looks particularly nice. You seem to have two seconds hands, though! ;-) You wear it well, pity you had to hand it back, but the moment is captured! Andrew
my new catch just arrived today...
... first JLC automatic movement cal. 12A... is happily wearing it till this weekend. stefan...
That speaks loud. :) When you have the time, please post a picture.
JLC claims that their first auto movement is the 476... Hence my interest in your movement... Best, my friend. Nicolas
Love the hands!
Congratulations, Stefan. I don't know much about this reference, but I love those hands. Nicely done. Andrew
Thanks, Andrew. Indeed the heat blue hands are gorgeous...
... I have another vintage JLC which its hands also have similar color and shape. Stefan
Congrats, Stefan! :)
Another very nice catch! Damn, you are fast these days...! Best Blomman
Yes I also know ...
In this year, my collection seems growing too fast, I need to slow down a bit, but too many nice pieces are flashing in front of me, very hard to resist to take home Stefan
Nice photo Snak, here's one back at you
In almost-real-time we see "positively good for your cat and the world you share" - who writes this crap? This message has been edited by cazalea on 2012-05-25 11:32:19...
They spend the big money for "branding experts"...
...and the trend towards touchy feely copy on pet food packaging since it's emotion that catches people. Unfortunately some of it can be rather vapid. This is often what happens when copy is written by committee, or that the original writer nailed it, but...
I got to play...
with a friends SM - PO. I was very impressed by the raw beauty and the solid feel! Best Blomman
Went shopping for a "new" vintage watch, and came up with nothing
how do you guys find everything? I have to go with this old thing today PS - my garden is a MESS! (As Mrs Cazalea says, "Repeat after me: No more PuristSPro web surfing, get out and clean up the weeds...")...
that dial is just stunning...
that dial is just stunning Mike, it gets me everytime i see it, beauty personified. G
yes, great isn't it?
especially in the sun, which we don't have any of today - it's about to rain. But my pal in Wareham says it's 90 over there and too hot! Mike
i can confirm that. walked...
i can confirm that. walked to post box and my scalp was burning by the time i got back. should have worn my hat. G
" A small watch which has all of a great one ". Go gardening! :) [nt]
No message body This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-05-25 11:33:53
Who needs a new watch if has already has this beauty?
Lovely clean dial with prominent numbers and the applied Omega logo and writing is stunning. Good luck my wife is in care of our garden anyway ! But, of course, your wife is right, that living things should preferably be cared for than ticking ones. Kind ...
Got this as a gift a couple weeks ago...
..my friend bought this Molnija 18 jewel pocket watch in Moscow in the early 80s for 2 ruples. Had been sitting in a drawer ever since. Lubed the index wheel and it's been running great ever since. Weighs a ton. The Russians didn't mess around when it cam...
That is waht I call a milky dial. Very nice. Any pictures of the movement? [nt]
No message body This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-05-25 21:57:54
I had this open at my watchmakers...
...but forgot to take a picture. The caseback is of the snap on variety and was on very tight. Very clean and quite nice movement. This is pretty much what it looked like. Mine is cleaner. The dial looks like porcelain, but is actually just plastic. Still...
Nothing fancy, just on my wrist ...
for the last three days travelling Portugal, Spain and Spain again with ambulance flights. Very legible and nice to look at. Not a really good photograph, sorry! Kind regards and a good week-end to everyone anaesdoc...
Thanks, Nicolas, I did!
Luckily Portugal and Spain may suffer with regard to their financial power, but travelling seems safe to me and the people (in the hotel, restaurant, taxi) are friendly. I am happy not travelling Libya or Syria, not talking about North Korea or Somalia, j...
I know Spain and Spanish People very well...
I love this country whiich I consider as my second country... And Spanish people is just fantastic. Ol! Nicolas
It a classic enamel PSM day here
Picture snapped a day ago, but still wearing it... HAGWE, Tim...
Any watch?...
How about a watch box? From a recent convert to the AP brand - (Still not sure about the ROO LE for everything, though....) Cheers, pplater....
Hmmmm, not so sure, Amanico...
Unless perhaps they come out with the ROO "Perfectly-Plain-and-Available-in-Vast-Numbers-from-Boutiques-Everywhere-at-a-Really-Neat-Price" Limited Edition.... Cheers, pplater.
Don't think of them as limited editions ...
... just think of them as the number of pieces the marketing department thinks they should be able to sell. ;-) Cynically yours. A Ps. Can Moderators make jokes like that?
Only you will regard a sonnerie as just any watch.
I'm not sure a ROO will grace your wrist any day HAGWE Tyler
Congratulations K.
the Jules are beautiful, I love the simplicity and a 1/4 repeater, bravo. Cheers Francois
'Merci', Francois...
We really must arrange a coffee before much longer. Cheers, pplater.
Yes, for sure, but during the week it's no good for me..
Unless you are south of the river! Or perhaps Saturday? Cheers Francois This message has been edited by Dr No on 2012-05-27 10:41:11
Spot . . .
. . . the moderators. The So Cal gang is hosting our colleague from Tokyo this weekend . . ....
Spot the mod!
This trivial rhyme came to my mind when reading your post, Art. I am imagining which watch is belonging to whom? Anice gathering anyway. Sorry for not keeping silent Best regards anaesdoc
Moderators all, anaesdoc . . .
. . . Rolexes courtesy Bill, AP courtesy Ed, GS courtesy Ken, and Zenith courtesy yours truly ;-) . . .
Not very safe to wear a gold watch in the streets down here...
... much less if it is a Rolex. But I feel the urge to put a little wear in this one, from time to time. This is an old Datejust reference 6305/1 circa 1954, which I really love. Have a nice week end friends! Very cordially, Abel. And of course, my "Paris...
Sweet goldie, Abel. The black dial goes very well with the colored gold case.
Even a non colored gold guy like me can like that! Un abrazo desde un Paris lleno de sol, por una vez! Nicolas
Thank you my dear friend! So glad you like ti! I agree with you...
...that black goes so nice with the gold case. I find this watch so discreet and elegant! Let me say I envy you so much: in Paris and with a nice sunny day! We are cold and rainy here, just a long whole week without seing the good sun! Enjoy the week end ...
I guess I fancy this one
Have a great weekend and a nice Memorial day. Bill Rolex 1675 Chapter Ring PCG...
A little military provenence
From a royal navy seaman out pf portsmouth 1963 caseback inscribed grade and serial.
sounds like that needs to...
sounds like that needs to come home Bill and im the closest purist to Portsmouth naval docks. im pretty much swimming distance, but if you knew how many different ships travelled these waters youd understand why i refrain from trying it
Gilty as charged
Sweet gmt Great glossy doal with a nice blue jeans insert. Hagwe Bill
Friday? but..it's Sunday here...
One we don't see often on this forum......I think this is one of the loveliest annual calendar.....of course I am biased! Cheers from Down Under Francois...
Ate it last night for dinner........
Just kidding, although we do eat kangaroo from time to time at home, it is very tasty and no fat, no cholesterol....I am going to the golf course now and if I see a kangaroo who says hello to you I will convey the message. Bonnie journee mon ami. A+ Franc...
Well, I guess I won't see any Kangaroo at the Court of Justice today...
As I have to work today... Have a good coursen mon ami. Best, Nicolas
Absolutely beautiful
Those JLCs Memovox are really something ... Congratz Tyler and thanks for this really clear picture of yours. For me it is for today something "a little different" but still black ^^ HAGWE all Mark...
