Vintage watch of the day (30 years+)

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:09 am

NOS Darwil. Still stickered.

asqwerth · Post by **asqwerth** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:43 am

Longines with textured bezel

https://imgur.com/Y7EuoIq

golfjunky · Post by **golfjunky** » Mon May 01, 2023 10:39 am

watchaholic · Post by **watchaholic** » Sun May 07, 2023 12:14 am

Pretty sure I have properly decoded the serial number, giving this a manufacture date of April 1980.

gaf1958 · Post by **gaf1958** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:39 am

Early seventies at its best; Omega Memomatic.

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:33 pm

14702-1, cal 552.

golfjunky · Post by **golfjunky** » Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:15 am

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:26 am

1950ies Darwil with Darwil cal. 7018 (Unitas) and screw back waterproof case.

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:52 pm

Heavilly patinated 1950-ies bumper Omega Seamaster

ricki · Post by **ricki** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:02 pm

gaf1958 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:39 am Early seventies at its best; Omega Memomatic.

I just have to say, that is STUNNING. It’s in amazing condition.

ricki · Post by **ricki** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:04 pm

Hope you enjoy my 40s/50s ALSTA triple date!

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:30 am

18k gold cased Darwil and couple old Omegas. 14702-1 and 2576.

scampbell61 · Post by **scampbell61** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:00 pm

In 1942, my father enlisted in the US Army, served in Europe and then part of the occupation after the war. He purchased this watch in 1949 at the PX in Germany. The PX only received a few Rolexes every month and they sold out really fast. My father got the clerk to hold one of the watches until payday. The watch ended up costing a few dollars more than a Second Lieutenant’s pay at that time, so he had to borrow a few dollars from a friend in order to buy the Rolex.
My father wore this Rolex 6031 throughout the Korean War, to his retirement from the military in the late 60s and until he passed in 1989. He would have been 103 this month.
Now you know that I got my watch obsession honestly.

sinner777 · Post by **sinner777** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:21 pm

^^^ STUNNING!

And yet today, to purchase Rolex from Military paycheck you would have to be wetworks undercover operative.

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