What are your oldest watches?
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Re: What are your oldest watches?
My omega speedmaster mark ii dates back to the 1970s and is my first foray into the vintage world.
Strangely enough, out of all my watches it has the most futuristic looking case. A watch way ahead of its time in my humble opinion.
She's a real beauty and I'm playing around with the idea of sending her for a full re-polish at watchco to get that sunburst case back to its original glory.
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The oldest watch I have is a Roidor from the early 1950s that was given to my Grandfather for 25 years service with The Distillers Company.
It runs quite well but is rather stiff to wind; I keep meaning to treat it to a service.
My own personal oldest watch is a Seiko digital quartz chrono alarm calendar from the early 1970s.
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It runs quite well but is rather stiff to wind; I keep meaning to treat it to a service.
My own personal oldest watch is a Seiko digital quartz chrono alarm calendar from the early 1970s.
Guy
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Some fine old watches appearing here. I can't believe that I have the oldest wristwatch AND the oldest pocket watch. Wristwatch, perhaps, but surely someone can beat 1883 for a PW?
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I don't know for certain if this is older, but it is circa 1880 I am sure.
This has been on my to do list for quite some time. I am pretty certain it has a broken balance pivot. It is a Swiss movement KWKS. I really think this has some serious potential to be a real beauty when cleaned up just a bit.
These are my photos of the condition I received it in.
This has been on my to do list for quite some time. I am pretty certain it has a broken balance pivot. It is a Swiss movement KWKS. I really think this has some serious potential to be a real beauty when cleaned up just a bit.
These are my photos of the condition I received it in.
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I would happily concede the palm to that one, Kip...what a gorgeous dial!
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Thank you. The dial is beautiful. That is what attracted me to it in the first place.
It hardly shows any wear at all. It will hopefully cleanup whenever I get to it, but it will be a very delicate process.
It hardly shows any wear at all. It will hopefully cleanup whenever I get to it, but it will be a very delicate process.
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Cotton buds and patience!
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My Omega Geneve is from '61. Hand wound and runs like a dream. Inspired to wear it today, for the first time in a while, after perusing the vintage forum
Not changed my signature in ages!
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Omega Geneve (1961)
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Serlo wrote:My Omega pocket watch has turned 100 this year...
It was awarded to someone who had been working in a the emperor Friedrich mines and has been treasured ever since... Two world wars...
However, I was once told that my no name pocket watch is older than that. Some specialists have dated this watch (the one in the left corner) before 1900. I had it revised and it came back to me looking like new. Actually I was a bit disappointed because I liked the way the silver had put on a patina.
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Does this use the Labrador movement? If so, I've the same, albeit without such wonderful provenance, and in a U.S. (Fahys) case, dating from 1908.
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Just seen this thread.
My oldest is from my Grandfather.
So relatively new, estimate 1930s.
Apology for poor quality pics.
My oldest is from my Grandfather.
So relatively new, estimate 1930s.
Apology for poor quality pics.
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Heh! When I saw this thread I was just thinking of running up to my watch box to take a pix of my old Seiko digital from 1975 - looks exactly like yours other than it is black(ish) on the face. I was told when I bought it from an AD back then that it was the first digital watch Seiko was releasing in Canada, and it had literally *just* come out. [That could have been BS, but I like the story so never questioned it.]Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: My own personal oldest watch is a Seiko digital quartz chrono alarm calendar from the early 1970s.
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