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£4.50 was just under half my 16 year old craft apprentice wage in August 1974
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G Shock Marcelo Burlon:
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Seiko 7T42-6A00 sports 150.
tick-tock-tittle-tattle replied to hartley353's topic in Japanese Watches
Thanks for that, do I get a badge or something? A nice badge may make me feel a little better right now or maybe you could suggest where I could get therapy. -
One from Big M I had an old Aunt who lived in Sheffield in the 70's, went to Sheffield Top Rank a few times. By chance I saw The Jam there one weekend probably before the were well known. Not sure it was £4.50, that was a lot of money back then, I was only getting about seven or eight quid a week as an apprentice so it might have been before this.
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I have several watches with (I think) ST96 movements, Most of them have broken mainsprings, I'm wondering if it's a weakness with this movement This was the latest to suffer the bad luck although it actually broke years ago, Almost straight after I bought it but it's so nice that I can't bring myse;lf to scrap it and there's no repaires that I know of near by 9ct Rodania. Hmmm, I recalled someone saying about a place at Doncaster that repairs older watches, Probably only 25 or 30 miles from me too! John
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Hi all I've had this watch for years, Got it for a quid at the bootsale, It runs well and keeps time to say how scruffy it is inside(Shorter hand is actually the minute hand!!)I reckon it must have been a plaything for the kids and had no crystal in or something!! Over on facebook a chap that restores watches says he will fully restore it for £600, Would the watch be worth £600 when restored or would it be a pricey project?, Is that the going rate for a full resto? (Never had one done before!!) I don't actually have £600 spare at the moment so had to tell the chap that it'll have to wait (Been off work for ten weeks after a replacement knee!!).. John
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Roller Daimler V250 John Some aeryplanes that kept going by making a racket!! The sky was very moody back at this show! A35? And a Frog eyse coming at me! A couple of prancing horses John
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Great shots of a superb car. I love the look of that engine.
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A couple more.. Daimler SP250 Daimler 15hp Bristol John
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My car at uni was a Triumph Herald.
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Yep, I think that was a Vanguard, I can recall my aunty having one when I was a kid, She used it to work for a Taxi company called Abbey Taxis!! A nice classy old Lagonda John
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Nothing wrong with those pics, and anyway, it's always good to see some real classics. Is the one at the top a Vanguard? For the first set I posted, I saw someone else taking closeup shots of grills, badges, facias. So I copied them and was quite pleased with the results. It's still nice to see the whole car, though.
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Well Karrusel, They were supposed to be pipes for the petro-chemical industry! How were we to know that pipes for the petro-chemical industry shouldn't have an eight ton breech?! John
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Though it's no consolation, welcome to the £40 Seiko 7txx club.
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WARNING!: Fake Presage Cocktail Time.
tick-tock-tittle-tattle replied to Allthingsmustpass's topic in Japanese Watches
Thanks for that info, I will check the number on my watch tomorrow, could have been a costly mistake??? -
Seiko 7T42-6A00 sports 150.
tick-tock-tittle-tattle replied to hartley353's topic in Japanese Watches
I have just sold a fully working one on Ebay and only got £40, I was gutted! -
I agree, the logo looks like one of the Ebay Indian specials, parts of it will be genuine Seiko parts in there. They appear to like the 6349 movement. Sorry :-(
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Silk purse fro a sows ear.
tick-tock-tittle-tattle replied to hartley353's topic in Japanese Watches
Out of interest, how much does a silver plating tank cost, and, how good are the results? -
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in my pocket.
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Looks good, like the b@5t@rd lovechild of a Rado Captain Cook and a Tudor BB.
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Here's another two,
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I think the prices on Chrono are very much the highest price you will ever see for a watch as I think dealers expect to be hit with a low offers. I totally agree with you that a 7T32-7C60 is worth somewhere between £200 to £300 depending on condition. I currenlty have a 7T42-6A00 (gold coloured dial and bezel) on for £180 as it is boxed, with instructions and in fantastic condition, a similar watch on Chrono would be around £300 if not more. By the way guys, very sorry for the slow reply to your comments, I do not appear to be getting notified that someone has replied to my comment even though I have that button checked.
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Literally everytime they came on sale they were snapped up. Worked out a £320 UK which could be worse.
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