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  1. spinynorman
    Should be on a snake skin strap.
  2. spinynorman
    This one does it all by itself.
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    Fees are a bit nuts, to say the least. Plus Paypal charges. You might well end up as well off with a dealer.
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    There's at least 10 sold on ebay just in October. The key to success seems to be auction with starting bid under £2000, though I'm defining success as selling, whatever the market decides. Which may be less than you want.
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    Dead people
  6. spinynorman
    A bit of vintage quartz today, back from having a new crystal fitted, and now I've wrangled the hair-pulling ZRC bracelet off and replaced with alledgedly leather Nato.
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    That is something that bothers me. @Silver Hawk Are you still doing work on these?
  8. spinynorman
    What an amazing place. Great photos.
  9. spinynorman
    True. All the nice girls love a sailor.
  10. spinynorman
    While browsing around, I found a f300hz I like the look of. It would be my first electronic watch. Is there anything I should look out for, or things to consider before I drop money on one?
  11. spinynorman
    Sub = lower, underneath, inferior. How could anyone be happy with that?
  12. spinynorman
    That is something special. Great way to round off the collection, or maybe get a bigger box.
  13. spinynorman
    Allaine 30j Felsa 4000 with new crystal.
  14. spinynorman
    Great outcome on both watches. Did you get the dial restored on the chrome one, or is it just reflected light?
  15. spinynorman
    Jungle juice
  16. spinynorman
    Longines Admiral 2307-1 Cal 506.
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    "Vita" was a brand registered to Juillerat Freres in Malleray, Switzerland. My reference book says it was listed in 1966, but doesn't give a source. Also, the list of features on the dial includes "Phinastar", which was a brand of mainspring registered to W. Schwab-Feller, Uhrfedernfabrik «Phina», Büren in 1956. The registration ran till 1996, but was mainly advertised in the 1960s.
  18. spinynorman
    My first watch was a Timex and I find it really hard to shake that association with childhood. I know they make some really good watches, but there's still something in my head saying "yeah, but for children". Totally irrational. Would counselling help?
  19. spinynorman
    Codhor, on one of the nylon straps Roy was selling a while ago.
  20. spinynorman
    This gets more interesting. There was a Lancet Watch Co in Villeret which was liquidated in 1922. Needs more investigation to see what happened to it, but that'll have to wait till tomorrow. The movement dates to the 1940s, which is okay for the Keystone company, though it is outside the date range thrown up by the serial number. The pocket watch database only has American manufacturers.
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    Case serial number. You can look it up on pocketwatchdatabase.com, but that only narrows it down to pre 1927.
  22. spinynorman
    Santana
  23. spinynorman
    Add to that, the Keystone Watch Co, who cased the imported watch in the US. You can find "Victory" in the case grade table here. https://mb.nawcc.org/wiki/Keystone-Watch-Case-Co
  24. spinynorman
    Well, at least it is, or was, a bridge. Great photos btw.
  25. spinynorman
    It's Google Maps telling him "trust me, this bridge is perfectly safe".
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