I have spent many hours looking for the ideal vintage field watch, 33-35 mm case, just enough patina, pencil hands, a bit luminaceous. Well, when one of my own watches for sale came up in my search, I thought perhaps I should look closer to home, and lurking in technology corner I found this!
Rolco oyster in 'Snowite' case. Beguelin Cal. 51 complete with dust cover.
Having therefore saved several hundred pounds, that means I can now afford an even more expensive watch, doesn't it?
Only marginally, just finished polishing my post and it's already gone midnight. It might look like I just chuck my posts up ....! But yes, if I start a WRUW thread I post a picture quickly then edit. If you spend ages typing and choosing pictures and looking up info about your watch, by the time you get around to posting it, unbeknownst to you, someone else has come along and started the WRUW thread and we end up with two. By spending as little time as possible starting the thread, the window of opportunity for two people to be doing it at the same time is reduced.
Have another picture.
Can you tell I took it through a magnifying glass?
But I've had it on for 20 minutes or so and the expanding bracelet is doing my nuts in. On the other hand, I'm going to be doing mad random stuff and i really don't mind if this gets damaged.
But I've had it on for 20 minutes or so and the expanding bracelet is doing my nuts in. On the other hand, I'm going to be doing mad random stuff and i really don't mind if this gets damaged.
Going a little further East today with this 1960s "cross-dial" UMF (Uhren und Maschinenfabrik) from the Shangri-La that was the GDR.
The shading of the dial sectors change according to the angle of the light and it runs on a UMF 23, a short-lived (1961 - 1963) movement before being superseded by the easier and cheaper to manufacture UMF 24 series.
Been raiding the Citizen box a lot recently. Today's offering, the Crystal Seven Custom, a bit battered on the outside, but its 21J Cal 5270 soldiers on.
I don't have the watch volume to be changing throughout the day, but I can switch a strap.
Is a Nato on a Carrera a No-No? Because I quite like it.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
UK Watch Forum
1.6M posts
54.2K members
Since 2003
A forum community dedicated to UK watch owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about watch collections, displays, watch winders, accessories, classifieds, and more! We welcome all manufacturers including Casio G-Shock, OMEGA, Rolex, Breitling, Rolex and Tudor, Seiko, Grand Seiko and others.