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CQBgopher
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Location: WA/MT Joined: Thu Sep 6, 2012 Posts: 8266
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_________________ Rara Temporum Felicitas Ubi Sentire Quae Velis Et Quod Velis Dicere Licet. ― Tacitus "Well, nobody's perfect." ― Osgood Fielding III
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Sure, I'll bite. I've been collecting watches for 25 years. Rolex, Omega, VC, Patek, Zenith El Primero's, Titoni, Panerai, Cartier mostly. All mechanical. Got started on Timezone.com, first watch was an Invicta Auto Diver for $90. Hahaha Used to import Zenith from England, hate all their new stuff. Took a couple watch making classes, I like regulating watches. Sold most of my watches and gave a bunch to my kids. Found other hobbies. My daily wear is a Rolex P Series SeaDweller I bought new in 2001. Also have a 18K/18K Mont D'Or Chronograph, and a Panerai Tantalum chrono.
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Nate
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Location: South Puget Sound (sounds more hoity toity than Puyallup) Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 Posts: 1351
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Sure...
I met a master watch maker, and he ended up giving me an ad hoc training over a couple months on how to disassemble/reassemble a watch. (I'm a nerd for most things mechanical).
At the end of the training, I broke down a pocket watch to discrete components, reassembled it, and it worked! Learned to wear a face mask during the process. One little sneeze, and rubies scatter like dust.
Got into vintage Japanese dive watches, and vintage Russian watches. Still have a few laying about, but have also moved on from this "hobby". Grandson is recipient of several, will probably get the rest at some point.
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foggood11
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Location: Western Washington Joined: Wed May 28, 2014 Posts: 284
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Been accumulating for only the last 5 or 6 years. Lower end mechanicals, mix of autos and handwinds, but I like them and rotate wear every few days or so. Mine are mainly German. Have 5 from Stowa, and 1 flieger from Laco. And a couple weeks ago, took delivery of a Yema (French) watch in a bronze case. It was a Kickstarter pledge: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yemawatches/yema-superman-heritage-bronze-iconic-dive-watch-reissue?ref=checkout_rewards_page . Haven't been able to get this thing off my wrist since I got it. It's starting to patina up, nicely.
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CQBgopher
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Location: WA/MT Joined: Thu Sep 6, 2012 Posts: 8266
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_________________ Rara Temporum Felicitas Ubi Sentire Quae Velis Et Quod Velis Dicere Licet. ― Tacitus "Well, nobody's perfect." ― Osgood Fielding III
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zombie66
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Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6301
Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21151
Real Name: Vick Lagina
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No, and fuar-k no. I Sneeze/spilled the rubies?! Again?!??! [stomp]]stomp]]stomp]] "....fracking cheep ROLex piece of shi..." (kicks table)
See,for life skills I was somewhat good at "lift that end, Dgeeyum! Dgeeyum? Are you lifting? " (Do you even lift, bro?)
and I was ranked second best at:
"Stand there, Dgeeyum; breathe That direction..." .. "nail that". ( "Not THAT! G*d&$$*t!! Can't you understand simple instructions?! GIMMEE that!...")
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“A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5862
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I took surevaliance's advice and got a Vostok watch from eBay for $32 OTD and it works great! Have to get use to how it operates, not like anything I've used before. Self winding, old world craftsmanship. I had a Russian mechanical watch in my stash I never used, but it is not a Vostok watch, but Buran. I don't like the hands, they are too small so I sold it. It took me forever on finding with the English translation of my watch was so I could sell it appropriately.
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Nate
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Location: South Puget Sound (sounds more hoity toity than Puyallup) Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 Posts: 1351
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Vostok's are my favorite of the Russian watches. Got to be careful of Russian watches, though...they'll slap any old movement in a case and pass it off if to the unsuspecting if they can. Here is a custom that I put together. Vostok dial, Swiss auto movement, custom hands, second hand, and dial ring, see through caseback. I sourced parts from several countries to assemble this.
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Here are a couple.
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Titoni Sportster. (wouldn't fit in the last post.) Bought this one new in 2000 from Wayne Lee (Roachman.com) for $318. Made in Grenchen, Switzerland, not well known here but are HUGE in asia. https://www.titoni.ch/en.htmlHard to find these days, wish I had more. Great deal on a well made Swiss watch. I still have this one but it needs a service, ex wife and my kids wore it. I have tons more watch pictures, just have to figure out which drives they are on. A lot are kinds crappy and digital cameras in 2000 werent what they are now. Some are scans from my flat bed scanner. Hahaha
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CQBgopher
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zombie66
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Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6301
Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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dan360 wrote: Awesome stuff people. Keep it up.
My beater watch go-to is either a G Shock GW9300-1JF JDM Atomic Mudman with carbon fiber, the Marathon TSAR sterile dial (no gov inference) or a Glycine Combat Sub with ETA 2824.
Anyone check out the YouTube watch channels?
My Glycine. Cheap and durable. They’ve been bought by Invicta but so far quality hasn’t changed much. Their volume has and the discounts are pretty good. So that is why Costco now carrys Glycine watches? , I knew something was up when I saw them....
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CQBgopher
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Guntrader
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Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Ashford has a ton of Glycine watches. In the 90's they were famous for their many 24 hour dial pilot watches and the huge incursore. https://www.ashford.com/us/watches/glyc ... 51180&so=4Have the black dial Combat for $289 with a leather strap.
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