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Quote:Originally Posted by miran everything that made America great, or at least the America of my delusions...you drove a red sportscar through imitation Italian countryside in California... Imitation Italian countryside. Now,...

Nice.

"Care instructions inside garment" were introduced in the early Seventies. Looking at the back tag which has a style number (not 0117 incidentally) and the washing instructions, yours look like some sort of re-issue. I am...

I second the Omega suggestion. Good mechanical watches for a reasonable price. For both business and casual, you would probably have to get something with a steel strap, plus some water resistance. You cant' go wrong with a Seamaster. Or...

Quote: Originally Posted by rnrswitch If the XX designation was dropped then why do some new STFs still have that printed on the label? That is just a marketing ploy by Levis in the late 80s to distinguish...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kent Wang Isn't that Talon zipper quite rare? Not really. Talon still makes zips, as part of Tag It Pacific, and they have repro'ed some old Levis zippers, but probably not the 42.

Quote: Originally Posted by dondenim i think the xx means xtra strength. the denim is basically heavier for durability. The XX designation is historical, the Lot No. 501 was used as early as the 1890s...

It depends on who you talk to, really. Collectors refer to 501XX Levi's as pre' 67 501s with hidden rivets, before the transition to plain 501 models (the transition models) starting from about 1967 without hidden rivets and with the XX...

Difficult to say this one. You have offset belt loops, so it's probably mid to late 1950s but then again offset belt loops are on some models up until 1966. You have a paper patch which puts the earliest date down to possibly May 1955,...

Type 1. The range was a flop; lots of exaggerated stitching coupled with soft denim. There are probably thousands of these in thrift stores.