The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 937

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Originally Posted by Dino944 

I feel the same way.  If its a current production watch that I want, I prefer to wait and buy a new one. 

Yepp, I almost bought a used one. But going fresh on my AP baby :D

Originally Posted by dddrees 

Trying my best to stick with the AP theme, so I wore this one today.

You lucky man... 

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Originally Posted by Hampton 

Yepp, I almost bought a used one. But going fresh on my AP baby :D

You lucky man... 

Thank you.

Hope you get yours soon, happy hunting.

Thanks, now let's see biebers rolex ... pimping hard.

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Originally Posted by Hayward 

Well I was under the impression that a more understated aesthetic was the norm here until all the louche boat anchors came out. I guess you all think I'm a prude but I have values. I've had to uphold those values at singular cost. To this day I remember the most painful day of my life, when my overly impressionable son came home with a Jumbo Aquanaut on his wrist. I disowned him on the spot. I've heard he sells the back of his wrist on Berwick Street now. Out of Sight, Out of Mind.

Hahaha!  Quite right too!  

Thankfully I'm not rich enough to be a watch-pimp, but I have to admit they're beautiful things.  In the "understated" spirit mentioned above, I would like to share this.  Not "P0rn" perhaps; more "what the butler saw" from a more innocent age!

I got my father's old Omega serviced and repaired (although didn't replace the damaged face).  Probably cost more than the watch is worth, but it's got history.  Now with a new simple grain leather strap instead of the steel bracelet; looks more "vintage" somehow.  It's scruffy with the dings on the face, but with a new crown, glass, and original hands back on, and keeping time well again, I am very pleased with it.  We're about the same age and condition, so we suit each other!

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Originally Posted by Fang66 


That's a man's watch.
My father had a Grand Seiko Hi Beat from the late 60s or early 70s. I'm not even sure they sold them in Australia and I think my grandmother brought it back from Singapore or Japan. In 1974 there was a massive flood in my hometown and someone who was working to repair my parents house stole it! Fucker.

Thanks man.  That's kind of the way I see it.  This one would be a couple of years older than me; I'm guessing about '68-'69 (it was bought in '70).

"Fucker" indeed - hope he got his just desserts in jail some day!  

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Originally Posted by mimo 

 

THAT's how it's done. Perfect amount of 'come back' on the refinish and the strap couldn't have been a better choice. Good job.

Why thank you very much!

If only my son had friends like you instead of the indolent crowd he came to hang out with.