The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1187

Originally Posted by Dino944 

Thats a beauty!  Vintage Heuers are hot!

Originally Posted by dopey 


I tried to photograph mine this morning for this thread, using a blackberry, but the pictures were unusable

Originally Posted by dopey 

I have only a small set of watches that would be interesting to photograph for this thread (though I think I have posted photos of other people's versions of many of my watches, so I am not sure what is the point):
1. Some early Constellations (the linen dial bumper wind is my daily wear, but I also have some neat pie pans)
2. An Autavia
3. A fantastic full-on 70s Breitling Transocean
4. Revue Thommen Airspeed - not fancy or significant, but the perfect pilot's watch in terms of design.
5. Speedmaster 125 (first automatic chronometer grade chronograph). Look it up. Huge watch; entire time assembly can be removed intact from case. It's like a steel ingot. Made for Omega's 125th anniversary. Mine is mint and was rebuilt by Omega about 12 years ago.
6. Some early cal. 321 Speedmasters

None of these are very blingy or haute horology but they each have particular qualities I like.

Originally Posted by no frills 

+1 re: Cylon's comment above. 


I'd love to see the Speedmasters from (5) and (6) but especially the Speedmaster 125.

Originally Posted by dopey 


The 125 is awesome, but it is a brick. Here are some stock photos.

I don't really know what is the point of that feature.
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/omegauk/speedy125pt1web.jpg
My daughter saw me wearing it once and said it looks like something James Bond would wear to windsurf
This is a good article with lots of photos: http://xtrememeantime.forumotion.com/t7255-1973-omega-anniversary-speedmaster-125-chronometer

Originally Posted by Dino944 

Very cool feature!  What are the dimensions?  I'd love to see a wrist shot, if you get a chance.

the width of the watch is 42mm and the length is a whopping 51mm. The 42mm is an average diameter these days but the weight of 182.9 grams isn’t.

The Speedy 125 has a modular construction, where you can remove the inner part of the watch from the case. It is a bit unclear to me why you should do this, except for having a smaller ‘stopwatch’ than you can hold in your hand while timing something.

Originally Posted by NonServiam 

Sweet Daytona! The grail of my college years when working at a watch dealer, and what I shelled out my hard earned cash for when I finally could afford it. Ah, the good old days of hype and waiting lists

Siffert today (old pic, though)

Originally Posted by Dino944 

Hey Stitch, I'm not sure I've ever seen part of a number cut off in a way that I would consider artistic.  However, to answer your question, the reason for the cut out on the 5059, was that the movement had been used in the 5050, which used a more conventional case with sloping lugs and a different dial.  The 5050 had minute markers and its hour makers are in line with them, while the 5059 has a thicker and detailed minute track that pushed the hour markers inward and forced the arc of the date downward a bit.  Both are nice watches, overall I prefer the 5059's appearance (case and dial) except for the leap year cutting out part of the date...but I'd gladly take either. 

Originally Posted by dopey 

I tried to photograph mine this morning for this thread, using a blackberry, but the pictures were unusable

Originally Posted by Cylon 

Id like to see all of them

Originally Posted by dopey 


Will do. Given your contributions to this thread, I owe you that and for that purpose a blackberry will do fine.

From some random source , re dimensions:
Here is what it looks like on someone else's wrist:
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)