The Watch Appreciation Thread (Reviews and Photos of Men's Timepieces by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Brei

[BrianVarick]

^I'll take a wildly amateur guess and say around the 1940's

 

[gdl203]

1940-50's

Did you open the case? Does it look like this Valjoux 72 movement?

 

[evanrose]

Not JLC, Longines. Note this 1947 Longines/Wittenauer Ad:

 

[evanrose]

Regarding the movement question: no, but I will. What is the significance of that movement?

 

[gdl203]

I don't think any of the hands are original actually - chrono subdials or hour/minute

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by evanrose

No, but I will. What is the significance of that movement?
Movement and movement number should be able to confirm age of the watch.

 

[NH_Clark]

along with the '40's IWC I posted earlier here's another favorite in my rotation:

'57 SS w/ black face Omega Seamaster

 

[rammie]

Another Seamaster. Ref. ST 165.0020 with the cal. 552 movement if I'm not mistaken. Got it through eBay two weeks ago I think. The second hand fell off a few hours in on the maiden voyage but that was fixed rather easily. Keeps time as good as one can expect from a 40 year old time piece so I couldn't be happier.

 

[mdg137]

My new arrival--

A Tissot was my first "real" watch years ago-- when they released this one, I fell in love with the retro (1946) style. I threw in a bid on ebay this week, and snagged it for less than 50% the normal going price, or less than 30% the retail.

18k rose gold.

 

[tor]

Originally Posted by zippyh

Nice to see another Cosmonaute.

Is it sacrilege for me to say that I think this watch is ugly? It looks too busy for my taste.

 

[pabloj]

Originally Posted by tor

Is it sacrilege for me to say that I think this watch is ugly? It looks too busy for my taste.
Wouldn't say ugly, but I agree on too busy, and I suspect this is an iconic piece from Breitling

 

[sammy]

Thinking of getting the Seamaster Aqua terra midsize chronometer as a daily beater to rotate with my Air King. Does this come with a deployant or tang buckle? I would prefer a deployant one. What do you think, black or blue dial?:

 

[teddieriley]

Blue.

 

[zippyh]

Originally Posted by tor

Is it sacrilege for me to say that I think this watch is ugly? It looks too busy for my taste.

No. Breitling is a bit of an aquired taste and there's no question the Navitimer is busy.
The Navitimer is one of the iconic Breitling models dating back to the 40's.
The 24hr Cosmonaute was worn by Scott Carpenter on his Mercury flight in 62.

 

[vbuskirk]

A fair number of Paneristi here, huh? Okay, here's my baby: