Let's see your mechanical watches

[HanauMan]

There was only one watch that I desired from an early age and that was the Omega Speedmaster Professional. I finally was able to buy one a decade ago and it is my everyday wear watch. I haven't keep the box or contents; I didn't buy it as an investment or heirloom but to wear. I know that this may shock many folk!

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I was born in the 1960s and remember the space flights of the early 1970s. I first saw this model in my father's National Geographic magazines, in the ads of the period. It was the watch I wanted since I was 7 years old. My model isn't exactly the same as the 'moon watch' but it was the closest to it that I could / can afford.

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[MrCairo]

 

[Seb Lucas]

That's a beautiful, understated Longines. I am not keen on large dials with lots of gaudy, overstated nonsense on them. That Longines is a watch I can respect.

 

[Talbot]

There was only one watch that I desired from an early age and that was the Omega Speedmaster Professional. I finally was able to buy one a decade ago and it is my everyday wear watch. I haven't keep the box or contents; I didn't buy it as an investment or heirloom but to wear. I know that this may shock many folk!

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I was born in the 1960s and remember the space flights of the early 1970s. I first saw this model in my father's National Geographic magazines, in the ads of the period. It was the watch I wanted since I was 7 years old. My model isn't exactly the same as the 'moon watch' but it was the closest to it that I could / can afford.

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Love me a good speedy, an iconic item for sure. Wear it in good health.

 

[Dnewma04]

New acquisition

Victorinox Ambassador Chronograph

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[littlewing6283]

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[Talbot]

^^^^I have exactly this watch myself, on Nato as well. A nice piece.

I prefer the silver dial over the black dial model, which I found hard to read due to reflection.

If ever a watch needed AR, the black dial model did.

Wear it well!

 

[littlewing6283]

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[M Hatman]

Here are my new aquisitions.....more under "Lets see your watches".....
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[EmergencyIan]

Here are my vintage mechanical watches. All were manufactured in the 1940s and are fully functional in very fine condition. Additionally, they're all U.S. military examples:

Left to right: Elgin 554 Ord Dept sub-second, Hamilton USN Aviator 987s, Hamilton USMC 2987, Elgin A-11 1941 white dial, Bulova 1943 A-11 sterling silver case, Elgin USMC sweep second watch, Elgin 1945 A-11 NOS and a Waltham Ord. sub-second.


- Ian

 

[Talbot]

^^^^^great selection of straps!

 

[RJR]

I have several mechanical but a few are faves.The RO Ti is one.

 

[EmergencyIan]

^^^^^great selection of straps!

Thanks! It took me a while to gather those. They're all 40'ss or 50's vintage. All were unused. I treated all with mink oil a while before placing them on the watches. At least two of them are pigskin and at least two more are pigskin lined.

- Ian

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

My new Vostok 6e4-1 "Ratnik" Army Mechanical Watch (AMNCh). Current Russian military watch. It's an automatic based on the Vostok Amfibia.

 

[viclip]

My new Vostok 6e4-1 "Ratnik" Army Mechanical Watch (AMNCh). Current Russian military watch.

Nice looking 31 jewel automatic. How well does it keep time?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The "Sexy Four's" (6e4) time keeping is not bad at all. Mine just loses a minute every 24 hours.

 

[Benzadmiral]

I can't seem to send pics from my phone right now, but I just received a new toy: a Glycine Combat 6 dress watch:



It's 36mm, unlike so many of the tuna-can watches that are around nowadays, and came from Sugarland, TX, in only 2 days. My only problem with it is the strap: it's thick and fairly stiff. Any ideas of a brand of strap I can replace it with, one that is thinner and soft, but still dressy? I.e., no NATO straps, nice as some of them are.

 

[viclip]

Nice watch! Glycine, like Oris & Tissot, is one of those gems which outputs good quality watches incorporating standard Swiss movements (which they may tweak) & sells them at reasonable prices. Such watches are often available deeply discounted when the industry is in the doldrums, as is the current situation.

Anyways, some leather watch straps need a break-in period, I think that body heat + skin oils soften them up. You might also consider applying some neatsfoot oil or a leather dressing such as Pecard's etc. to soften things up.

I saw on the Jomashop site that these watches also are available with olive green nylon straps, it's always nice to use a factory correct replacement strap. Assuming of course that you might consider an olive green nylon strap in as much it looks like it's of the NATO family.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Nice watch! Glycine, like Oris & Tissot, is one of those gems which outputs good quality watches incorporating standard Swiss movements (which they may tweak) & sells them at reasonable prices. Such watches are often available deeply discounted when the industry is in the doldrums, as is the current situation.

Anyways, some leather watch straps need a break-in period, I think that body heat + skin oils soften them up. You might also consider applying some neatsfoot oil or a leather dressing such as Pecard's etc. to soften things up.

I saw on the Jomashop site that these watches also are available with olive green nylon straps, it's always nice to use a factory correct replacement strap. Assuming of course that you might consider an olive green nylon strap in as much it looks like it's of the NATO family.

The Glycine has been refitted with a nice and soft lizard Hadley & Roma strap, very inexpensive and very comfortable. A NATO strap is a good idea for a more casual watch -- I plan to buy one for my vintage Rolex Sub -- but this is more of a dress watch.

It's gained about 10 sec./day since I've had it. Time to start resting it crown up or crown down, to see if that will even out the time keeping.

 

[viclip]

The Glycine has been refitted with a nice and soft lizard Hadley & Roma strap, very inexpensive and very comfortable. A NATO strap is a good idea for a more casual watch -- I plan to buy one for my vintage Rolex Sub -- but this is more of a dress watch.

It's gained about 10 sec./day since I've had it. Time to start resting it crown up or crown down, to see if that will even out the time keeping.

I read in some watchmaking book that new watches - as well as newly serviced watches - require a break-in period until things settle in. Ever since then I will run a newly acquired or serviced watch for about a month before tweaking it. Your Glycine is already approaching chronometer accuracy which allows from -4 to +6 seconds per day, I wouldn't be surprised if it improves even more following break-in.

You got yourself a real bargain, more folks should consider reasonbly priced watches with standard Swiss movements produced by companies such as Glycine, Oris, Tissot, Charmex & others.