Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

[olive bleu]

This is mine. It is not at all ornate, but i have been complimented on it and told it looks vintage because of the numbers on the face.It looks more gold in the pic, but it it actually silver.


I actually took this pic from a google search .apparently this one was sold on e-bay for $5.00. My husband bought mine for me for $179 last Christmas!

It is an Anne Klein watch

 

[shindeco]

Very pretty watch, Olive! It does have a vintage look to it, doesn't it?

 

[olive bleu]

Thanks I really love it, too. I think it is so elegant & timeless(no pun intendedlol ), i will have it forever!

 

[Lawman]

Vintage Watches or Retro Look

Guys, becoming ever more eccentric, I would like to add a couple of vintage or vintage look watches to my collection. Interested in round dial, art deco type pieces. Outside of ebay, does anyone have a recommended source?

Thanks.

Mark

 

[moustache]

Your favourite watch is...?

Your favourite watch is....?
Show us a photograph of your favourite watch and tell us what makes it so!!!

And IF you could purchase ANY watch,which would it be??

I know we have discussed this before,but hey:Never hurts to chat about it again and show off our purchases and dreams!!!

Here are my two favourites(a tie in this case!):Omega Seamaster and a Hamilton
Navy GMT:

I like the Omega for it's simplicity and diving/water abilities and it's construction.The Hamilton for it's World Time function and workmanship.


And if i could own ANY watch,it would be a Breguet Retrograde,Frederique Constant Big date or plain:

I'm tempted to sell the Omega for funds on the Frederique.


What about you??What are your favourites?

JD

 

[Barry]

Panerai

I just like the way they look. I know someone posted a picture of one once. Paddy maybe?

I think my favorite is the 40mm luminor chrono.

Barry

 

[GregNYC]

My favorites

My favorites go back and forth between Panerai and Rolex.

Here are a left-hand and right-hand version of Panerai:

And here's what I'm wearing now. This isn't a vintage model, but the Rolex Submariner was actually "born" the same year I was, and James Bond as well. Also, Bond wore one in the movies. And this model is the 50th anniversary model:

 

[moustache]

Yes

I like the Rolex with the green bezel the best.Although i am not a Rolex fan in gneral,that green bezel does something for me.Maybe because green is my favourite colour??Hmmmm.

JD

 

[GregNYC]

Thanks - I like it best too. In fact I just sold the left-handed Panerai to help fund it....

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

My favorite watch is one just given to me from my mom. It belonged to my great grandmother. It's a Le Coutre (?sp) from the thirties with black skinny straps and a platinum and diamond face. It is simply beautiful, and means a lot to me because it's been past down through generations of ladies in my family.
I have a 10 year old Tag Haur that I love. It's such a great reliable watch and even after ten years of nearly everyday use it still looks new. I'm thinking of getting a new one, maybe a dressier one. But, if I'm gonna get a new dressy watch I think it has to be a Rolex. Talk about timeless, classic, and reliable. I think buying one would be a good investment

My dream watch would be a platinum lady datejust Rolex with the diamond bezel and diamond's on the face above the numbers. I'd settle for it in white gold or stainless steel for the platinum is a bit pricey!! This is a picture of the watch without the diamond bezel.

 

[moustache]

Very nice Rolex Daisy!! The Platinum makes it ever so desirable.Let us know when you buy it!!

JD

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

My dream watch would be one actually worn by a Spitfire pilot in WWII. Maybe one worn by a Luftwaffe pilot as well to complete the set.

 

[Jay]

I have a Waltham A-11 right now, but getting a Hamilton Ventura would be awesome.

 

[Spitfire]

My dream watch would be one actually worn by a Spitfire pilot in WWII. Maybe one worn by a Luftwaffe pilot as well to complete the set.

My Luftwaffewatch:

Not worn by a RAF pilot - but still looking for that Omega RAF fat arrow edition...

US Waltham A11 1943 - hopefully worn by US pilot.

And my daily, everyday watch. IWC Chrono - Spitfire Offcourse

 

[moustache]

Wow

My Luftwaffewatch:

Not worn by a RAF pilot - but still looking for that Omega RAF fat arrow edition...

US Waltham A11 1943 - hopefully worn by US pilot.

And my daily, everyday watch. IWC Chrono - Spitfire Offcourse

The IWC Spitfire is a grand watch!! I have drooled over that same watch at my local jeweler.Anything by IWC is splendid,but the Spitfire is exceptional!!
Fortunate man you are!!

JD

 

[Spitfire]

Thank you Moustache!

And it is even the first edition with black display - not made anymore. I love it too. Every day.

 

[moustache]

Beautiful!!

And it is even the first edition with black display - not made anymore. I love it too. Every day.

IWC have been a brand much sought after for years.I would have to save for years to afford one.But who knows:Maybe someday i will find one falling out of the sky from some wayward pilot!!

JD

 

[Spitfire]

And if I could purchase ANY watch...

A true RAF WWII Pilot watch like this would be my dreamwatch!

 

[Matt Deckard]

Fossil Watches

For a while they went for the plain old bland chrome and a circle look which is the same old same old in my eye. They hit the world hard when they were introduced bearing the look of clasically style intricate old school watches. I liked that look hough when i wanted one of their watched they went to the hunk of digital look

Now they are back.

 

[pablocham]

Looks like a bubbleback but with some crazy dial added. Any idea what the bottom dial does?