Lets see your vintage watches

[trailboss99]

That was the original plan, until I saw that it was in nearly-NOS condition. Good thing I have one extra 7734 earmarked for future projects!

Good choice mate, that's far too nice to rat for the movement. Love the dial!
is that on a blue strap or is it the lighting?

 

[LHOOQ]

is that on a blue strap or is it the lighting?

It's a blue Tropic--that and the gold plated buckle are rarities in my vintage rubber collection! But I've found it a bit difficult to wear, color-wise, so I'm now on basic black.

Brown leather would look good, too.

 

[Spirit]

...Only child here, and fresh arrival. Will plan some work on it, but needed to take a pic to record it as it arrived.

5512 COSC:

Cheers,
Spirit.

 

[crossbones]

TOG

 

[arcadia]

That's a beautiful two-tone crossbones. I gotta stop visiting this thread... :facepalm:

 

[montrealer]

Here's my little collection...

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[Draven451]

Here's my little collection...

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Nice collection


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[Mendota]

@Donerix - what an impressive collection of vintage Rollies! Can you share any of the details about your GMT Master builds? Also, I love the bakelite inserts on your GMT Master 6542 builds. They look gen! This is a project that I eventually want to tackle myself. I want a 1675 and a 6542 in my watch box someday.

I also love your 1655. Would love to learn the details on that, as well.

You are indeed an artist!

 

[mickeypro]

Shaved the crystal down some as to not set so high. Aged the hands and dial with ashes and lightly bleached an new insert.

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[kruzer00]

Pair of old school 5512's - the real McQueen.

 

[crossbones]

That's a beautiful two-tone crossbones. I gotta stop visiting this thread... :facepalm:

Thanks Bud. That ones GEN. I haven't worn it in ages as the GF wont take it off her wrist. :frusty:


Another GMT:

 

[AskMeAgain]

Very nice indeed, digging the patina on this one big time.

 

[Mendota]

Another GMT:

Awesome looking GMT, Crossbones! Can you share any of the details on this one?

 

[Ephry73]

Shaved the crystal down some as to not set so high. Aged the hands and dial with ashes and lightly bleached an new insert.

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Crystal height looks way better.


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[merlin699]

Pair of old school 5512's - the real McQueen.

both are awesome. please let us know the specs

 

[gaizka]

cartel 1680 with some vintaging, of course not accurate as can be but I really love wearing this watch and am really digging the whole vintage Sub world.
I've got my eyes peeled for a proper 1680, 5513 and a GMT whenever they come up for sale. Also really like that this Sub was only $150 and has the wabi sabi of a 30+ watch.

 

[Mendota]

Here's my Puretime 1680 Red sub. Love this watch. This pic is from last fall so it has a little more wear since then (every single day). I didn't have the crown screwed down all the way so that's why it looks like it is sticking out. What I love about it is for this dial vintage, the dial print really is spot on. If you look with magnification you can even see a red print over white effect that the gen Mark 1 / Mark II dials had. Fantastic! My only gripe is the 2846 under the hood has started running pretty fast over the last few weeks. It's up at +4 minutes over 24 hours now.

Here it is with a .50 cal, armor piercing incendiary round just for good measure.

 

[mickeypro]

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[adamgill794]

It's like great pleasure to knowing about some elegant and dynamic goats. It's really nice to see some fabulous goat model of various breeds. I have a huge collection of verity types of goats, and I also want to increase more in that counts.

 

[Bigjule111]