2017 - What non-Omega watch did you buy for under $500?

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Coool strap indeed, I saw it first on a Sinn 856, it was fantastic!



QUOTE="Foo2rama, post: 725002, member: 20013"]Great watch! Foogirl loves the strap as she has that one in rotation on her SNZG15.[/QUOTE]
 
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Well, I bought this for well under the limit, more as an "object", than a watch, somthing I'll probably just keep on my desk. I went to college in Waltham and have been to the Waltham Watch factory (now a museum) so i have a sort of a home team draw to the brand. This watch with its display case and box has lived over 100 years and it shows

A.W.W.Co. 9705395
Grade: No. 610
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Manufacturer: Waltham
Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number: 9705395
Grade: No. 610
Model: 1899
Estimated Production Year: 1900
Run Quantity: 3,000
Total Production: 464,160
Size: 16s
Jewels: 7j
Movement Configuration: Openface
Movement Finish: Nickel
Movement Setting: Pendant
Plate: 3/4 Plate
Hairspring: Breguet
Adjusted: No
Railroad Grade: No
Quality Rating:
Data Research: 1954 Waltham "Gray Book" List
Brandeis or Bentley? If you're ever back in Waltham, there's a place to visit called the Charles River Museum of Industry. It houses an impressive collection of the tools that created Waltham watches. They also house Dr. Edwin Land's collection of early Polaroid cameras, Ratytheon/General Dynamics posters, old machinery (e.g. a paper bag making machine). It's an incredible place. I also went to college in Waltham (B'Deis) but only discovered the museum recently. https://www.charlesrivermuseum.org/