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Skrotis
·Lovely poor sellers pics😁!
My first Longines caliber 30L.
18k case. I have a feeling it should clean up rather nicely.
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I was looking at it
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··LemaniacI was looking at it
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·Never made any bid gut stuck in the Speedmaster 105012 66 on another site. Congratulations to a nice watch
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citizenrich
·Lovely poor sellers pics😁!
My first Longines caliber 30L.
18k case. I have a feeling it should clean up rather nicely.
😉
these are great watches and it looks like you found a top notch example. nice heavy case - feels like a thin automatic on the wrist.
it's bizarre someone would walk around with a gorgeous SG watch with a 3 dollar bracelet (it looks like a cheap to my eye). Not inexpensive but cheap. There's a difference.
I hope there no metal on metal crime going on on the inside of the lugs because the case looks otherwise, perfect 😀
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Northernman
··Lemaniacthese are great watches and it looks like you found a top notch example. nice heavy case - feels like a thin automatic on the wrist.
it's bizarre someone would walk around with a gorgeous SG watch with a 3 dollar bracelet (it looks like a cheap to my eye). Not inexpensive but cheap. There's a difference.
I hope there no metal on metal crime going on on the inside of the lugs because the case looks otherwise, perfect 😀
I find them a good sign that it has not seen too many dealers or fixers earlier.
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Illiknight
·it's bizarre someone would walk around with a gorgeous SG watch with a 3 dollar bracelet (it looks like a cheap to my eye). Not inexpensive but cheap. There's a difference.
[emoji115] This. I totally agree with that statement. It's really shocking to me how many beautiful vintage watches I've bought that were on that same "2 buck chuck" stretchy bracelet. I literally have a Ziploc bag full of them at this point bc for some odd reason I won't throw them out.
Granted, my own inherited from a great uncle 18K Helvetia (1st vintage watch that started the sickness) came on a crap speidel stretchy, so I suppose I was forewarned of what was to come...
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Illiknight
·Fully agree on the bracelet. I assume it is an old mans thing. Seen loads of watches from estate sales / first hand with those nasty metal things.
I find them a good sign that it has not seen too many dealers or fixers earlier.
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You make a great point about being a sign that they haven't seen much dealer/jeweler tinkering. I'd say watches I've bought that had one of those bracelets totally fit that description.
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Northernman
··Lemaniacthose stretchy speidels were crazy popular in the 60s for comfort as it was described to me. I remember all of my grandfathers' and great uncles' watches on one!
You make a great point about being a sign that they haven't seen much dealer/jeweler tinkering. I'd say watches I've bought that had one of those bracelets totally fit that description.
Have a large bag of them myself.
No ideas why.....
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·Traded for actually, but new to me just the same
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·those stretchy speidels were crazy popular in the 60s for comfort as it was described to me. I remember all of my grandfathers' and great uncles' watches on one!
You make a great point about being a sign that they haven't seen much dealer/jeweler tinkering. I'd say watches I've bought that had one of those bracelets totally fit that description.
My 68 Transitional Speedie came on one of those stretchy Spiedel bracelets. It's part of the reason I took a chance on the watch as a one owner piece. Very popular option back then.
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Illiknight
·My 68 Transitional Speedie came on one of those stretchy Spiedel bracelets. It's part of the reason I took a chance on the watch as a one owner piece. Very popular option back then.
Like your transitional, the stretchy was part of the reason I took a chance bc the seller's listing said the chronograph functions weren't working. Except when I got it, they worked just fine and reset to 0, seller just didn't know they were reversed. That watch is also by far my nicest/most interesting patina dial... It's a very even light purple/iridescent color that didn't show in the listing pix.
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Illiknight
·Inherited my late grandfathers Omega ref 166.067 Seamaster. Speidel stretch.
Have a large bag of them myself.
No ideas why.....
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pascs
·This arrived this morning 👍 Xmas present from my wife 😁
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·Nice! Sous-vide cooking is fantastic.
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·The collection is growing slowly...
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