Another non date dress watch, becoming a pattern lately......

 

Courtesy of @DLT222

 

Been buying a few lately! Special thanks to @Ko1892 for this one. Thanks buddy.

 

Damn Kent where do u find all these Beauties. Congratulations [emoji122]

 

This arrived yesterday, thanks to OF's Danish prankster @ConElPueblo.

A brief recap:

Being obsessed with the less common varieties of cal. 1040 as I am, I have been wanting a Mark IV with blue on the 9:00 subdial for many months. This dial is only a service dial and was never originally installed on watches in the 70s. As such the only way to get one is to acquire a tired Mark IV and send it off to Omega for many months and at great expense or buy one that was already overhauled. Normally I prefer all-original to the Swatch treatment, but in this case because I want that dial it actually makes for a better match to have a watch with modern replacement parts. In other words, a dinged up case and non matching 40 year old hands wouldn't match with a modern dial.

I found one in Germany, but months of polite pestering couldn't convince the seller to ship it to the US. That's when Troels stepped up and kindly offered to be my "man in Europe". He even used his "Jedi mind trick" negotiating skills to save me a significant amount of money on the purchase!

He sent it off promptly, then it sat in customs for a week in a warehouse that I drove past twice a day commuting to work. So close! Once released from customs, the USPS took another week to send it 200 miles PAST my house before finally delivering it yesterday. When I opened the box there was some local flavor - a package of licorice! Thanks Troels, you truly are a great Dane!

 

woohoooo another incoming

Racine by Gallet





Sent from Galaxy S6 Edge via Tapacrap

 

Thanks buddy haha, a bit of luck and browsing, that's all!

 

I so want a vintage Gallet something fierce

 

I think Gallet are still around and still at a great price point! Happy hunting!

 

Interesting! This is the second time I've seen Turler/ Omega combination. A colleague of mine has a Cosmic with Turler brand on the dial as well!

 

This Longines with a caliber 431 movement. This is my first Longines and first high beat watch. So smoooth!

 

Nice, congrats! Mine says hi!

 

Post office shot.

 

A really cool watch with an equally cool story! Congrats!

 

Great story and watch!
Thanks for sharing both.

 

Beautiful Hamilton.

 

Tracking says it should be here today. Fingers crossed it is all I hope it is.

 

This came in the mail today; A '67 Bulova Commander.

Case is near mint, dial has a couple of minor dings, nice movement.

Off to rehab and find a nice bracelet...

Or maybe I'm gonna keep it on the band it came with. I looked closer at it and it's a black lizard with a cool fine crosshatch design on the buckle. Vintage and barely worn.