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Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

argonbeam
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Another no-name Longines for me. 370 movement, my first of this caliber. 26mm square, so just slightly smaller than a Nomos Tetra, but at $25, a fair bit cheaper. Have a 27 mm "King" model with 22L in 14K solid from 1956 showing up tomorrow. Pics when I can.

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donkii
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The irony when my girlfriend asks, couldn't you find any bigger....
Love these Montreals.
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Northernman
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O'boy what a week! Lamaniac to the rescue.
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Buying a "project" is always a bit of a gamble. This time it paid off!

Inspections confirms my hopes:
Pristine Lemania 2310 (as in Omega cal 320) inside, and a very good condition dial.
Next up is a good cleaning, a correct crown, crystal and some pusher TLC together with a plain movement service..... And perhaps a couple of new springbars!?

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chadpowe11
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Got this lovely big watch from a forums members. Really enjoying it. Also got the strap from B&S for the watch, ordered 22mm but it's more 21....

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Northernman
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Is it time for Euro 2016 yet? 😀

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Cortina dial, different from this one:
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And the lesser "Lemania only", but divers case version. Very hard to catch the structure of those dials!

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Larry S
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12295 3 .... Chrono Hand is a replacement but she's a beauty.
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Mouse_at_Large
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With limited funds and a penchant for the slightly unusual, I finally plucked up courage and bought one of these off the bay (not currently available for purchase from manufacturer/distributor). I know there is not a lot of love for boutique/mushroom brands, but I like the looks, the slightly quirky implementation of dual timezone functionality and the generally positive reviews. And yes, I know it's not a Swiss movement 😉

Now I've just got to wait for it to wing it's way across the Atlantic and trundle all the way to Scotland.....

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*Edit* Lume shot 😁
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Images courtesy of http://www.ablogtowatch.com/magrette-dual-time-watch-review/
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watchdaddy1
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With limited funds and a penchant for the slightly unusual, I finally plucked up courage and bought one of these off the bay (not currently available for purchase from manufacturer/distributor). I know there is not a lot of love for boutique/mushroom brands, but I like the looks, the slightly quirky implementation of dual timezone functionality and the generally positive reviews. And yes, I know it's not a Swiss movement 😉

Now I've just got to wait for it to wing it's way across the Atlantic and trundle all the way to Scotland.....

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you will love it & that lume is fantastic

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STANDY
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Mouse_at_Large Mouse_at_Large
With limited funds and a penchant for the slightly unusual, I finally plucked up courage and bought one of these off the bay (not currently available for purchase from manufacturer/distributor). I know there is not a lot of love for boutique/mushroom brands, but I like the looks, the slightly quirky implementation of dual timezone functionality and the generally positive reviews. And yes, I know it's not a Swiss movement 😉

Now I've just got to wait for it to wing it's way across the Atlantic and trundle all the way to Scotland.....

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*Edit* Lume shot 😁
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Images courtesy of http://www.ablogtowatch.com/magrette-dual-time-watch-review/

You will be surprised how well these are made and finished. One of the sought after 42mm as most are 44mm.
 
Togri v. 2.0
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Well not bought by me but by the wife. She has been wanting a pink dialed Rollie ever since I bought a Sub. It suits her. Very feminine.
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Fritz
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PROJECT!

The bulk of this came in a parts buy a few weeks ago, but one of the movements runs and this face turned up so.......

1882 Elgin movement with a damaged face..... runs... needs some oil..

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a nice keywind case with a dead Waltham fitted: (can fix that later!)

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and! a nice, lightly cracked but still very nice, Elgin face.... hand painted, gold trimmed.... It looks much better straight on, the angle and magnification makes the cracks look worse
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I'm 135 bucks into it and it already runs..... what more can you ask for besides a beer and an oiler.
 
Alpha
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A PRESENT ::psy::
Good lady ( she's a keeper ) caught me trawling the net earlier today, thought nothing of it as she asked all the usual questions about a particular piece and to be honest I often wonder if she has her own account on this forum given the questions she asks ??? anyway a little while ago I am informed I have a new piece incoming for the holidays 😁

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Togri v. 2.0
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tamura tamura
Nos strap 😀
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Excuse me kind sir but where did you get that? I really like that strap. So old school.
 
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