Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

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Something about this one really appealed to my idea of a perfect summer watch. This variant does not seem to age as gracefully as the more common orange and black dial counterpart. That combined with the tendency of the bakelite bezels to fade and crack over the years, it took about a year to find one in this condition. Luckily I was able to source the correct bracelet as well.

Great find!
 
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Bit of a punt at an auction; I think I overpaid a bit for it, but I'm loving the colour of the lume and the general dial colour.



It's a ~1970 PR 516 40528, with a Lemania 1873 chrono movement in there. Bracelet is one I had in my stash; it suits the watch reasonably well, but I'll keep an eye out for an original Tissot one with end links.
Love vintage Tissot! Congrats! 馃榾
 
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Technos Automatic for 100 NOK, about 12 USD.Imagine my surprise when I opened it and found a coppercolored Felsa 1560 with a Reeds regulator...

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NICE
 
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New acquisition: a 1948 Hamilton "Donald", 14k solid gold case, top-of-the-line "Medallion" M982 movement. I serviced the movement and is now adjusted to 6 positions with a delta of 10 seconds.


TOP DRAW QUALITY
 
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this definitely took a while to get on my wrist. my first foray into the world of Gallet chronographs.. the Flight Officer.

thanks for enabling @Larry S @Dre
What a beauty 馃榾 Congrats!
 
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Constellation C shape with bracelet. Needs standard service, but runs okay as far as I can tell, since it鈥檚 in my possession for only 2 hours. My first constellation.
 
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Just arrived . Love the offset crown at 4 o鈥檆lock, gold colour batons and hands, solid bracelet, English & French calander and the waffle textured dial face and all for under 拢30. Bargin and it鈥檚 Auto.
 
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Speedmaster 105.012-65 with 1506/16 bracelet 馃榾
Beautiful ! I thought the 1506 bracelet was coming on earlier references like 63 or 64 but as usual there must be some exceptions 馃榾

my new toy is incoming and it will be a 105.012, pictures to follow tomorrow !
 
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I have a watch waiting for me in the Customs dept. of the Main Post office in Praha, a Military issued Timex from 1982, but this is the last one I bought to end up in my greasy mitts!

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Beautiful ! I thought the 1506 bracelet was coming on earlier references like 63 or 64 but as usual there must be some exceptions 馃榾

my new toy is incoming and it will be a 105.012, pictures to follow tomorrow !
Thanks @Delbok 馃榾 According to Moonwatch Only the bracelet was produced 1964-1966 and used with references 105.012-63/64/65/66. I have the Extract of the Archives for the watch, it was produced June 23 1966 and delivered to the US. Looking forward to your pictures 馃榾
 
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Thanks @Delbok 馃榾 According to Moonwatch Only the bracelet was produced 1964-1966 and used with references 105.012-63/64/65/66. I have the Extract of the Archives for the watch, it was produced June 23 1966 and delivered to the US. Looking forward to your pictures 馃榾
Thanks for the precision ! I really need this book at some point 馃槣
It's pretty sad the archives do not precise the bracelet with which the watch has been delivered. I guess must be have been impossible to look after