Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

Jerseyhammer

Well my second purchase of lockdown has arrived. I love it. It’s a “Seiko sports 5 x Brian May “ Special Edition SRPE83K1.

What makes this Seiko 5 unique is its dial. It has been faithfully modelled after The Queens legends own Red Special guitar, which was built entirely with hand tools by Brian and his dad in the early 1960’s.The red and black colour scheme is echoed on the dial with a guitar silhouette on the left and wood grain pattern throughout the red.
The dials angled, internal minute track is also red and “Red Special” has been added in script on the dial. A Hardlex crystal covers the front, surrounded by a unidirectional bezel with a detailed 60-minute scale. The case is water-resistant to 100 metres.
The watch has a mineral crystal exhibition caseback Which displays the in-house Calibre 4R36 automatic. It has 24 jewels, beats at 21,600vph (3Hz) with a 41-hour power reserve. It’s has Brian’s signature included on the glass in yellow with a limited edition serial number engraved in the steel.
The Watch comes with is a NATO-style black nylon strap with a stainless steel pin buckle, styled similarly to the strap Brian now uses on his guitar.
The watch comes with a Presentation case which is Designed in accordance with the Red Special’s custom flight case, the presentation box also contains a commemorative coin that is based on the sixpence that Brian uses as a plectrum.
The lune is what you would expect from a Seiko..The picture below shows the lune after about 5 secs exposure outside.

cassius66

I’ve finally joined the vintage watch gang!
After trawling this forum for information and receiving helpful feedback from members on a couple of watches that had me pressing my nose against the eBay window(& saving me buying some Mumbai magic😉).
I’d been looking for something around my birth year ‘66, preferably gold/gold capped but beyond that not really sure what I wanted(other than good quality!) and initially Omega or Longines within the budget. Having picked up on the history of Lemania on here I went with this for a shade under £500. The pics on eBay actually made it look a little dinged up so I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived.
Haven’t been able to wear it yet as I don’t have a case back closing tool😟