Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

A package from my watchmaker today to satisfy my saviour complex. 😵‍💫
The Pierce and Union SA have very lovely movements.

Latest acquisition- poor man’s polerouter!

The lovely movements of the Pierce and UNION S.A.
PS: This is before they went as no-runners to the watchmaker.

Still can't find the right flightmaster but I did get the only other Omega that I've lusted for and can reasonably expect to ever afford a couple of days ago.

Today's arrival. These are rare to come by, so it took me a while to hunt down a good one. The dial is absolutely clean and I only need to polish the crystal. It even has a ghost bezel... 😉

Not a new acquisition, but I'm very excited to have heard from my watchmaker, and my Railmaster '57 and Speedmaster are on their way home. I hope they didn't drink too much on vacation. 😜

Picked this one up after a long night this weekend…

A small step for most here, but a big leap for me.

I wanted a Speedmaster ever since the late 90ies, but somehow lost sight. When I got into the hobby more seriously around 2010, I felt that I needed to advance to it in my journey. First financially, as there were always so many other watches to be had for the money, so you almost need to fill that desire first to a certain extent. Second, in choosing between all of them and then crossing that minefield successfully. To this extent, I took a shortcut in my first endeavor.
Before coming to the realization that an Ed White or 2998 would be the optimal watch for my taste and wrist, that train has left the station realistically for me. It had to have an applied logo and at least a dome dial, better yet stepped, of course. The normal SMP seemed just too flat without the added charm of aged tritium.

Then the FOIS came out and I never considered it, since I didn't really consider buying watches that are less than 40 years old, even less so if you can buy them new in a retail shop. And generally, I don't like things (and people for that matter) that pretend to be something they are not.
However, I was beginning to feel that the FOIS, after being discontinued, has gained recognition on its own and is becoming somewhat of a modern classic. It is an imperfect copy and for that, it has its own character. And most importantly, not to lie, it is the one I can afford and enjoy without to many worries and the recent developments in prices triggered some serious fomo... 😉

So here it is, #921

This one just arrived back from Rob Berkavicius in Thailand. Thanks for the recommendation @wagudc

Citizen ProMaster just in today, sold as not working correctly for very cheap but as I thought it would be, perfect working order.

These things are difficult to set correctly and without the proper setting instructions totally impossible! even with them they do try your patience and sanity at times.

I had thought it might be a failing battery but as transpired just needed proper setting.

I must say I am impressed by the quality of manufacture, from the case machining to the super high quality strap and all its components.
Quartz it maybe but Citizen went to a fair bit of effort with the ProMaster's.
The manual for this is 64 pages!!

I love this reference. Vertically patterned dial, red trapezoid . . . a lot to like here. Congrats!

..first watch nostalgia. Had my speedy on the same strap, its bringing me back