Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

Bought this tonight at auction. Seller pics

This is my 3rd manual wind of this model, one is a 25 jewel another is a 21 jewel and this new acquisition a 23 jewel, all with the same high grade 1010 movement.

Stunning looking on the wrist and they wear like a 40 mm watch with the way the dial layout works.

Here is my 25 Jewel version

This Rodania!!

Just bought this Eterna.(sellers pics)
I think I am in love 🥰 (my first eterna)

the albino just yesterday!
will be a grear double appearance wirh my wife

Surprise snap up from the local classifieds. i figured that acting swiftly was advisable, so yesterday published and picked this morning. 😀
It was more than 19.95 though...

Got this one : CHOISI 😕
It says superautomatic!!
Whats the difference of automatic and superautomatic?
I googled it but only gives results for automatic watches!!

I'm guessing mostly marketing. At best a slightly better quality movement compared to some other Choisi model. I know Camy used to call it's ETA movement watches super automatics.

I have an Anker Super-automatic, but cannot claim that there is anything super(-ior) about it compared to other automatics. 😀

So this is one of those blurry picture from 1m away, no description, wrong category, classifieds kind of purchases with quite favorable pricing. I took a gamble and bought it, since I could make out that its a CYMA and requested additional photos, which showed the dial to be ok and only damage to the crystal. The seller had lost it in the meantime after posting the add and it took about a month until it turned up again. 🤦
You get the idea....

When it arrived today, I am very pleased and feel like the gamble turned out well, even though I still cannot put my finger on what it is exactly. I.e. how to date it and if it is a factory CYMA, or a re-cased pocket watch.

It is a CYMA / Tavannes higher grade movement with 38mm diameter, setting via crown. I am pretty sure that the case and back are solid silver with 43mm diameter. Lugs seem to be original and not added / soldered on later, width is 20-21mm. There are those ||//\\ marks on the case, but no hallmarks / branding that I found o far. The dial (gilt?) is in good (very good, except for the little, hardly visible chip in the middle of the subdial) condition and has turned into a very nice, deep and uneven brown. The main hands seem to be made of silver as well and are heavily oxidized.
The movement is working fine, but obviously would need a service. It seems that with a new onion / conical crown, polished hands and new crystal, it should be a fine wearer.

However, I would be obviously grateful, if someone can share some wisdom / thoughts on it.

Scratched the pocket watch itch😀

Nice! I am guessing the one on the left is a Baked Alaska? 😁

I want to know when it was considered fashionable to wrap a printed tin calendar around a solid gold watchband. 😬😲

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So, one of these two arrived today after a 6000 miles journey. I would stay to tell you which one, but you can tell anyway and my therapist is calling that I've been skipping too many sessions lately, so I need to run... 😁

Got this last week