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Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

Northernman
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Alpha Alpha
Not a purchase but an arrival 馃榾

Without wanting to sound as if i'm at an Oscar ceremony I must thank a very good friend on this forum for making the introduction that led to this purchase and of course to my current wife 馃槈 and daughters for contributing to the funds.

IWC calibre 89 dating to 1952. Couldn't be happier and I hope "Santa" is as good to all of you guys.

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That movement is pure watch porn!!!
Very nice!馃憤
 
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cicindela cicindela
Did you have to swing for both daughters, or did you get it for one?馃

Both still here, I reckon they heard that there jackets were on shoogly nails as they are being extremely nice to the old boy of late 馃
 
Hijak
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This arrived today and after a little (very little) clean up and some polyWatch here it is...
1. Dial.JPG

Zenith Chronograph Cal. 146DP
4. Crown side.JPG 5. Non Crown Side.JPG 6. Case Back.JPG Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 10.JPG Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 11.JPG

This came on a wrong sized ratty strap with what I believe to be a wrong era buckle
Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 8.JPG

Put on an appropriate sized Hirsch Regent crocodile strap and it looks fantastic!馃グ
9. Strap shot.JPG

With help from OF I'm very pleased with my first Zenith! And after a service I see this getting a lot of wrist time.
Merry Chriatmas all!
 
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Hijak Hijak
This arrived today and after a little (very little) clean up and some polyWatch here it is...
1. Dial.JPG

Zenith Chronograph Cal. 146DP
4. Crown side.JPG 5. Non Crown Side.JPG 6. Case Back.JPG Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 10.JPG Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 11.JPG

This came on a wrong sized ratty strap with what I believe to be a wrong era buckle
Zenith Pilot Chronograph Cal. 146DP, 8.JPG

Put on an appropriate sized Hirsch Regent crocodile strap and it looks fantastic!馃グ
9. Strap shot.JPG

With help from OF I'm very pleased with my first Zenith! And after a service I see this getting a lot of wrist time.
Merry Chriatmas all!

Someone has obviously been a very good boy this year 馃憤
 
Hijak
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Alpha Alpha
Someone has obviously been a very good boy this year 馃憤
Why yes, yes I have!馃槜
 
LouS
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That looks better than in the listing.
 
NT931
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Hijak Hijak
Why yes, yes I have!馃槜
Good karma begets good watches!

That's a real beauty馃グ
 
Hijak
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LouS LouS
That looks better than in the listing.
Yes I was pleasantly suprised. It is in need of a service and maybe a new crystal but it does look better now that I have it in my hot little hands. It was a little dirty, all I did was clean it up a little and polywatch the crystal and remove the ratty strap that was on it. Thanks for posting this Lou, I'm loving it!
 
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NT931 NT931
Good karma begets good watches!

That's a real beauty馃グ
Thanks for the compliment, this is the second watch I've purchased from the recommended threads in the last few months. I picked up my Polerouter a few months ago from the recommended UG thread. Right place at the right time I guess.馃榾
 
Tire-comedon
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Arrived yesterday, a nice 35mm 25.5 SOB T2 from around 1941 :

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dsio
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NT931 NT931
Good karma begets good watches!

That's a real beauty馃グ
That's one of the great truths in watch collecting, it really does.
 
Hotwheelbill
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cristit cristit
Hotwheelbill, really nice diver. I love it!
thank you. The dial has a couple of issues but a nice daily wear watch
 
Hotwheelbill
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It has everything original, I suppose, right?
Not sure. Kind of hard to find info on it online. It came to me by way of my local watchmaker from one of his collector clients, so it should be all correct.
 
Nobel Prize
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PO 8500 42 mm. Decided to bite the bullet after all. I should get it tomorrow or monday depending on shipping. I was going for the Liquid metal LE, but after seeing both in person the LM has only the thickness of the 2500 movement going for it, and I think I can leave with the thickness of the new model and save myself a few grand. I have a 45.5 mm PO already that I will probably sell...or keep for when I'm feeling insecure at the beach 馃槈
 
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Used my Christmas bonus on '07 Hourglass Cabernet Sauvignon and '04 JJ Pr眉m Spatlese. 馃槈 Literally bought some cheer for Christmas. 馃槣
 
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