Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

Lovely Speedy!
71?
And why the thoughts regarding keeping or not?
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Delivered yesterday. The dial is awesome.

Those dials are really impressive with the sugary texture. A LE winner!

Bought this back at the British Watchmakers Day in March. Arrived last week. Loving the dial, the blue changes so dynamically with the light - from dark blue to a greeny turquoise. It's supposed to mimic the British sky. Which, seeing as it's mostly grey outside my window I'd say is, er, optimistic 😁. I love the case too - the curve in the side is supposed to mimic a famous bridge in Cambridge where Beaucroft are based. Must stop buying watches now and save up seriously for a vintage Speedmaster.

As you may know, I have a fondness for Longines Admiral 5 stars and have just pulled the trigger on this one.

Hoping it’s as good as advertised on Chrono24

All my daughter could afford at the Interlaken Bucherer shop

A funky old Seiko:



And a new Seiko, based on funky old Seiko!

I posted last Thursday that I’d bought this on Chrono24. I took a bit of a chance for the reasons below.

First, I should mention that these two photos were taken today by me. I think that they are much better than the seller's.



I’ve been looking for another one of these. I like the c-case style and the slim comfortable fit.

I’ve been looking for a quite a while but either the prices have been too high or optimistic, the condition not great or, as with many Japanese sellers (who seem to have cornered the eBay market on these) the descriptions are inadequate/insufficient.

On a random browse, this one was offered on Chrono24. The BIN price was £323, which I was happy with.

The photos were good and showed the movement, the inside of the monocoque case and an amplitude test. The seller’s description was very full and he confirmed that it was recently serviced, that it ran well, that the date adjusted properly and that the calibre 505 quick date advance worked well.

So, as opposed to the luck of the draw on eBay, I 'bought the seller' on Chrono24

My only apprehension was that the seller was in Hanoi and Chrono24 explained that it didn’t run an escrow service to Vietnam and that I’d have to pay the seller direct.

So, I decided that for the price, I was happy to take a chance. Once I’d paid, the seller emailed me about the watch, the UPS postage arrangements and sent more photos including the watch being parcelled. It was delivered within 6 days and is as good as I hoped.

So, the seller is great and I’m very impressed and, for those who, like me, sometimes contend that Chrono24 watches are overpriced, this is either the exception or I shall have to revise my preconception.

The Blue Brother just landed, bracelet is in the ultrasonic bath currently, a bit too much dna for me.

My FIL wants a 2254 but I found the 2255 at such a bargain I couldn’t pass it up. So he will have the choice and I’ll keep the other. Everyone that has one talks the electric blue dial up, and I understand why, it’s pretty spectacular. I will be happy with either so win/win.

I always have an affection for the Smiths Astral, my first 'grown up' watch, superseding my child sized Timex.

The Smiths factory in Cricklewood was near where we lived and it had a large floral clock facing the road.

I didn’t know about the website. Thanks for letting me have the link