Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)

I picked up two new watches from Topper before Christmas.

The white dial Omega Speedmaster Professional is awesome. The white varnished & lacquered dial is gorgeous and the bracelet is a lot more comfortable than the one that came with my previous generation 1861. My only knock on the watch is the lack of luminescence on the hour markers. That's the trade-off of having diamond-polished black PVD hour markers.



Next up is the G-Shock 5000 Series Tribute Edition. Not much to say about it other that it makes for a nice beater watch.

This arrived in yesterday morning.
It had cycled past an auction with out any bids and it had been very reasonably priced but the sellers pic was poor and his freight just that little bit too much, tipping the scales in favour of a pass at auction close time for me.
6 weeks later and 10 minutes before Christmas day he offered it at a reasonable reduction, tipping the scales in the opposite direction so I accepted his offer 1 minute before midnight, making this a last minute Christmas gift.
Seller one and only pic.


So I had been expecting a black dialed Roamer Anfibio, which I already have a copy of and they look wonderful so I expected a nice black dial what turned up was quite different but in a good way.
Seller pics sometimes are like a hole in the head, not helpful.
This is what turned up.
A nicely Geneva striped dark blue dial that in certain not direct light looks black at a glance but put it in the sun and wowie what a dial.


Needless to say I am well pleased as I do not have any Roamers with this dial configuration and this one is like the case and crown mint, though I had to polish the lens to make it really pop.
Here it is in a flat light to recreate the black dial.


Some times you get lucky!
As I have mentioned before these the last of the quality in-house mechanical calibres that Roamer produced and are very feature filled IE automatic, hacking, quickset date and snap date changes with their well proven patented mono waterproof cases.

Roamer Ref 522-1120.020

Love the patina

This just in this morning, the seller pics indicated to me a refinished dial and missing chapter ring and not original crown with a worn case.

When I picked it up it looked a lot better and maybe not just a spare parts watch that I had bought it for, so I polished the OEM lenses with the rare magnifier as it was otherwise in good condition other than the usual accumulation of minor scratches and put it on my timegrapher app.

The case is damn near perfect and the expander strap in exceptionally clean and unworn condition though I am reasonably sure it's a refinished dial as I have never seen an MST 437 watch with this logo and nothing else though I do have a sterile dialed Roamer from 1948.
Might just keep it as it is as it looks great, the chapter ring is intact though like the dial fairly sterile, possibly " Cleaned" but I don't have a spare dial and chapter ring to replace it so but I do have some correct OEM crowns.

Another thing of particular note is the number engraved in the caseback 12056 definitely not standard and what it's meaning is still a mystery.

Roamer MST437

PO Summer blue, MoonSwatch black Snoopy

I got my second '57 Speedy (long story) very lightly used, via eBay. Their authentication service only delayed it by a couple of days, which they made up for by FedEx overnight.

Ack! I should have cropped out that wrinkly neck! 😲😬😒

Just picked up Autodromo's first automatic watch offering. Obviously car inspired. It has a Miyota 821A self-winding movement. Released 2012. 22 of 500 (250 each of the black and silver dial options). sizeable 43mm case. In the post so yet to see how it wears although reviews say it doesn.t feel huge to wear due to the domed back. I'll let you know if I take to it or not. Redline might take some getting used to.

Just picked up Autodromo's first automatic watch offering. Obviously car inspired. It has a Miyota 821A self-winding movement. Released 2012. 22 of 500 (250 each of the black and silver dial options). sizeable 43mm case. In the post so yet to see how it wears although reviews say it doesn.t feel huge to wear due to the domed back. I'll let you know if I take to it or not. Redline might take some getting used to.

1965 Grand Seiko. I was looking for a 65, just to match my 65 GTO. It’s how much I love watches and automobiles. Will be worn to every cruise this summer.