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aprax
·This is a 1955 watch from the Jacques Cartier London branch with a VC movement inside and a typical Cartier deployant clasp.
Best dress watch?
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hejsam
·I will maybe step on some toes now but I love my jumbo 50s Seamaster in solid gold as a dress watch.
It got alot of the elements I’m looking for when choosing a dress watch:
no complications (if not counting second-hand), clean dial and indexes, light coloured dial, percious metal, size around 34-36mm, flat and sits good on the wrist.
If I’m picky it should maybe have been a better dress watch if there was no lume on the hands and dial and a manual movement!
It got alot of the elements I’m looking for when choosing a dress watch:
no complications (if not counting second-hand), clean dial and indexes, light coloured dial, percious metal, size around 34-36mm, flat and sits good on the wrist.
If I’m picky it should maybe have been a better dress watch if there was no lume on the hands and dial and a manual movement!
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Cozmopak
·ALS 1815 up/down, 36mm. For me the 36mm is truer to form than the more modern 39mm. Also, my dress watch needs to be precious metal, and I prefer yellow, honey, rose gold to white gold or platinum. Why masquerade as a steel watch?
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Jackie Treehorn
·Years ago I had an opportunity to ask the sommelier from Brown Estates vineyard what the best wine was. He kind of leaned in and said in a very earnest way “I will tell you and I want you to write this down and never forget it. The best bottle of wine is the one you like the best.” It was a simple message and I have never forgotten it in anything I have an interest in. For me, a Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine 353/66-314 or a Montblanc Star 4810 are about as cool as it gets of watches I don’t have. I could wear one and not many people would know what it is but I would. That is what I believe makes something cool. My 2 cents....
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jef33
·That of my avatar,
but I find the Omega even more dressed
but I find the Omega even more dressed
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lindo
·In my humble opinion, Longines made the most elegant dress watches during the 1950s and 1960s. Their homages to the Conquest and Flagship lines of that period would be great modern options, but nothing really beats the charm of the originals. Also, I think most modern watches are much too big to really qualify as a "dress" watch; they are too large in diameter and too thick.
For me, the perfect dress watch was always a 1960s Longines ref. 8888.
This older thread has some lovely images to peruse:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/longines-8888.55045/
This gold capped Jamboree from the mid 60s fell into my hands a couple of days ago. I like its classic look and nice condition. I cannot get the back off so it will have to wait until my local watch guy is available, but it is running nicely.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanThis gold capped Jamboree from the mid 60s fell into my hands a couple of days ago. I like its classic look and nice condition. I cannot get the back off so it will have to wait until my local watch guy is available, but it is running nicely.
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SportChief
·This gold capped Jamboree from the mid 60s fell into my hands a couple of days ago. I like its classic look and nice condition. I cannot get the back off so it will have to wait until my local watch guy is available, but it is running nicely.
The back might be threaded. The cases for the Jamboree were similar to those of the Sport Chief line. You could try a ball of sticky tack (the blue kind that you hang posters with) to screw the back off. It may have a cal. 280 in it.
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killer67
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lindo
·The back might be threaded. The cases for the Jamboree were similar to those of the Sport Chief line. You could try a ball of sticky tack (the blue kind that you hang posters with) to screw the back off. It may have a cal. 280 in it.
Hi @SportChief
Unfortunately neither my sticky ball nor my watchmaker's back remover would budge the screw thread, which is why I will let my watch guy tackle it. I am indeed expecting it to have the 280 movement.
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Mad Dog
·Not a dress watch but my 105.003-64 was utilized as “sort of a dress watch” during a military reunion I attended.
Nobody complained to me about it not being a dress watch...but then again, people don’t really talk to me anyway...
Nobody complained to me about it not being a dress watch...but then again, people don’t really talk to me anyway...
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_awatchsnob_
·Rolex Day Date 1803 in white gold
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SportChief
·Hi @SportChief
Unfortunately neither my sticky ball nor my watchmaker's back remover would budge the screw thread, which is why I will let my watch guy tackle it. I am indeed expecting it to have the 280 movement.
Sorry to hear about the trouble with opening the case back. I agree that in that case (no pun intended haha), your watchmaker should try to tackle it. By the way, your Jamboree is in excellent condition! For some reason, every Jamboree I come across has either a horrendous redial or a very worn case. The cal. 280, was a good, in-house Longines movement.
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