Birth year watches

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Vagante

·Mar 13, 2018

How did you go about researching your birth year watch? I've looked in the archives that I have and there's nothing for my birth year. It doesn't necessarily need to be an Omega but something that was important that year so how did you determine what birth watch you researched and purchased?

 

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bubba48

·Mar 13, 2018

1948

 

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Vagante

·Mar 13, 2018

Nice.... now how about some of you guys that were born in 1950 show me your stuff.

 

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blubarb

·Mar 13, 2018

'54

 

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Vagante

·Mar 13, 2018

But how did you find it?

 

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ahsposo

·Mar 13, 2018·Most fun screen name at ΩF

1953, eBay

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

1951ish (who really knows?)

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

Vagante

Nice.... now how about some of you guys that were born in 1950 show me your stuff.

My gold Patek Phillipe clashed with my shorts, should have worn the Vacheron..
I'm a 1951 actually, that explains the Avante Garde fashion.

 

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ulackfocus

·Mar 13, 2018

blubarb

'54

No WAY that's from 1954. 😕

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

U ulackfocus

No WAY that's from 1954. 😕

Looks '70's eh?
Maybe blubarb looks way younger!

 

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efauser

·Mar 13, 2018

Vagante

Nice.... now how about some of you guys that were born in 1950 show me your stuff.

If you look at the photo in Uncle Buck's post above, someone is showing a bit too much stuff.

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

efauser

someone is showing a bit too much stuff.

You're lucky it's not angry! (sorry, Trev and Ash, no more, I swear!)

 

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Vagante

·Mar 13, 2018

Ha......missed that

 

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ClarendonVintage

·Mar 13, 2018

Y'all old...😜

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

ClarendonVintage

Y'all old...😜

Y'aint old if y'aint cold!
We just seasoned, baby, we done bin where you young'uns are, you gonna have to be damn lucky to git where we at. Just sayin'.

 

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Foo2rama

·Mar 13, 2018·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Depends on how sure you want to be. On an Omega you can order an extract and be sure. You can use serial number charts which may or may not be right... err exact.

Seiko is pretty easy as the serial encodes production month and year.

Some periods of Rolex are very exact.

 

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UncleBuck

·Mar 13, 2018·understands the decision making hierarchy

Foo2rama

how sure you want to be

!3,xxx,xxx is '51 by Maddux, '52 by most charts, then there are shelf life questions and purchase questions...
Who knows.
I've decided that unless it's a gift given at birth, I don't really give a rat's ass. It's birth era!
You could probably buy a Centenary new in '51.

 

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blubarb

·Mar 14, 2018

U ulackfocus

No WAY that's from 1954. 😕

Nope '54 - 56 latest - It's the Ist Gen 10ATM Zodiac diver. Until a few years ago they were considered to be myths and at best Frankenwatches until they were confirmed in the catalogue. Now they fetch a premium for a Zodiac, last one sold went for a little over 2k. The photo I have added below is a '66 Zodiac Seawolf.

 

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blubarb

·Mar 14, 2018

UncleBuck

!3,xxx,xxx is '51 by Maddux, '52 by most charts, then there are shelf life questions and purchase questions...
Who knows.
I've decided that unless it's a gift given at birth, I don't really give a rat's ass. It's birth era!
You could probably buy a Centenary new in '51.

Agree. And those who try to find "birth year" speedies have a whole set of different problems.

 

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blubarb

·Mar 14, 2018

Vagante

But how did you find it?

Private Zodiac seller from Vintage Zodiac Forum. Nothing special because to me birth watches are a miscalculation of nomenclature 😗 I buy a watch because I have an interest in it's provenance as a model or whatever but not because of some manufactured personal connection