Cheapo Vintage Beauties

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Just purchased this gem...never even knew of them, a Timex Dynabeat 1975 ish absolutely lovely fumè dial...looks like a 1960s dive watch.For info purposes , thd 1st day on thd wrist it lost 15 seconds and today 12 hours on the wrjsf and 12 hours off its lost about 2 seconds...hacking function as well..im going to get a few more..some dont have the date window, which makes them lookeven better with a bluish fumè dial..and a tigers eye one which isverv attractive.
 
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Got this lovely Callima ages ago...stem pulled out a while ago, having an onion crown fitted, early 50s by the looks of its unsigned movement..
 
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When I bought the watch in auction on eBay about ten years ago, I had no real idea about what I was doing and what I was getting.

I paid £190, probably because the photos were so poor and I was disappointed initially because I was expecting it to be gold coloured

 
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I'm not a pocket watch fancier or collector but this Longines is 1) gorgeous; 2) dual signed on the dial AND movemen (Mappin and Webb, UK jeweller); and 3) under $100. The blued hands on the porcelain and the condition really tipped it.

Do I have it converted to a wrist watch or just admire it until I decide someone else needs it?

 
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One is a wrist alarm (single crown), the other a chrono. From an online auction and not too dear, at all....which is great because they both need overhauls.
 
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One is a wrist alarm (single crown), the other a chrono. From an online auction and not too dear, at all....which is great because they both need overhauls.
Thd Gallet is a pearler
 
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A true vintage cheapo with stunningly beautiful steel blue dial. What it looked like when it arrived and the result after sandpapering and polishing of the dial.

 
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This 39mm Bauhaus Marvin for £42 😉
Even holding accurate time 😋