Cheapo Vintage Beauties

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If it’s larger than 32mm then dibs!
I bought it today but it is still not in my hands.
I asked the guy that has it he told me 33mm!
So I guess its not large! 😀
 
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A German novelty. The numbers were too small for my old eyes, so she went to eBay just last week.
 
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Hoffmann!!

Nice! Looks very familiar, even has a missile truck caseback. I think it's weird that many of these cheapos have military themed casebacks. I've seen missiles, jets and tanks. Are those a reference to reliability and 'wehrmachtswerk' calibers or just cool macho images, I have no clue. Definitely something modern brands would not just randomly stamp on their watches 😁
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Titoni Space Star

Came in a "lot" of odds and ends years ago, so,......cheap, but runs well.

 
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Nordic cheapo from my wife's collection. Leijona was the king of Finnish cheapo watches and at the end of the 60s the brand held a 30% share of the country's watch market! The brand is still very popular in Finland. Recently Leijona has been trying to move up market and it even launched a line in collaboration with a famous watchmaker Kari Voutilainen.

 
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This didn't break my bank 😀 but it is running really smoothly, both setting time and winding it up, and with great power reserve.

Fun summer ahead 😀
 
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Only cheap because it’s very small.
Nice! With total respect to all the cheapo beauties, please can this go on "Do You Like Marvin?" thread?
 
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Nice! With total respect to all the cheapo beauties, please can this go on "Do You Like Marvin?" thread?
I would think is’s already there but surely can post again…
 
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Only cheap because it’s very small.
That looks like a clamshell case. If so, that's some great quality you have there. How old is it, and is it marked Staybrite?