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tyrantlizardrex
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What kind of battery does that one take? 😉
Counterpoint: Watches that have stayed in the OF family
What kind of battery does that one take? 😉
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UncleBuck
·@UncleBuck dibs on the gold tonneau!
Duly noted and will be honored but I have only owned it a few years, don't want to look like a flipper!
I know, I know, it's time that beauty got a service and a strap.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...When this thread got posted and I started thinking about it, I honestly had no idea how many had been sourced from here. I started going through my collection, and watches kept adding up, and then oh you that one, and oh yeah that one... You guys are bad for me.
Not the flashiest collection, and some are stunning and just shot poorly, but to me each of them have something cool or unique in them, and tell a cool story.
The whole set purchased from OF'ers and actually missing one 1938 Tissot I purchased for my father.
The first and last watch I have purchased from OF'ers a 145.022-76 and a Longines Majetek that I had been drooling over for over a year.
Foo girls watches. Both of these where sold to me by people that reached out to me within a week of each other. The tell was sold and I asked the original seller to keep me in the loop if the buyer backed out, he passed it on to the buyer and I was contacted a year later and offered the watch. due to Foogirl calling that one and a salmon Brietling the ones that got away I had to get it. I was going to surprise her with the mid size SKX 013 and while I was hunting I was approached by a member and I snapped it up.
The affordable trio, and one is one of my favorites. The Marvin was a back up "gold watch" for my father but I ended up keeping it for myself since everyone needs one gold piece (capped.) The other 2 are interesting I call them the Aston Martins, the Laganda and the Vantage. I was debating buying the Laganda and low and behold a db4 drove past, I immediately pmed the seller. The other was just a great deal on a cool alarm watch from a Hamilton "cheap" brand in the early 70's but to me it looks finished to a higher level then any other Hamilton I have seen from 1972-3.
The Laganda is one of my favorite watches, its chrome plated on a 3 dollar amazon strap that is slightly small, but it is just so nice to wear it.
If any get sold a few have right of refusal to the original owners, and all others will be offered here first. All have been excellent transactions.
Not the flashiest collection, and some are stunning and just shot poorly, but to me each of them have something cool or unique in them, and tell a cool story.
The whole set purchased from OF'ers and actually missing one 1938 Tissot I purchased for my father.
The first and last watch I have purchased from OF'ers a 145.022-76 and a Longines Majetek that I had been drooling over for over a year.
Foo girls watches. Both of these where sold to me by people that reached out to me within a week of each other. The tell was sold and I asked the original seller to keep me in the loop if the buyer backed out, he passed it on to the buyer and I was contacted a year later and offered the watch. due to Foogirl calling that one and a salmon Brietling the ones that got away I had to get it. I was going to surprise her with the mid size SKX 013 and while I was hunting I was approached by a member and I snapped it up.
The affordable trio, and one is one of my favorites. The Marvin was a back up "gold watch" for my father but I ended up keeping it for myself since everyone needs one gold piece (capped.) The other 2 are interesting I call them the Aston Martins, the Laganda and the Vantage. I was debating buying the Laganda and low and behold a db4 drove past, I immediately pmed the seller. The other was just a great deal on a cool alarm watch from a Hamilton "cheap" brand in the early 70's but to me it looks finished to a higher level then any other Hamilton I have seen from 1972-3.
The Laganda is one of my favorite watches, its chrome plated on a 3 dollar amazon strap that is slightly small, but it is just so nice to wear it.
If any get sold a few have right of refusal to the original owners, and all others will be offered here first. All have been excellent transactions.
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Jonathan40
·I think it’s safe to say it’s an easy place to spend our hard earned money. Great forum full of lovely people.
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Flatfoot
·Another OF sourced pair, which I bought from Ulackfocus in The summer of 2018. I had originally planned to service both, then sell the one with the rolled gold finish on the lugs (left) to recoup some of the expense. I ended up keeping both following the service work. The one with the rolled gold finish is simply too appealing to me to move on. And the Kris date hand on the other example is just too cool as well.
Funny how many of my long term “keepers” have come from others here at OF.
Funny how many of my long term “keepers” have come from others here at OF.
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...@UncleBuck dibs on the gold tonneau!
Here’s a nice oversized Seamaster Chronometre I picked up from the man himself @Tony C.
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pIoNeErOfThEnILe
·Another great occasion to show off the loot 😀. The three below were bought from members here and the others in the collection have pretty much all, in one way or the other, been enabled through OF.
such baked goodness
i have a couple. here is one
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