I suppose I should say hi, after being mostly a lurker for a while now....

I am a watch collector and big Omega fan. Omega is probably my favorite watch brand, all things considered. I own 8 right now, including several Speedy reduced, a full sized Sapphire Sandwich, and a couple modern Seamasters. I suppose I may be in the minority, but I really like the speedmaster reduced, and find they are not a replacement for the full size moon watch, but rather a nice alternate version and a fun platform for color, etc. Especially the Schumacher versions. Here's what I have today:



All in, I own a couple hundred watches, from around 30 different manufactures, ranging in price from two figures to well over five figures, USD. I like to think my watch taste has quite a bit of range. I also have a soft spot for vintage Seiko and Citizen watches - and think I will likely end up over the deep end in vintage Omega at some point in the future... likely starting with a Flightmaster

Hope to contribute and make some more connections here over time.

 

... unless anyone considers these to be Omegas... I think of them as 95% swatch, but still love them all - the dodgy-er the colors the better!

 

Firstly, hello from the UK. Secondly, 200 watches?! Do you wear them all? More pics needed!

 

Can we have some more photos of the Mission to Uranus?

 

Very nice collection and congrats on joining the fray. Let em’ have it!

 

Is there just one WRUW thread here, or a new one each day? It's pretty easy to end up with hundreds of watches, when you start collecting old Seikos.... Here are some of Bell-matics, 1966 through 1978, posted in another thread here yesterday:



And some of my World Timers, 1964 - 1976



While on Seiko, here's a random pile of projects.



And no, I don't wear all of them, but I do wear many of them. I have quite a few modern watches that compete for wrist time. Here's a recently acquisition, and my only Longines, an Avigator reissue, 1 of only 100 made:

 

welcome to the forum. Holy moly, you're collection looks like a dealer shop lol. Love the swatch ones. Any new ones on your list?

 

This isn’t WUS where there is a newly created WRUW thread every day based on brand, style, and price range

Just the one main WRUW thread here and the occasional what UG are you wearing.

 

I have a two tone Speedmaster reduced that I have enjoyed for some time now. Unfortunately the chronograph just stopped working. It keeps time but the running seconds seems to lag around 11-12 o’clock. Looks like time for a service…

 

I've bought 7 Seikos this year from a 6105-8000 to some recent Seiko 5s. I thought I was getting out of hand. Clearly, I'm barely started in comparison, lol.

You have a great collection - would love to see any other Seiko references you are fond of.

 

@Dsloan there are a lot of Seikos to love, from just about every era IMO. The mechanical World Timers and Bellmatics are obviously high on my list. I also really like the early calculator watches they put out in the late 70's and early 80's:



On the eclectic side, I love the contra:





These Flightmaster GMT's from the 90's also really do it for me:



As do these ANA special editions:



Then there is the line of quartz alarms that replaced the bell-matics:



Hmmm, how about the new Time Sonar re-editions, and of course you could go chasing some very cool originals too



In the world time lineage, I also like the digitals



.. as well as some very cool oddities from around the year 2000







And back to vintage mechanicals, I also enjoy many of the early divers, and some 6139's in this box



I think that is about 1/2 of my Seiko watches. If you like vintage/mechanical Seiko, there are some real treats in the vintage Citizen watches as well...

 

@dapellegrini! I have never seen a contra in even close to that condition before. Amazing!

Your collection is making me want to keep exploring the seemingly endless corridors of the Seiko universe.

May I ask, where'd you get that rally-style bracelet on one of your Time Sonar re-editions? I have been buying too many vintage and new Seiko 5s lately, and that looks like a fun bracelet option.

I'm also super impressed by the bracelets on many of your pieces. I feel like one the hardest parts of vintage Seiko is sourcing OEM bracelets, especially on early divers and world timers.

 

Some of my favorite mechanical Citizens:

WORLD TIMER


RALLY CUSTOM


RALLY CUSTOM V2


SOCCER CUSTOM




YACHT CUSTOM


And some early quartz stand outs:

ROUND CALCULATOR


BLINKER:


SOLAR CELL:




and of course the JET BOY

 

@Dsloan - thank you for the kind words. The rally bracelet was from these guys:
https://www.strapcode.com/collectio...cts/strapcode-watch-bands-metal-ss-bcl20-b157

It is quite substantial.

a lot more photos of my two contras can be found here:

https://wristsushi.proboards.com/thread/24076/contra-1421-2c21-versions

EDIT: and I agree, if you don't get the correct bracelet on the watch - it can be nearly impossible to source later... or you have to be ridiculously lucky.

 

At the same time, you could start a new thread, eg WSRUW, and who knows what could happen. You could keep it going for a year all by yourself! There really isn't any right or wrong.

Sharing is caring

 

thx @pdxleaf - I've having fun posting some of them here for now...

Here's a few more modern favs of mine that are not Omega (or Seiko or Citizen):














...and this one is from the mid or late 90's so technically not "modern", put perhaps not quite neo-vintage either...

 

Exactly @marcn created this thread that he and I were keeping going for a while called third o’clock Creativity is always welcome here!
https://omegaforums.net/threads/third-oclock.156391/