Hi OF, Got my latest Gallet incoming yesterday, this year is off with a great start for me! Let’s see your first acquisition(s) this year! Oversize Hugex chronograph with Spillman case and inverse pushers circa 1940s Gallet Multichron 12HR “Jim Clark” circa 1960s, this is a very early variant of the Gallet “Jim Clark” with the long lugs and super glossy gilt dial Best Andre
Also glad to see you have some nice new, frankly stellar acquisitions because I bonded with this immediately yesterday. The first and possibly only buy this year.
What a cool Gallet and a great start to the year. The first two weeks of 2018 have been incredibly kind to me too. It seems I picked up 9 vintage Rolex GMT inserts for <100 euros, and I bought a stash of parts that make up maybe 60% of a true grail watch. Heaven knows where I'll find the bits that are missing (and how much they'll cost if I ever find them), but it's re-invigorated my hunting spirit after a really lame second half of 2017.
I just got an email from genteel, my custom watch strap for my PO is done. Double ridge, soft black pebble grain. I am having him do a card wallet to match. Ordered an auth deployment from my AD for strap too.
Nothing too fancy but excited to receive my first ever Lemania - SS case, rose gold furniture, white guilloche dial and creamy lume plots @Dre your Monodatic was unfortunately over my budget so this will have to do (for now).
Don't know why but I laughed pretty hard at this. Maybe cause I'm guilty of it too. *tells myself all I need is a nice 5513 and I'm done*
Hi Ok .... i am including the last two watches from 2017 also !!! first 2018 clamshell Sq case !! I would say , Rare UG Monodatic Chronometre 18k rose gold Not sure exacty what we have here.. best case recased Certina Chronometre , worse certina chronometre dial thanks @ConElPueblo Cool Seiko that was just posted for sale had to get it ! JDM example I think.... and my last two watches from 2017 val 71 SkyChief and a First gen microotor pat pending movement and broadarrow hands !! killer ! Good Hunting Bill Sohne
Amazing stuff - both of those. Going to be hard to keep it up! My year started off with a very rare Villeneuve Autavia, reference 73663:
Very happy with the start of my 2018. It was a little unexpected, but I’ve wanted one for a long time and this was sharp enough that I couldn’t pass. If anyone has a matching buckle that would be fantastic.
Rose Gold Zenith recieved 30th of December Sellers pic,s thanks to @watchknut And if it takes a year to make a Rolex this took a year and 9 days from ordering