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·Great watches!
I would like to post my 4 favorite vintage pieces:
I would like to post my 4 favorite vintage pieces:
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Lets See Your Favorite Watch Of Your Collection And Why!
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·My late father's 1003
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·This one. I didn't buy it for status, I bought it
because it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
I went back to BB&B many times looking at it
before I felt I deserved to buy it.
I bought it in 1979 new and wore it daily for about
18 years. It was with me when I married, when my
children came into the world, when I succeeded and
when I failed. How could I pick anything else. I rarely
wear it now. But it will never be sold.
Gorgeous watch and great to hear you've had it since new and continue to wear and appreciate it!
I'm very curious, when you picked it up new, was this model already very popular and so no surprise that it's such a desired piece today? I was born in 1977 and didn't get interested in watches until the last 10 years.
This is my Grail, not sure I'll ever manage to acquire one myself but that won't stop me from admiring the heck out of them! My dream is to one day own a 6263 made in 1977 so it would be a Grail + birth year all in one.
Since my daughter was born in Feb 2005, another target is a 3569.31 which is also gorgeous and would be close to my daughter's birth year.
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gostang9
·Well I tried....
I first thought of this...
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and then the BM LE
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and then the "Ghost"
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and then....
and then gave up. Just can't do it😕
Not a bad problem to have! Very nice pieces indeed!
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·Well, this one is special perhaps for the reason my Grandfather purchased it in Italy before moving to Canada, and wore it every day of his life until I received it from my grandmother.
He worked in general labour, in concrete (shocking I know) and was a master of all trades. The watch was a constant on his wrist. I always ogled the watch as a child, and now I've learned that it's a 267 in a Ranchero Case according to an extract from the archives. Unfortunately someone polished it at some point, but some of his dings are still present. Also looks to have been redialled at some point based on my best guess??
Far from my most valuable watch, but it's the watch that got me started on this journey, and every time I wear it I feel my family history. And that in itself is something special.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing 😀
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·I have to agree with @Longbow , favorite of the 'children' is an impossible 'ask', but I suppose if I could only have one watch out of the collection, it might be this:
Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox E855, circa~1969
I absolutely love the alarm complication, but the sheer beauty of the dial, due to its two-tone creamy color and simple indices, along with the fabulous bracelet (the only bracelet you'll ever see me wear), make for horological nirvana for me...
Ask me tomorrow, and I'll probably have a different answer!
That looks great. For me it looks amazing on the leather strap!
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gostang9
·If I could only keep one one watch, and I have a good selection, it would be my Seiko Quartz Chronograph that I purchased new for £200 thirty years ago. I just love the look of it, and it's timekeeping is exceptional. What impresses me most is it has run non stop without servicing for all these years, except when I changed batteries.
Very sharp! I've never seen anything like it.
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·I'm surprised to see so many Seikos listed. I feel like I'm missing something.
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·I'm very curious, when you picked it up new, was this model already very popular and so no surprise that it's such a desired piece today?.
No it was not popular at the time. Everyone wanted a SS Datejust, SS & 18kt Datejust,
a Submariner, or a 18kt. Day-Date. I can only remember seeing a few people I came
in contact with wearing one. As the story goes, the Daytona was a hard sell and sat
in jeweler's cases for a long time (and hence weren't re-ordered often). Why? The
Daytona was a manual wind whereas the rest of the Rolex lineup was "Perpetual" and
never had to be wound if you wore it everyday. Another reason was it wasn't the "right"
Rolex to be seen in.
While there was strong interest in collecting Rolex before the BB(bulletin boards) transmuted
into the Internet(Bubblebacks), I see the momentum ignition of the Daytona mania
being the formation of the Vintage Rolex Forum by Christian Veltman(I think he may have started
an earlier version of the forum before this). then it was up, up, and away.
Here's a dead link to VRF 'under construction"
http://home.swipnet.se/akapa/forsale/forsalepage1.html
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gostang9
·No it was not popular at the time. Everyone wanted a SS Datejust, SS & 18kt Datejust,
a Submariner, or a 18kt. Day-Date. I can only remember seeing a few people I came
in contact with wearing one. As the story goes, the Daytona was a hard sell and sat
in jeweler's cases for a long time (and hence weren't re-ordered often). Why? The
Daytona was a manual wind whereas the rest of the Rolex lineup was "Perpetual" and
never had to be wound if you wore it everyday. Another reason was it wasn't the "right"
Rolex to be seen in.
While there was strong interest in collecting Rolex before the BB(bulletin boards) transmuted
into the Internet(Bubblebacks), I see the momentum ignition of the Daytona mania
being the formation of the Vintage Rolex Forum by Christian Veltman(I think he may have started
an earlier version of the forum before this). then it was up, up, and away.
Wow, thank you for the detailed feedback. Very neat story and so great to hear directly from someone who made the choice at the time to pick up what was then not a hot item.
I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to watches, the history of various models, and the related values and level of demand. I had no clue what the "Paul Newman" red dial version was when I first spotted a post on one of these forums. However, what I knew instantly was that I thought it looked incredible and I decided immediately it was what I wanted for my next watch. I had seen many modern Daytona models (including the Platinum) and they just didn't exactly hit the spot for me. Well, I started researching to find that particular watch and imagine my dismay when I realized I just happened to pick an extremely popular vintage with a price tag far outside what I'm willing to lay down on a watch! I have no intention of buying a collector piece to sit on a shelf, rather, I would want to wear it regularly in rotation with other pieces.
Luckily, I came across the LE Speedmaster 35th anniversary and this seems to be one I will someday be able to own. It's not the Paul Newman and some may think it's not "cool" or somehow an "imitation", but for me it has the look I like and a price point I can handle for something I will wear and enjoy without worrying about destroying its "value".
The recently announced Daytona Ceramic is nice, but I really prefer the total black subdials rather than just the ring.
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