To my mind, there are two kinds of insurance agents - one is the pestering kind, who will bug you about getting a policy and then you have:

Either way, you’re screwed.

A year ago I met an insurance salesman who casually mentioned he collected watches. He showed me a few of his watches but none caught my attention then. I forgot about him until I saw his name pop up in a messaging app the other day. I asked if he had other watches to sell. He sent me a bunch of low quality pics but this caught my attention:

I asked him to bring some of them to my office today. I ended up getting these two:


I'm assuming both are from the 1940s (can anyone from the forum confirm?). The crown on the tear-drop lug might be a replacement(?). Otherwise, they are both in good condition - minimal wear, nice dial and creamy lumes. With the right straps, they’d even look better for sure.

After I cut him the check, he quickly proceeded to offer me his insurance policies. I guess that’s a small price to pay for two nice watches.

 

I'd like to see some movement shots.

 

Great catch, Aaron! I would agree with your dating, and that the first crown is a likely replacement.

Cheers,

Tony

 

Thanks for validating , Tony!

 

Wonderful watches.
Congrats from a Cyma lover

 

Hubba Hubba. Cool stuff and taste bro.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Nice watches and nice picture trick with the arrow of the road pointing at the watches

 

Nice! Very nice indeed!

Good catches.

 

Have to say, Cyma’s never really been on my radar, but seeing some of them posted on the site, and especially these two beauties - that’s changing! I mean the mocha lume would be enough but add those lugs! Wow, nice catch.

 

Thanks!