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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorBought a while ago and hasn't been worn yet, might make it this weekends job to put a strap on it
Obsession with Vintage Alarm Wristwatches
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FullyWound
·Bought a while ago and hasn't been worn yet, might make it this weekends job to put a strap on it
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector
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rcs914
·I got this Oris Wrist Alarm a couple of days ago. Much louder than my Memomatic, and uses a separate spring to power the alarm.
Warranty says 1993, but the story goes is that Oris bought the remainder of the old A Shild alarm movements produced in the 70s (the same movement inside the JLCs)
As for NOS, even never-worn watches may have handling marks. I personally would not expect a NOS watch to have no imperfections whatsoever. That said, it should look like it's never been worn.
For a watch only made in 1993, what happened to the poor dial?
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gatorcpa
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I just stole the pictures from an eBay auction years ago. There is a very colorful case back sticker as well.
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FullyWound
·In the interest of full disclosure, that Polerouter is not mine.
I just stole the pictures from an eBay auction years ago. There is a very colorful case back sticker as well.
gatorcpa
its beautiful!
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorand you did not buy it because???
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WatchVaultNYC
·For a watch only made in 1993, what happened to the poor dial?
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ahsposo
··Most fun screen name at ΩFI too have something of an obsession with vintage alarms.
Missing is a recently acquired Citizen 41 alarm that my ever so slow watchmaker is withholding from me.
And the Memomatic I got sniped on a couple of weeks ago and the JLC Memovox I want but haven't found...
Missing is a recently acquired Citizen 41 alarm that my ever so slow watchmaker is withholding from me.
And the Memomatic I got sniped on a couple of weeks ago and the JLC Memovox I want but haven't found...
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FullyWound
·the cricket is nice!
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Pvt-Public
·I wouldn't quite call it an obsession but I do have a few Seiko Bellmatics. 5 currently serviced and running, 1 in pieses to be serviced, 9 movements in various states of not working, 6 cases.
And hopefully enough parts to get the non working ones working again. I have more parts somewhere just can't seem to find them right now.
And hopefully enough parts to get the non working ones working again. I have more parts somewhere just can't seem to find them right now.
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flyingout
·Normally pictures are required and sufficient. In this case I would love to hear these. Can't be posted directly I assume, so more difficult.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI wouldn't quite call it an obsession but I do have a few Seiko Bellmatics. 5 currently serviced and running, 1 in pieses to be serviced, 9 movements in various states of not working, 6 cases.
And hopefully enough parts to get the non working ones working again. I have more parts somewhere just can't seem to find them right now.
I think your ratio of working models to parts movements is about the norm...😉
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kingsrider
·@Archer, are movements like the Memomatic more difficult to work on?
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Northernman
··LemaniacHave been a fan of alarm wrist watches since the acquisition of a JLC Memovox - came across this Memomatic recently and did not stop to pause and think before I quickly purchased it. Circa 1970 NOS - Any one with experience with NOS and how can you tell if it is truly NOS?
Used to own a few. Memomatic included.
Had to sell. Never wore it.
Not all with me anymore, but all fondly remembered.
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CajunTiger
·2. One can assume that the oils in a 50 year old watch that has never been worn would have dried up decades ago. At the very least, a raw NOS watch should be difficult, if not impossible to wind. Nor should it be wound until serviced, and newly oiled.
I also collect cameras...and recently I bought a vintage Leica Lens that was truly NOS. This was a lens that I wanted to use, not put on the shelf...but it was brand new untouched and double sealed. The outer box had the original seal with the Leitz branding stamped throughout, and unknown to me at the time the lens inside the box was also sealed and stamped with the serial and reference numbers.
Once the lens arrived, I just couldn't break the seals. I pulled it out at least a dozen times to open it up, but ultimately couldn't do it and put it back on the shelf. Finally after some 6 months of staring at the box in my office I just did it... I opened it up and excitedly mounted it on my camera ready to take some macro watch shots.
The lens was completely frozen up...focus and iris locked tight. All the oil had completely dried up inside the lens.
I had to send it off to my favorite camera tech to tear it apart and repack it. It now works and looks like new...but its no longer NOS 🙁
But most of the images I have been posting are shot with this vintage lens.
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Selbo
·I forgot there were so many variations of alarm watches. Good thread idea to see them all in one place. Mine are all JLC Memovoxes. Nothing approaching NOS but that just means I can wear them!
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ahsposo
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