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Bruce235
·Keeping great time at less than +10s per day. Never serviced since 1966 when it sold for $12.95. Cost to me was a freebie from janice&fred with strap from Duracuir1. I have worn 3 days straight. Love it.
Show me your very cheap but favorite low cost watch
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gmmy775
·Many of these Caravelles had Bulova movements that had been given a different caliber number...nice indeed. The dial is particularly tasty
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WarrenEllis
·Timex X Nano Universe, cheap and lightweight but with a lovely dial and a whiff of Nomos about it.
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Bruce235
·Many of these Caravelles had Bulova movements that had been given a different caliber number...nice indeed. The dial is particularly tasty
Dial has applied numerals that seem to pick up a brownish tone that goes well with the brown strap. Signed crown too. Lots of value for your $13 in '66.
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Bernhard J
·This one, for about 20 €, about 30 years ago. Running strong and precisely, and I wear it every once and then. Made in the 1970s with a top level movement being nicely finished, not the rather crude movements of the later "replicas". Please disregard the dust on the crystal.
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dscoogs
·This GADA quartz watch did not cost me any money, but 25 years of service from my former employer.
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WarrenEllis
·This GADA quartz watch did not cost me any money, but 25 years of service from my former employer.
It's nice but Im not sure GADA applies to it in the classic sense... Then again, neither me or anyone else get to decide what you do with your watch!
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Dsloan
·$100 of vintage fun:
$400 of modern fun:
$400 of modern fun:
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TIMElyBehaviour
·Keeping great time at less than +10s per day. Never serviced since 1966 when it sold for $12.95. Cost to me was a freebie from janice&fred with strap from Duracuir1. I have worn 3 days straight. Love it.
Same here, $30 aud
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Bruce235
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TIMElyBehaviour
·What year is yours? M? on caseback.
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Bruce235
·I couldn’t tell you the year but it has an M9 stamped very small on the caseback.
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TIMElyBehaviour
·1969 the "M" is for the 60s decade. Mine says M6. I figured yours is a little newer because watch manufacturers started being more honest about water resistance and dropped "water proof"
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rbob99
·I enjoy this one quite a bit. Got it free but in desperate need of a service.
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Makesbelieve
·I wear this while working in the garden it cost $20NZD but it’s extremely comfortable. I don’t know too much about the brand but supposedly they were a British crown jeweler and the designers of the America’s cup. This watch was made in its 1000s for employees of British Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd who had served 20 years. It’s got a pretty movement, and keeps amazing time.
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pdxleaf
·Picked up this SRPD63 on a Black Friday sale a few years ago. Combined with an Amazon discount, it was 128 usd. That's 27,872 cheaper than STANDY's. Even came with a bracelet, plus b&p 😉
(I zipped by 'Thurs' when setting it. 🤦 Perils of retirement. )
Truthfully, I'd forgotten about it until this thread popped up again. Putting it on, I wouldn't trade it for a BB, as it sits better on my wrist, plus no Snowflake.
(I zipped by 'Thurs' when setting it. 🤦 Perils of retirement. )
Truthfully, I'd forgotten about it until this thread popped up again. Putting it on, I wouldn't trade it for a BB, as it sits better on my wrist, plus no Snowflake.
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tennjed
·$50.00
Makes me smile. In the sunlight, the silver numbers really glisten.
Makes me smile. In the sunlight, the silver numbers really glisten.
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gmmy775
·Nirva Day Date Automatic 25 Jewels cal. AS2066 Stainless Steel
As far as watches that I have acquired inexpensively, yet still get appreciable wrist time, this fairly unknown item is a favorite. When they say “what are the three most important aspects to a watch….dial, dial, dial”, they are referring to this guy. Even my most reserved multi-Rolex aficionado pals grin when I break this one out. I wouldn’t exactly call it a sunburst, but maybe a term from my gemological studies is apropos---chatoyant. I have owned it for quite a few years, but generally only wore it when I felt a lively green vibe was on call. Then it finally came up in the service rotation, and now that it has been sassed-up I buckle it on a couple of times a month. I think I will always own this one.
In a horologic sense, it isn’t anything to write home about, a generic AS 2066, the ubiquitous 70’s “Crystal” dial, and an interesting case. But the treatment of the dial is what wins me over, and….it’s running rather well for a 50 year-old wristwatch. Anyone know any detailed info on this brand?
Spec Sheet:
Nirva Day Date 25j AS2006 auto SS
Width w/o Crown: 37.65 mm
Length: 21.40 mm hidden lugs
Depth: 10.95 mm wo/crystal, 15.20 mm w/crystal
Lug Width: 18.05 mm
Crystal: 30.40Dia mm, in watch. Domed acrylic
Crown: 5.05Dia mm, signed
Engraving on outside case back: embossed Nirva “N” in center; Automatic; All Stainless Steel; Antimagnetic; Waterproof
Movement: A. Schild cal. 2066 25 jewel unadjusted Automatic, 19600 bph
Engraving on Movement: On rotor: 25 Jewels; Wwiss; AS 2006 with Schild Logo and K1 under balance
Timegrapher readings in dial up position: +16-19 seconds a day; 251 degrees of amplitude; 0.8 milliseconds of beat error
As far as watches that I have acquired inexpensively, yet still get appreciable wrist time, this fairly unknown item is a favorite. When they say “what are the three most important aspects to a watch….dial, dial, dial”, they are referring to this guy. Even my most reserved multi-Rolex aficionado pals grin when I break this one out. I wouldn’t exactly call it a sunburst, but maybe a term from my gemological studies is apropos---chatoyant. I have owned it for quite a few years, but generally only wore it when I felt a lively green vibe was on call. Then it finally came up in the service rotation, and now that it has been sassed-up I buckle it on a couple of times a month. I think I will always own this one.
In a horologic sense, it isn’t anything to write home about, a generic AS 2066, the ubiquitous 70’s “Crystal” dial, and an interesting case. But the treatment of the dial is what wins me over, and….it’s running rather well for a 50 year-old wristwatch. Anyone know any detailed info on this brand?
Spec Sheet:
Nirva Day Date 25j AS2006 auto SS
Width w/o Crown: 37.65 mm
Length: 21.40 mm hidden lugs
Depth: 10.95 mm wo/crystal, 15.20 mm w/crystal
Lug Width: 18.05 mm
Crystal: 30.40Dia mm, in watch. Domed acrylic
Crown: 5.05Dia mm, signed
Engraving on outside case back: embossed Nirva “N” in center; Automatic; All Stainless Steel; Antimagnetic; Waterproof
Movement: A. Schild cal. 2066 25 jewel unadjusted Automatic, 19600 bph
Engraving on Movement: On rotor: 25 Jewels; Wwiss; AS 2006 with Schild Logo and K1 under balance
Timegrapher readings in dial up position: +16-19 seconds a day; 251 degrees of amplitude; 0.8 milliseconds of beat error
