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warmpancakes
·Had it over 20 years, paid 1.00 at a garage sale
It's early 70s and works perfect original band broke a month or 2 ago.
It's early 70s and works perfect original band broke a month or 2 ago.
Show us your bargain bin watches under $200
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wagudc
·My one very lucky buy was in 1983. This GMT was a mess , no crown, cracked plexie, didn't run.
Oportunistic purchase price of $130 !
That only happens once, I think it cost me $200 for full service so that detracts from the $200 admission to this thread.
A beautiful watch watch and a great price in 1983, but I wouldn't ever call it a bargain bin watch!
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wagudc
·Had it over 20 years, paid 1.00 at a garage sale
It's early 70s and works perfect original band broke a month or 2 ago.
Lovely. Those Timex really do seem to just keep going. They were never a high precision watch, I am amazed how you can find a 40+ year old watch that has probably never had any sort of service that still performs within original specs.
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Foo2rama
··Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can.
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JwRosenthal
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pseikotick
·Point me to the under $20 thread.
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wagudc
·Point me to the under $20 thread.
What is it? Other than a chronograph, I can't tell because the picture is low resolution. Loos like a nice watch for under $20.
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neilfrancis
·West End Sowar with Arabic Day Date. ebay £22
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JwRosenthal
·Point me to the under $20 thread.
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JSal16
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pseikotick
·What is it? Other than a chronograph, I can't tell because the picture is low resolution. Loos like a nice watch for under $20.
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JwRosenthal
·Love these 70s manual winding revolving disc pieces!
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DaveK
··Yoda of Yodelers<$200? All my pocket watches combined 😀. Seriously, every collection should have at least one pocket watch.
and in the <$75 category
and in the <$75 category
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Syrte
··MWR Tech Support DeptMy one very lucky buy was in 1983. This GMT was a mess , no crown, cracked plexie, didn't run.
Oportunistic purchase price of $130 !
That only happens once, I think it cost me $200 for full service so that detracts from the $200 admission to this thread.
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JwRosenthal
·I don’t know anything about Rolex but Wow.
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warmpancakes
·Lovely. Those Timex really do seem to just keep going. They were never a high precision watch, I am amazed how you can find a 40+ year old watch that has probably never had any sort of service that still performs within original specs.
I im not sure how close to spec it is, ive never rally checked to see how much it loses or gains, now you have me wondering?
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JwRosenthal
·I im not sure how close to spec it is, ive never rally checked to see how much it loses or gains, now you have me wondering?
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wagudc
·I im not sure how close to spec it is, ive never rally checked to see how much it loses or gains, now you have me wondering?
Don’t go down that rabbit hole with a Timex- just wear and enjoy!
I have a couple old Timex that are +/- 30 or 40 secs. a day, which I imagine is about the best they ever were. Good enough to wear for one ore two days at a time and not worry about being late to a meeting.
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pseikotick
·I misunderstood. I thought we were showing watches that were actually worth less than 200. I'm embarrassed to note the times when I paid far too little for someone's watch. Not my proudest moments. A 69 Speedmaster that the guy couldn't get back in its case in about 1995. A Heuer Autavia "Viceroy" that one old guy knew he had paid about 80 bucks and a proof of purchase from a carton of smokes for. He thought 80 after two decades of use and depreciation was a great deal. I agreed. It's funny how I got a kick out of those "steals" at the time but not so much looking back at this point in my life. This watch is better for this thread.
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