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Radiumpassion
·30mm IWC cal. 83
Small things Radium and Beautiful...
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!A 39mm Lemania 15TL issued chronograph labelled «small » ? It maybe beautiful radium but «small » is pushing it...
I've had a search, and can't find a thread on the topic of small (30-34mm) watches with radium dials (although if it's in here somewhere, please forgive me), so thought this might be a fun thing to talk about...
Perhaps a reminder of the OP’s intentions will help others avoid a similar faux pas. 👍
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!
Your vault of a “small things radium and beautiful” is both enviable and, apparently, bottomless. 👍
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citizenrich
·Technos 28.5mm diameter, 35.5mm lug-to-lug, 14.5mm band.
Beauty! Some serious 'tropicalizing'.
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Radiumpassion
·"Ralco" They were really running out of names back in the days. Never the less, it's a cool bullseye dial housed in a 34mm Taubert steel case. I'm keeping the crazed plexi glass👍
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Radiumpassion
·Your vault of a “small things radium and beautiful” is both enviable and, apparently, bottomless. 👍
Thank you very much! Yes, it's more or less hoarding😉
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury member33mm
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Radiumpassion
·33mm Allsport bullseye.
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davidswiss
·Just the one. The mighty Smiths deluxe from the early 1950's
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!Thank you very much! Yes, it's more or less hoarding😉
Hey, better those than old newpapers and magazines.😉
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S.H.
·A pair of 30mm "étanche" watches made in France, both housing early Cupillard 233 movements (mass produced until the 70s):
Left one was a wartime production for the German army and has Incabloc shock protection, and a DH number on the back. The other one is civilian. One can find this case style (aluminium midcase, chromed brass bezel, waterproof steel snap back, a strange tube screwed into the case) on lots of wartime/early postwar watches. Even some early Lip Nautic use it. May have been made by F. Miserez.
A later ad:
Left one was a wartime production for the German army and has Incabloc shock protection, and a DH number on the back. The other one is civilian. One can find this case style (aluminium midcase, chromed brass bezel, waterproof steel snap back, a strange tube screwed into the case) on lots of wartime/early postwar watches. Even some early Lip Nautic use it. May have been made by F. Miserez.
A later ad:
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S.H.
·A recent arrival, it is a bit bigger than I expected looking at the pictures (almost 34mm):
It is an Alpina in a steel Borgel/Taubert decagonal case, the logo inside the back is the same as Tony C.'s avatar! Small world.
The crown is like the ones Mido used, the tube is huge (4mm diameter, maybe 1mm thick).
Love the radium sweep hand 🥰.
It is an Alpina in a steel Borgel/Taubert decagonal case, the logo inside the back is the same as Tony C.'s avatar! Small world.
The crown is like the ones Mido used, the tube is huge (4mm diameter, maybe 1mm thick).
Love the radium sweep hand 🥰.
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberA recent arrival, it is a bit bigger than I expected looking at the pictures (almost 34mm):
It is an Alpina in a steel Borgel/Taubert decagonal case, the logo inside the back is the same as Tony C.'s avatar! Small world.
The crown is like the ones Mido used, the tube is huge (4mm diameter, maybe 1mm thick).
Love the radium sweep hand 🥰.
Very nice! Though you're lucky that I forgot to bid. Wouldn't have happened had I not already owned a couple of the same style. 😉
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S.H.
·We have both nice taste 😉
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··Home For Wayward WatchesLovely Alpina S. H.! Only have a single example of Alpina here, but would like to further explore the vintage Alpinas.
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S.H.
·They are nice! I gave to a friend a 582 (bumper auto, small second) two years ago, it was a nice, tough, and accurate movement. Somewhat missed it, and I have been on the hunt for another Alpina ever since. Uncommon, well made, and cheap : what's not to love?
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·Another one from 1952 : a Shturmanskie, first type. Based on the mass-produced Pobeda case and 15 jewels movement from the 1st Moscow Factory but modified with a hacking system. 33m diameter, military issued (never sold to the general public): if I understand well, it was given to military officers (pilots and navigators) of the USSR air force after graduation. Some can be found with the Czech "Majetek" stamping.
On mine, the hands have been relumed, the train bridge has probably been replaced. (picture taken with crown pulled)
Gagarin is said to have worn a Shturmanskie of the later second type during his famous flight (a more waterproof case design).
On mine, the hands have been relumed, the train bridge has probably been replaced. (picture taken with crown pulled)
Gagarin is said to have worn a Shturmanskie of the later second type during his famous flight (a more waterproof case design).
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