THINGS WITH SPRINGS CH CHAT 01/05/2025

Hello Everyone​

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Just a FYI . this is still a work in progress.....​

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The Things With Springs Clubhouse room is meant for a Live watch forum experience with a small GTG. We are striving for a collector to collector conversations.. having collectors either email me photo of there watch ( or they can join the forum and reply to this thread ) so we can " chat" about in real time... Just to be clear we dont have to talk about a posted watch ... this is a free flowing room on topics on vintage watches and things around watch collecting ... And at the end of the GTG when everyone leaves the CH room... and the room no longer exist ... This thread will remain as a quasi record of the event and we can later go back and refer to.... Hear you at 3:00 pm DST Sunday ....​

THINGS WITH SPRINGS CH CHAT 01/05/2025​

Remember the Clubhouse room is only as good as the collectors that join in.... please post a watch, timepiece , clock etc you want to chat about.​

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Bill Sohne
PS See you at 3 pm !

here is the Bulova Mil Spec diver that they never went into production with....

Feb 21 I had no idea

https://www.watchtime.com/featured/...va-oceanographer-special-edition-devil-diver/

I dug out a vintage Movado because of the recent Hodinkee article on vintage Movado. I found an interesting Hadley bracelet to put on it. This was someone’s Christmas present 74 years ago.

Hi Guys

Movado manual wind chronometre......

From a sales post .... watch sold for 4k

The movement has 21 jewels, as opposed to 17 for the base caliber; Movado fitted a balance made from Glucydur which is an alloy with very limited thermal expansion and contraction. The balance has a self-compensating Breguet overcoil hairspring for better consistency across different positions and a swan-neck regulator for very precise adjustment of the rate of the watch. The train runs in jewels which are set in gold chatons. Calibre 125 watches were adjusted to five positions and this was inscribed onto the bridges. They were serialised with six digits, the first three of which were always “125”, followed by three digits denoting the production number, which leads us to understand they were produced in a run of less than 1,000 pieces (I've never seen an example with more than three digits)

The movement has been serviced and adjusted and the watch is keeping superb time, perhaps not quite to the same precision as when it underwent chronometer tests, but certainly it is still a very precise instrument.

The 14 carat gold case is an excellent wearable size at a fraction under 35mm, it has wonderfully evocative teardrop shaped lugs which were very fashionable during the 1950s. The original dial is in super condition, it has a two tone finish, with a brushed centre and a silvered ring around the edge. There are gold applied numerals and markers on the dial and a gold handset to match. One detail I rather like is that the sub-seconds disc has been printed with every second, something that emphasises the precision of the time keeping (i.e. that you can read this watch to the actual second).

The case back has the original owners name engraved on it, I always take the view that it is better to preserve this aspect of the watch's history rather than filling and polishing. Fitted with a hand made Italian strap the watch is ready to be worn and enjoyed. Please bear in mind that this watch, even when brand new, was not especially water resistant, so the new owner should take care not to expose it to moisture or damp.

Case diameter: 34.75mm
Case material: 14 carat yellow gold
Strap width: 18mm

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/the-seven-vintage-watches-that-changed-how-i-see-movado/ Nice Movado here

new release !

The Toledano & Chan B/1.2​