THINGS WITH SPRINGS CH thread chat 4/11

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Hello Everyone...

Just a FYI . this is still a work in progress..... 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... And at the end of the GTG

This thread will be come live during the online event on Clubhouse AT 3 PM EAST COAST TIME... on Clubhouse.

Watch #1 from Rick




Cricket33
I hope he is on this sunday. as he posted this after we closed the Clubhouse room...


Bill watch to chat about today...

Tudor 7809




If anyone wants to talk about a watch please message me a photo, email me at [email protected] or post here if you are also a member of the Omegaforums...

Good Hunting Looking forward to chatting today at Clubhouse !

Bill
 
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So we got to speak with Fred Mandelbaum the head of Breitling Heritage.

He cleared some things up in regards to the history of these, and the tie-in with OW and Sinn. He has spoken to the people involved and confirmed everything with the Brietling archives.

So he confirmed the sale of the parts to Sinn OW and 1 other in the late 70's. There was no lawsuit in the late 80's as it was determined that no agreement had been breached. As communicated by Fred, no one thought much about these and thought the mechanical watch would not exist much further into the future. Brietling retained the name, but no one owns the rights to the design.

My apologies if I misspoke at any point in regards to the Sinn 903 and Fred's information in regards to these.
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I would be interested in participating. Does one need to be invited?
 
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I would be interested in participating. Does one need to be invited?
yes, you can try to sign up at clubhouse but fyi it is only for iOS at this time...

best
bill
 
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The redialed watch that got me into collecting, and one that I like. 😁

 
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In case anyone was interested in the Hamilton Fashion Brand Vantage.

wonderful finishing on these.

Circa 1971 34mm (only appeared in 1 year of the catalog)
This shares the same movement as the Tutor Alarms.
A. Schild cal. 1475 (manual-winding); 17-jewels; functioning alarm

scroll to the bottom of this link for the info I found on it.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/vantage-1476-alarm-from-60s.53260/

 
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Hi

Erick wanted me to post this so we could chat about the new 36 mm explorer..