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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorstyggpyggeno1 The pic of those four led to the recent purchase posted above, in this thread..😀
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·"I anticipate a lot of pics from Cinderella, Upackmucus and friends"
Hrmm... Where are the pictures of cute animals with integrated housing?
Hrmm... Where are the pictures of cute animals with integrated housing?
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··Carpe horologium!Hey, It's Turtle Tuesday!! Are all the turtles in hibernation?
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·Well, here is one before hibernation…
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··Carpe horologium!
I found this one in my pool the other day, as he must've been looking for a spot to hibernate:
This is the first model produced, by Aevig, a very small, upstart company in Holland. I think he did pretty darn well on his first try! Contains a Miyota 9015...
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·Ah, our "English" friend! Sorry for being late on yet another tuesday...
Kettil - I hope it is OK with you that I dwell a little on the subject of your watch - "The English"?
For those of you who might think this is just your ordinary old turtle - besides the rare version dial and a different set of hands - you have another thing coming. This watch is rare in at least one more way - which is not obvious straight away.
Have a look at this comparison of the case to a "normal" turtle ("English" on the left):
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·Ah, our "English" friend! Sorry for being late on yet another tuesday...
Kettil - I hope it is OK with you that I dwell a little on the subject of your watch - "The English"?
For those of you who might think this is just your ordinary old turtle - besides the rare version dial and a different set of hands - you have another thing coming. This watch is rare in at least one more way - which is not obvious straight away.
Have a look at this comparison of the case to a "normal" turtle ("English" on the left):
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·Sorry for being late. I had planned for a new and better picture of this one today but my work day became extremely hectic - not a second to spare. Just came home (23.00 here).
Well - better late than never
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Oh, that it's TOTALLY pimpin' man! 🥰
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·Tuesday butt naked turtles (I do not want to think about what hits this will get on google).
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·Even the kingdom of turtle shaped have some low-so:s…😉
If someone gets offended because I drag this hobo in to the aristocracy above, please accept my humble apology. But this cheap brute is one of my favorites..😀
If someone gets offended because I drag this hobo in to the aristocracy above, please accept my humble apology. But this cheap brute is one of my favorites..😀
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·It is Tuesday again. Did not bother to set the date. It is dark here in Sweden this time of year and it really shows in these pictures.
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·It was dark again 🙁 5 hours of sunshine in a month in November in the area of Stockholm 🙁
But I had access to light 😉
But I had access to light 😉
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·Cheating today.
Even more cheating... the above pic I took today but the front just did not want to be pictured in a decent way so - here is a picture borrowed from its former owner.
Even more cheating... the above pic I took today but the front just did not want to be pictured in a decent way so - here is a picture borrowed from its former owner.
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·As my entry for this tuesday I will link to this auction (no connection to seller). I hope I do not blow anyones aim for this one with this post...
But I feel it is of interest for the turtle enthusiast.
This dial is a bit strange. The painted indexes are not inside the mirrorlike finish area but outside. They look smudged (with reservation for the plexi being scratched). The text follows the "French" word order but with Chronometer instead of Chronometre and as the "English" it does not say "Captain". Sort of a mix of the English and the French versions we have earlier examples of - with this one having "normal" case and hands. The mirror finish area looks thinner in width. The fonts looks the same as the "English".
These dials are made out of gold - guess making a redial regarding the gloss band rather difficult. Missing "Swiss made" at the bottom.
I usually do not shout "redial" on the smallest of inconsistencies and I do not in this case either - but in this case I would at least want to make anyone interested aware of the possibility.
My firm belief is that the earlier two versions are genuine for sure. To many things differ between the versions - case, hands, wording, etc - but they are both of the same comparable high quality - for it being anything than just two original versions.
This third one - I am slightly worried...
Please feel free to put forward your thoughts.
http://www.kaplans.se/sv/auktioner/2827/vara/1102819
But I feel it is of interest for the turtle enthusiast.
This dial is a bit strange. The painted indexes are not inside the mirrorlike finish area but outside. They look smudged (with reservation for the plexi being scratched). The text follows the "French" word order but with Chronometer instead of Chronometre and as the "English" it does not say "Captain". Sort of a mix of the English and the French versions we have earlier examples of - with this one having "normal" case and hands. The mirror finish area looks thinner in width. The fonts looks the same as the "English".
These dials are made out of gold - guess making a redial regarding the gloss band rather difficult. Missing "Swiss made" at the bottom.
I usually do not shout "redial" on the smallest of inconsistencies and I do not in this case either - but in this case I would at least want to make anyone interested aware of the possibility.
My firm belief is that the earlier two versions are genuine for sure. To many things differ between the versions - case, hands, wording, etc - but they are both of the same comparable high quality - for it being anything than just two original versions.
This third one - I am slightly worried...
Please feel free to put forward your thoughts.
http://www.kaplans.se/sv/auktioner/2827/vara/1102819
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorSpent months looking at these prior to purchase and have never seen one besides the white gold one without the minute markers inside the ring. Also the English, without captain version should have Zenith on the top line not Chronometer
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·As my entry for this tuesday I will link to this auction (no connection to seller). I hope I do not blow anyones aim for this one with this post...
But I feel it is of interest for the turtle enthusiast.
This dial is a bit strange. The painted indexes are not inside the mirrorlike finish area but outside. They look smudged (with reservation for the plexi being scratched). The text follows the "French" word order but with Chronometer instead of Chronometre and as the "English" it does not say "Captain". Sort of a mix of the English and the French versions we have earlier examples of - with this one having "normal" case and hands. The mirror finish area looks thinner in width. The fonts looks the same as the "English".
These dials are made out of gold - guess making a redial regarding the gloss band rather difficult. Missing "Swiss made" at the bottom.
I usually do not shout "redial" on the smallest of inconsistencies and I do not in this case either - but in this case I would at least want to make anyone interested aware of the possibility.
My firm belief is that the earlier two versions are genuine for sure. To many things differ between the versions - case, hands, wording, etc - but they are both of the same comparable high quality - for it being anything than just two original versions.
This third one - I am slightly worried...
Please feel free to put forward your thoughts.
http://www.kaplans.se/sv/auktioner/2827/vara/1102819
"The English"
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector??
English has- Star then Zenith, Automatic, Chronometer
French Have - Star then Chronometre ,Zenith , Automatic
If you look at the Four on the previous page of this thread you will pick the English (Like yours) compared to the three French
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