Vintage Black Dials Only! Lets see them!

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Longines W.W.W, ref 23088, delivered to Baume & Mercier UK agents for Longines 17/07/1945

Crown has been replaced by an original one since, sourced at obsoletewatchparts website 😉

 

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Mad Dog

·Sep 6, 2015

Wowser!

Very nice vintage black dialed machines here!

Question: What age is considered "vintage" regarding watches? 20 years? 25 years? 30 years?

LATE ENTRY: The reason I'm asking regarding what age is considered "vintage" is because I'd like to post my beloved SEIKO 6309-7049 that I purchased new in OCT87 (built DEC86). 😁

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Mad Dog

Wowser!

Very nice vintage black dialed machines here!

Question: What age is considered "vintage" regarding watches? 20 years? 25 years? 30 years?

Anything older than me is definitely vintage !

 

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Mad Dog

·Sep 6, 2015

Ludi

Anything older than me is definitely vintage!

How old are you?

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Mad Dog

How old are you?

I was born something between Apollo 15 and Apollo 16 missions 😁

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Hamilton G.S (stands for General Service) tropicalized

Hamilton G.S 24H dial

Hamilton 6B aka poorman's Mark11

Both are Circa 60's

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Lip Nautic Ski, 1968

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Navitimer 806

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

@Darlinboy 😉

Auricoste type 20, French Air Force issued, 1954

Dodane type 21, civilian model (500 out of 5000 made)

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Bulova MarineStar, 1979, supposingly 1 of the 500 ever made (?)

... to be continued, maybe tomorrow

 

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Mad Dog

·Sep 6, 2015

@Ludi...are you finished yet?

Gee whiz, dude!

👍 👍 👍

 

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Darlinboy

·Sep 6, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

Ludi

@Darlinboy 😉

Auricoste type 20, French Air Force issued, 1954

Dodane type 21, civilian model (500 out of 5000 made)

Those are amazing, both! That Auricoste is about the best I have seen. 👍

I will eventually get a few more of these Type 20/21 - among my favorite chronographs.

An Auricoste CEV-issued is at the top of my list.😁

 

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Tony C.

·Sep 6, 2015·Ωf Jury member

AH, I see that this thread remains active. Luckily I haven't yet exhausted my group…

 

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Mad Dog

@Ludi...Are you finished yet?

Gee whiz, dude!

👍 👍 👍

Nope 😜 ... 3 more for you then, the first 2 are military issued, Royal Navy Fleet though

CWC 1974 batch, classical greenish index noticeable of this peculiar year (don't know why ?)

Lemania Gen3, funnily enough it's a Lemania 15CHT inside, instead of the expected Lemania 2220 caliber. Transition model between gen 2 and 3 ?!?

... which leads to an other Lemania, TG195, except civilian model - must confess I haven't the faintest idea of how much of them were made ?!?

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Ludi

·Sep 6, 2015

Thank you 👍 ... yours are not bad either 🥰

Darlinboy

An Auricoste CEV-issued is at the top of my list.😁

Hard to get, one of these, all steel made, very few ever issued 😵‍💫 ... Btw, for those unaware of this, CEV means Centre d'Essai en Vol, our own Chuck yeager incubator 😁

 

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Darlinboy

·Sep 6, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

Ludi

Thank you 👍 ... yours are not bad either 🥰



Hard to get, one of these, all steel made, very few ever issued 😵‍💫 ... Btw, for those unaware of this, CEV means Centre d'Essai en Vol, our own Chuck yeager incubator 😁

Scarce yes... Will not likely find one soon. So....

I can "settle" for yours I suppose. 😗

 

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Ludi

·Sep 7, 2015

A few more for the record...

 

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·Sep 7, 2015

Not to forget the Speedies

insert ->here<- an imaginary picture of a 145.022-68 transitional, somewhere on its journey to my hairy wrist

I guess black dials but white subdials are irrelevant, aren't they ?

 

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Darlinboy

·Sep 7, 2015·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

@Ludi

That LIP diver is a rare gem.... more pics please!

 

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Ludi

·Sep 7, 2015

Darlinboy

@Ludi

That LIP diver is a rare gem.... more pics please!

Nah ! ... I sold that ... stupid stupid stupid !!!

... along with that

Dumb, dumber and dumberer

Got nice piece of 50's vintage furniture instead but, sometimes, I regret I did this nonetheless 😟