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Scarecrow Boat
··Burt Macklin, FBI1970/1 Movado Super Sub Sea with a Zenith 3019 PHC El Primero under the hood. 10 ATM, screw down crown, and diver extension in the clasp of the bracelet.
Vintage divers
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vibe
·Early ‘63 with red bezel lock
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BarbVl
·I am not sure if this is a diver watch but the bezel is rotating..😀
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janice&fred
·I collect a lot of different types of vintage watches
Yes I know. And they're much more awesomer than ours. I thought by coming here to the Omega forum I could put my MWR-related jealousy behind but here you are torturing me as usual 😁
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Dan S
·When my watchmaker serviced my lovely "new" Wittnauer 4000, unbeknownst to me, he repaired it, and I was shocked to learn that it has a push-button quick-set date advance. After learning this, I searched for other examples online in sales listings, etc. and learned that the vast majority of them have broken quickset date mechanisms that have never been repaired. There is rarely any mention of the feature, and once you know how it works, you can often see from the position of the crown that it is broken. Since the date advances when you push the crown in, the normal crown position should be slightly extended as shown below.
Unfortunately, it was a pain in the neck for my watchmaker to find the parts and repair it, and a distraction from what he considers "real work". As a result, he gave me an ultimatum ... from now on he will only work on Rolex and maybe some Omega watches. 🙁
I may still try to convince him to work on some other complicated and valuable watches with interesting movements, but I won't ask him to work on pieces like this, since he feels they are beneath him. 😉
Unfortunately, it was a pain in the neck for my watchmaker to find the parts and repair it, and a distraction from what he considers "real work". As a result, he gave me an ultimatum ... from now on he will only work on Rolex and maybe some Omega watches. 🙁
I may still try to convince him to work on some other complicated and valuable watches with interesting movements, but I won't ask him to work on pieces like this, since he feels they are beneath him. 😉
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hejsam
·Two divers from 1964 on original bracelets, one bracelet is siginificaly in better condition than the other though.
A noticeable big difference in size also even though the diamater (at least of the bezel) only differs with 1mm
A noticeable big difference in size also even though the diamater (at least of the bezel) only differs with 1mm
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Fallout Boy
·The Certina 👍 Love that 2 on the dial ! Great diver!
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hejsam
·The Certina 👍 Love that 2 on the dial ! Great diver!
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerWhen my watchmaker serviced my lovely "new" Wittnauer 4000, unbeknownst to me, he repaired it, and I was shocked to learn that it has a push-button quick-set date advance. After learning this, I searched for other examples online in sales listings, etc. and learned that the vast majority of them have broken quickset date mechanisms that have never been repaired. There is rarely any mention of the feature, and once you know how it works, you can often see from the position of the crown that it is broken. Since the date advances when you push the crown in, the normal crown position should be slightly extended as shown below.
Unfortunately, it was a pain in the neck for my watchmaker to find the parts and repair it, and a distraction from what he considers "real work". As a result, he gave me an ultimatum ... from now on he will only work on Rolex and maybe some Omega watches. 🙁
I may still try to convince him to work on some other complicated and valuable watches with interesting movements, but I won't ask him to work on pieces like this, since he feels they are beneath him. 😉
Nobody likes to hunt for parts, but it's part of the job. The push the crown in to correct the date is not a common thing - the Omega 1481 and the Tissot equivalent had this feature, and it's very handy.
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Dan S
·Nobody likes to hunt for parts, but it's part of the job.
Great attitude, Al, and I agree. To be fair to my watchmaker (who has also become a good friend over the years), he would say that he is semi-retired and is less and less interested in working on obscure movements, and would prefer to spend his time working on watches/movements that are familiar to him. It's unfortunate, but I can't really blame him. He has more work than he can handle, and I know that you do as well.
Interestingly, it really seems to depend on what captures his interest. For example, he has a strong emotional attachment to Rolex, since he grew up in a watchmaker family and his father worked for the company for many years. He has been jumping through hoops (surprise inspections, required training and tool purchases, etc.) for years to keep his parts account, even though Rolex keeps scaling back the parts that they will supply to the few independents they've allowed to keep those accounts. If I give him an old Rolex to repair, he will go to extremes to restore it, and won't hesitate for a second to jump on his lathe to fabricate parts if needed. I'm just hoping that if I need some work done on a standard chronograph ebauche, he will be ok doing it, as he has in the past.
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Scarecrow Boat
··Burt Macklin, FBIJust signed for this one today. I’m pretty smitten with it. I missed out on a reasonably priced one two years ago and have watched prices climb well beyond reason. When this one was listed for sub $600, I did not have to think twice.
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LesXL
·Wore this little one this summer. Not sure I fancy much the case shape though
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jimmyd13
·Everyone loves a dive watch but here's one of the pioneers that I'm about to start working on:
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