VINTAGE watches ... show and tell ...

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Citizen 67-9356 "bullhead" chronograph from 1980.
I have to say it's one of the best looking chronographs ever, for me at least.
Love it and can't stop wearing it daily.

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how vintage are we talkin here.....

wrists?


pockets


military


or just old

Great taste! But a Westclox pocket Dax! Really? What do I not know? I turf them when they come my way.
 
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@Canuck ..... My Dad, who started life behind a single blade plow and a team of horses in Sask.and worked his way up to the top of the CNR after serving on both steam and diesel engines had a Westclox Dax watch for his first timepiece as a boy in the 30s. He then had a 992B, his railroad workhorse, a 30mm Omega, his "office" watch, and is now wearing some quartz thing from Columbia sportswear now that he's in his nineties and no longer gives a sack of fertilizer.... so full circle then.

Given that... how could I not have a Dax??? A 30mm Omega and a 992B are there as well!
 
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My late father, at age about 10 yrs. in 1910, bought his first watch for $1.00. Back then on the Canadian prairies, there was a bounty on gophers of one cent per tail. He trapped 100 gophers. The government discontinued the bounty when they found out that people would lop the tail off the live trapped gopher, then release it to breed again. I have an early 20th Century Ingersoll Yankee pocket watch which sold for $1.00, way back then. It Runs!
 
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Bulova Accutron Astronaut GMT 214H hacking movement
unmolested, unpolished, all original from 1966
 
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FYI ... Bulova is considering a NEW ... re issue model for 2018 and are taking VOTES .... http://votebulova.com/home/

vintage models being considered for NEW re issue are ...

Bulova BULLHEAD
Bulova Deep Sea Diver Chronograph [SURFBOARD DIAL]
Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft ...
 
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Might that be Omega in Cyrillic characters?
no, it is Pobeda
 
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Oku Oku
no, it is Pobeda

Thank you for that. Now that I think of it, if Omega is sold in Russia, the dial would likely read Omega in Arabic characters. I guess.
 
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Thank you for that. Now that I think of it, if Omega is sold in Russia, the dial would likely read Omega in Arabic characters. I guess.
Well, yeah, and no. See, I am from eastern Europe, Estonia, exactly. Our big neighbour to the east is Russia. Back in the 40's the YCCP occupied Estonia. From the 40' to the 90' Estonia was behind a certain iron curtain - I am sure some of you know what that means. Estonia gained its independence again in 1991. It is VERY highly unlikely, that any Omegas could be sold in Russia during that era. Still, I am flattered that this Pobeda which belonged to my great great uncle looks good enough to be mistaken for an Omega 😜
 
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Thank you for that. Now that I think of it, if Omega is sold in Russia, the dial would likely read Omega in Arabic characters. I guess.
Not necessarily. A few years ago, I was in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is quite funny for foreigners, how they transliterate names like MacDonald's (МакДоналдс) or Würth (Вюрт) into cyrillic.
Omega in cyrillic: Омега
 
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Seiko 7002 - 7009

The last of the 150m divers watch by Seiko
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