Watches From Your Collection That Equal Or Exceed Your Age

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My 1959 Omega Geneve reference 2903. Same age as me, but holding up a lot better! 😀
 
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One of two '57 Constellations I have which shares my birth year. Another instance of where the watch is holding up better than the owner.

 
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All of them!

Not alot of great vintage watches was made since the mid 90’s
 
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beautiful watches gentlemen!! 👍
As for me, a new arrival. 1913 Longines for the British market. It does exceed my age by quite a bit. 😉
Sold by Longines without name on the dial. Someone just suggested I call it “little Ben” as it apparently was retailed by Dent; the maker of Big Ben and of the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich.
 
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I was born in the early 90s so the one vintage watch that would match my age almost perfectly would be a "Bond" Seamaster 300 with the wave dial. It is on my wishlist though. Goldeneye was the first 007 film I ever watched and I really really liked it as child.

Respect for all you people who have been collecting for decades. That is really cool.
 
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Another from my collection. A 1951 reference 2635 caliber 351 bumper. Seven years older than me.
 
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All the others are younger than me. This one isn’t just kept in the sock drawer, it’s kept in a pair of socks!

 
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beautiful watches gentlemen!! 👍
As for me, a new arrival. 1913 Longines for the British market. It does exceed my age by quite a bit. 😉
Sold by Longines without name on the dial. Someone just suggested I call it “little Ben” as it apparently was retailed by Dent; the maker of Big Ben and of the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich.

Baby Ben 😉
 
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beautiful watches gentlemen!! 👍
As for me, a new arrival. 1913 Longines for the British market. It does exceed my age by quite a bit. 😉
Sold by Longines without name on the dial. Someone just suggested I call it “little Ben” as it apparently was retailed by Dent; the maker of Big Ben and of the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich.


Oh, my that is lovely.
 
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All older than me (late 1951) and all Omega's but I'm still a kid!

My favorite, away for a needed service:

This one's about the same as me:
My WWI's:

WWII US ARMY 2179:


My favorite Deco (thanks, Kyle!):


Naiad:

I've got to stop !!!
I have only a couple younger than me... my "new" watch is from '72.
 
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1876 Rockford but it's the GW Ladd cases that attract me.




Four hinge on the Hunter case

and a humble Tri........37mm of goodness and a few years ahead of me on the sundial.



 
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My Grandfather's Lanco. No idea of the production date but a watchmaker once told me it dated from the 1930s. Where he got that info from I have no idea but am pretty sure it predates me.

My Smiths Astral T105 with box and signed papers from 25th April 1959, pre dating me by 5 months.

Also have a Smiths 12-15 from the late 40s/early 50s but no photo to hand of that.
 
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Four here from the decade before my parents thought of bringing me into the picture...
Those are all very nice, but that Certina is fabulous!
 
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Oh, my that is lovely.
Baby Ben 😉

Thank you dear gentlemen, “baby Ben” suits me too !👍
It’s a privilege when a watch is not just nice looking and functuonal, but when it also leads to learning and discoveries in the history of horology - and this one certainly delivers on that front!
 
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An ‘Oripsa’ tiny wristwatch (33mm) powered by a French HP (Hyppolite Parrenin) movement. Nice weekend to everybody.