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novina
路A lot to think about. I appreciate the input. Love the Wittnauer. Never seen one like it. All the watches here are beautiful and would be something I would be proud of wearing. Thank you for enabling me some more.
What other Swiss watches are worth collecting? Not so mainsteam watches.
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redpcar
路I'm a sucker for the vintage Wyler. Always high quality stuff.
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philgund
路There are some exceptions. For example:
"IWC is the poor man's Patek."
"Zodiac, Tradition, Sears, etc. is the poor man's Heuer."
These two comparisons have some vague or direct truth to them and the watches are excellent.
Novina,
It seems you're very new to vintage watches. I would highly recommend you post here whatever watch you plan on buying. I know you might worry that one of us will snatch it away from you - but the benefits far outweigh the risk in this case. 馃榾
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redpcar
路How about LeJour?
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ulackfocus
路LeJour? 馃槣 With a dial like that, it should be called LeCrayola or LeComiqueBook. 
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gatorcpa
路路惟F InvestiGatorWith that model name, I have to ask:
Is it...
gatorcpa
Is it...
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Time Exposure
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Fantastic placement of the "Play" button...
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Northernman
路路LemaniacLemania. (No shock to others in here).
The company who made literary all Omega vintage chronographs (forget the ebuches stories, most never even touched down in Bienne before hitting the stores).
Omega 33.3, 2221, 320, 321, 860, 861, 1040, 1045, 186x, 381Cosmic? Check! And most likely more I have forgotten.
They made the ebuches for most Patek Philipe chronographs up to recently and is now renamed Manufacture Breguet.
They were the preferred supplier of high quality timers to several armed forces worldwide. UK, Sweden, France, Canada, South Africa.....
Living in the shadows of Omega and Tissot within the SSHI (predecessor of current day Swatch Group) as the complications specialists they also turned out several lovely and well designed manual and automatic wind watches.
But then again, please don't look...... I like to still being able to buy the in-house versions of the "cal 321" for no money at all. 馃榾馃檮
The company who made literary all Omega vintage chronographs (forget the ebuches stories, most never even touched down in Bienne before hitting the stores).
Omega 33.3, 2221, 320, 321, 860, 861, 1040, 1045, 186x, 381Cosmic? Check! And most likely more I have forgotten.
They made the ebuches for most Patek Philipe chronographs up to recently and is now renamed Manufacture Breguet.
They were the preferred supplier of high quality timers to several armed forces worldwide. UK, Sweden, France, Canada, South Africa.....
Living in the shadows of Omega and Tissot within the SSHI (predecessor of current day Swatch Group) as the complications specialists they also turned out several lovely and well designed manual and automatic wind watches.
But then again, please don't look...... I like to still being able to buy the in-house versions of the "cal 321" for no money at all. 馃榾馃檮
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orbistat
路I think the perceived value and status of the modern day Swiss watch isn't what it used to be.
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Northernman
路路LemaniacI think the perceived value and status of the modern day Swiss watch isn't what it used to be.
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orbistat
路My oldest Swiss watch is this manual wind beater from 1965 that my parents bought me as my first watch, probably a dept store special, it still works to this day. I know it's worth less than cup of coffee but It'll always have it's place in my desk drawer. 馃憤
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Hijak
路...I like to still being able to buy the in-house versions of the "cal 321" for no money at all. 馃榾馃檮
Me too Brother!馃憤
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happytapy
路Probably not!
I don't claim to have searched to exhaustion, but I have never seen this one before. And heck yeah I like it! Is that a Wittnauer bracelet? QUOTE]
Yes, it is. It has a signed 'W' deployment clasp as well. My main reason for buying this one was that it has a simple, excellent condition, single decade slide rule bezel. I love watches with SR. Not to everyone's taste mind you, but one I enjoy wearing every so often. Very reliable and an auto wind too.
Cheers
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