Which is the rarest watch you’ve ever owned?

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One little word on the dial makes all the difference- 'CHRONOMATIC'

making it one of the very earliest Monacos and not oft seen!
One word...Fantastic 🥰
 
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No longer with me as all my vintage pieces have moved on. Although I'm thrilled that one of them is still "in the family"!

A super compressor cased Milner Skin Diver in 42 mm. Rare? Absolutely. Desirable? Who knows! But still quite interesting. It sported an AS caliber, just can't remember which one....

And this amazing and mysterious chrono....


I truly enjoyed both while I had them.

Cheers,
 
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Omega 146.017. I wanted a 930 movement but could not run to Bullhead prices. Then I fell for this watch and the 9pm date window. I am told a lot of them were destroyed for vintage Bullheads, but I think it is a lovely watch in its own right - I took a gamble as they are hard to find but this one is in great condition (after a full service) and checked out 100% when I got the Omega extract.... they don't always work out that well but the gods smiled for once so this is a keeper for me.
 
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Second choice would by my Marine C 1511. I think only 900 of these (excluding the French steel bezels) were made. I am not sure how many are left and sadly unlike mechanical at some point the movement will die I guess :0(
 
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Super rare. Probably won’t last long although hard to flip. Feels oh so great on the wrist.
 
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Super rare. Probably won’t last long although hard to flip. Feels oh so great on the wrist.

I love it and will take your hand off for that watch …. :0)….. I understand it also has the rare 100% accurate twice a day complication...… Is it waterproof / can we see the case back?
 
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I love it and will take your hand off for that watch …. :0)….. I understand it also has the rare 100% accurate twice a day complication...… Is it waterproof / can we see the case back?


I’ve not yet had it pressure tested but they guy I bought it from assures me it will be a permanent fixture on my wrist
 
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NOS Citizen Diamond Flake 1965. It also comes in white gold, even rarer to find. Sold this watch, because I did not want to wear it (NOS after all) and did not want to leave it sitting in the drawer.

 
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I think anything purchased on ebay would certainly qualify.....
 
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The Enicar Sherpa guide mk1 white
I don't know more than a dozen of these anywhere



and the zenith Delucs panda mk1
either 395 or 790 over two years depending on who you ask..
 
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good chance its a 1700 on the Super compressor.....

stunning ...

best
bill
Faz Faz
No longer with me as all my vintage pieces have moved on. Although I'm thrilled that one of them is still "in the family"!

A super compressor cased Milner Skin Diver in 42 mm. Rare? Absolutely. Desirable? Who knows! But still quite interesting. It sported an AS caliber, just can't remember which one....

And this amazing and mysterious chrono....


I truly enjoyed both while I had them.

Cheers,
 
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NOS Citizen Diamond Flake 1965. It also comes in white gold, even rarer to find. Sold this watch, because I did not want to wear it (NOS after all) and did not want to leave it sitting in the drawer.

Oh the curse of NOS.......
 
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Faz Faz
No longer with me as all my vintage pieces have moved on. Although I'm thrilled that one of them is still "in the family"!

A super compressor cased Milner Skin Diver in 42 mm. Rare? Absolutely. Desirable? Who knows! But still quite interesting. It sported an AS caliber, just can't remember which one....

And this amazing and mysterious chrono....


I truly enjoyed both while I had them.

Cheers,

Very beautiful watches you had there....sorry that you had to sold them.....me,neither with a shotgun at my head ,I wouldn't say yes ,if I was asked to sell those two pieces.
 
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the watch i searech very long time in ebay,finally it arrived at my drawer last month.

my watchmaker overhaul and told me the mainspring was for manual watch !when i told him this was the first produced auto watch, approximately in 1928 ,he muted
 
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The Enicar Sherpa guide mk1 white
I don't know more than a dozen of these anywhere



and the zenith Delucs panda mk1
either 395 or 790 over two years depending on who you ask..

Love the De Luca especially since I’m anticipating a purchase in the coming days for the same watch. I wanted a white dial and that mk1 dial was calling my name.