WHO loves Certinas ?

ConElPueblo · Mar 10, 2018

Bill Sohne
Game on @ConElPueblo let see what you got !!! baby !

Another one on my desk

Well, there is that lume plot for you to transplant 😜

Okay, here the new arrival is:

Really sharp case, no turtle, visible engraving on the back points to a 1960 production... Some lume loss on the dial, but otherwise very well and evenly aged. Original GF bracelet w/ "X" end links and a recent service mark in the caseback. Runs, wind and sets beautifully. Comes to me with more than a little help from across the border - @mr_yossarian got it from a German seller and shipped it to me. HUGE thanks to him!

I am well chuffed 😀

Seacow · Mar 10, 2018

GuiltyBoomerang
Part of a lot...avery striking DS-2:

Also part of the same lot: Certina Certronic:

WOW, Green DS 2? never seen that before. More pic please!

Bill Sohne · Mar 10, 2018

Hi @ConElPueblo

Nice! Nice case too boot !
Have not seen “x” marked ends for that bracelet typically end links are marked “DS”

Here is another pat pend with a cool dial

ConElPueblo · Mar 10, 2018

Bill Sohne
Hi @ConElPueblo

Nice! Nice case too boot !
Have not seen “x” marked ends for that bracelet typically end links are marked “DS”

The other bracelet I have has DS-marked end links, but in the Gay Freres End Link Guide, it is mentioned that X-end links are found on Certinas. I'm pretty sure it isn't a put-together watch, but who knows really 😀

Great numerals on that DS!!

afinewatch · Mar 11, 2018

my Certina DS

Bill Sohne · Mar 11, 2018

Hi
Looks like a DS-2 500M . I think there is an issue with the current dial.

Bill

afinewatch
my Certina DS

afinewatch · Mar 11, 2018

no issue for me, just as found... and serviced

Bill Sohne · Mar 11, 2018

afinewatch
no issue for me, just as found... and serviced

hi
ok just thought you would want to know ... its a killer case design and a significant watch from Certina...

Best

bill

afinewatch · Mar 11, 2018

that it is 😀, uncommon so can't just throw it back in the water.

Henneth · Mar 17, 2018

My latest pickup, a Certina Certidate from the 1950s which houses a cal 28-451. Beautiful watch with an amazing build quality... 😀

Looneytoons · Mar 17, 2018

This thread led me down the path.......circa 1966 Certina New Art. 25-651(m) movement, monocoque/unibody case, and came mounted on an interesting all stainless Fischer bracelet. The crystal has suffered some kind of heat or solvent damage, and will be replaced.
Now I have a grail Certina to find: The UFO Commander Straker Certina Certiday Automatic TV Dial 5901-173.

Canuck · Mar 29, 2018

I don’t have many Certinas (2), but I like them. Mine are both from the 1950s, and are the Kurt/Certina 25-45 and 25-451 movements which I particularly find to my liking. The one shown is cosmetically the nicer of the two. Before anyone gives me a list of its shortcomings, i’ll List what they are. This watch was bought at a farm yard sale for $2.00 (she was asking 50 cents). It was a farmer’s watch and had been rode hard and put away wet. The chrome on brass case was badly worn. The dial was a mess after moisture got at it. The movement was in surprisingly good condition, requiring a new rotor post, a new mainspring, and reconditioning. The case isn’t the best as it has been stripped to the brass and re-chromed. The dial has been refinished (Kirk Dial of Seattle, now Kent Wash.). The crown isn’t right, the rotor post and mainspring have been replaced, as has the gasket and crystal. The movement has been serviced. Good runner, and I like it, a lot!

ConElPueblo · Apr 4, 2018

I thought of posting this in the "Unique watches and complications" subforum, but since Bill already broached the subject of Electric Certinas, I reckon it will fit here:

A 1972 Certina Biostar pocket watch! Capable of showing time and date as well as showing your biorhythm - probably one of the weirdest complications on a vintage watch. Very much a child of its time, the pocket watch style is rather odd... Can't imagine these selling much in the seventies.