Some beautiful Certina in this thread, but I haven't noticed any full fat funky chunky 70's Certronic yet so let's get one of those big boys added. You certainly know it when this one is on your wrist. The largest of the tuning fork watches, my wife hates it馃榿
Some beautiful Certina in this thread, but I haven't noticed any full fat funky chunky 70's Certronic yet so let's get one of those big boys added. You certainly know it when this one is on your wrist. The largest of the tuning fork watches, my wife hates it馃榿
We all know here watches like this can routinely be had for between 拢150 and 拢250. However earlier today I was at my watch repairer and he had a 1970s Rolex datejust on his bench. As I was wearing my own DS I asked him to let me look at the Rolex so I could do a little comparison. The DS compared favourably in every department, finishing was on par along with the general feeling of quality and heft. You would never have guessed one was a 3K watch and one a 拢180 one. My point is, I suppose, that although we know the Hodinkee price is ridiculous these watches should be worth more than they are. They are massively undervalued. I have always hankered after a vintage airking or datejust but I feel my DS is scratching the itch for a slightly dressy but classic everyday vintage watch.
You've probably all seen this one on the Bay, the seller seems very intent indeed on selling, he/she even adds a NOS to the title, which I find rather optimistic.
Anyway, the watch is far too chunky for my thin arm anyway, so purely out of curiosity: did Certina really make these kind of funky dials on purpose in the 70s? I mean, even staid Swiss watch engineers in boring Grenchen probably dibbled in occasional recreational drugs then, but is still looks rather wild. I can't remember seeing anything remotely comparable in those old Certina catalogues, and google doesn't help either.
You've probably all seen this one on the Bay, the seller seems very intent indeed on selling, he/she even adds a NOS to the title, which I find rather optimistic.
Anyway, the watch is far too chunky for my thin arm anyway, so purely out of curiosity: did Certina really make these kind of funky dials on purpose in the 70s? I mean, even staid Swiss watch engineers in boring Grenchen probably dibbled in occasional recreational drugs then, but is still looks rather wild. I can't remember seeing anything remotely comparable in those old Certina catalogues, and google doesn't help either.
Phil, I hope, that was sarcasm.
Ah, now that's clear. Thanks for the explanation!
Great watches, especially with their story that makes them personal for you.
I asked because I've lately seen couple of Certinas online, with a Polish day disk, which looked kinda similar to the one you shared here. 馃榾
From a short online research I did, it emerged that there was a store chain in Poland formed in the 70s during the communist time, where only Dollars where accepted. Among some other western products, it sold watches. Omega, Longines and... Certinas we're discussing here. (Funfact, even some Omegas had the translated day disk).
