WHO loves Certinas ?

Fadershan · Apr 19, 2023

skand
My first Certina.................. but not the last

Hehe i find this nice piece all araound now, again gz on a great watch! 😀

JwRosenthal · Apr 19, 2023

skand
My first Certina.................. but not the last

That’s one hell of an entrance!

Dr.Sascha · Apr 19, 2023

skand
My first Certina.................. but not the last

Great start to the lineup!

skand · Apr 19, 2023

Dr.Sascha
Great start to the lineup!

This Certina is brilliant, better than the Seamaster300. I'll get back to financial equilibrium and start looking for 113.

Pahawi · Apr 19, 2023

skand
My first Certina.................. but not the last

Followed that auction and was very tempted to chime in 😀 Very nice one - congrats 👍

skand · Apr 19, 2023

Pahawi
Followed that auction and was very tempted to chime in 😀 Very nice one - congrats 👍

Thanks for not being tempted. Also cool that this Certina looked ugly in the photos.

DanT · Apr 19, 2023

skand
This Certina is brilliant, better than the Seamaster300. I'll get back to financial equilibrium and start looking for 113.

Great to see those two together - separated at birth!

skand · Apr 19, 2023

DanT
Great to see those two together - separated at birth!

Thanks. These are indeed 1967 watches. However, I am impressed by the quality of the Certina, maybe because I never had one and expected less ?

hejsam · Apr 20, 2023

skand
Thanks. These are indeed 1967 watches. However, I am impressed by the quality of the Certina, maybe because I never had one and expected less ?

Congrats, I also have a Certina DS / SM300 double, my pair is from 1964

skand · Apr 20, 2023

hejsam
Congrats, I also have a Certina DS / SM300 double, my pair is from 1964

A beautiful couple, congratulations. I still had a 1967 Cadillac DeVille, but sold it at the time of pandemiView attachment 1593648

philby · Apr 20, 2023

skand
I still had a 1967 Cadillac DeVille, but sold it at the time of pandemiView attachment 1593648

Now that’s a car! 🥰 If one wants to burn fossil fuel to move oneself and a few tons of metal around, at least do it in style.

Marbleu · Apr 25, 2023

Just found this topic, lucky me! I like Certina, great watches. Wearing my Q Quartz today:

philby · Apr 29, 2023

DS in Noordholland.

vitriol · May 4, 2023

New release - 38mm DS Action Diver in titanium😀

more at Fratello:
https://www.fratellowatches.com/certina-ds-action-diver-pelagos-39-killer/

hejsam · May 4, 2023

5601-113

WarrenEllis · May 5, 2023

Big fan of the classic vintage "Turtleback" DS, here's mine with a very well worn dial.

WarrenEllis · May 7, 2023

Another vintage DS I used to own, almost NOS condition. Love how versatile these are, just a shame about lacking quick set for the date.

__ryan__ · May 25, 2023

Hey guys, I'm looking to pick up a Gay Freres bracelet for an early DS. Examples of the bracelet are seen throughout this thread, including one above and one below. One option is to source a bracelet without the end links, and then try to find the end links separately. I don't have a good sense of whether or not that's a realistic approach. Do you think the correct end links (marked 'DS' or 'X') can be found separately in a reasonable amount of time? Or would it be better to just wait to find a full set (bracelet + end links)?

philby · Jun 1, 2023

Hope it’s OK to post this here (if it’s not, just tell me and I‘ll delete the post right away)… I thought this could be of interest for one of you crazy Certina nerds, a pretty wild Chronolympic (labeled as prototype on Chrono) has just come on sale here.

VintageYouWant · Jun 6, 2023

__ryan__
Hey guys, I'm looking to pick up a Gay Freres bracelet for an early DS. Examples of the bracelet are seen throughout this thread, including one above and one below. One option is to source a bracelet without the end links, and then try to find the end links separately. I don't have a good sense of whether or not that's a realistic approach. Do you think the correct end links (marked 'DS' or 'X') can be found separately in a reasonable amount of time? Or would it be better to just wait to find a full set (bracelet + end links)?

In my - not so long - experience, I think you should buy the whole thing, and not try to find end links separately. I was looking for this exact bracelet for a while and i found a lot - with and without endlinks )- but never did i see just the end links.

There a a few bracelet for sale, but that's pretty expensive, around 4/500€ minimum.

good luck with your hunt !