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[Spruce]

HamDoctor

What a beautiful sharkfin case, congratulations!

Wishing you all a great week-end - I'll be wearing my Longines Ultra-Chron ref. 8455, sold in Hong Kong in 1973.

I’m a fan of Longines generally and Ultra Chrons in particular (as well as Admirals and Conquests). I’m always impressed by the dials which, for fifty year old watches, always look pristine

 

[Lou P]

 

[elara2105]

Nice weekend! One of this two

 

[YY77]

 

[peatnick]

Sixties Saturday

 

[timesofplenty]

Mido Abercrombie & Fitch Shipmate

 

[abrod520]

 

[Fish70]

o/

 

[HamDoctor]

Spruce

I’m a fan of Longines generally and Ultra Chrons in particular (as well as Admirals and Conquests). I’m always impressed by the dials which, for fifty year old watches, always look pristine

I always enjoy seeing yours

For me, it's the Ultra-Chrons that are my favorites, they were technically so impressive for their time ... the 431 was the last mechanical movement to be on par with a newer technology (the Bulova Accutrons, which were accurate to +/- 2s/d) when it was introduced in 1967. Sure, it was a brief moment in the sun, before Quartz movements came up, but still...

A new Ultra-Chron was guaranteed to be accurate to one minute a month. That's more finely regulated than basically anything else in its time, an IWC was between +0 to +5 secs a day, a Grand Seiko Special (6155/6156) was +/- 3s/d ... (Okay, the VFA 6180 would have been even more finely tuned than that, but this is hardly a watch you would just walk into a store and buy.) The Ultra-Chrons had beautiful movements, as well. I'll add a shot below of the 6651 movement that is in the watch I'm wearing today.

Now, if there were more non-date Ultra-Chron versions about ... and if the movement had hacking (which is my only "major" complaint, more of a niggle, really).

 

[mswilks]

1988.

 

[BAJJ]

30 yo Tag with a Guinness

 

[CPRwatch]

 

[BAJJ]

dougiedude

I haven’t been here in awhile.

The last two days have seemed like time stood still .

Wore this one as my mom had her last breath on Tuesday. She lived a long and beautiful life.

.

Always tough, may she rest in peace

 

[Mach]

Happy Saturday!

 

[Walrus]

Been wearing my mini bond happily and without notice as usually until two people at work called it out as an omega. I was kinda shocked I don’t wear watches for attention. My collection is still out of reach so I have few options but I became a bit flummoxed and tried to explain it’s just a midsize model nothing really special I don’t know why I get like that

 

[Deafboy]

Bulova Astronaut with the fabulous Accutron movement.

 

[paysdoufs]

Something a bit exotic…

 

[dandog]

A different “Master”.

 

[MtnMarine]

 

[Alex Cheers]