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Ref: 22536 from 1946, in minty condition all around! (Too lazy to set the date/moonphase.. sry)
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PAM104 yesterday for the family Xmas we hosted...

 
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Thought I would take my late father's 1980 Timex Mercury out today. I wish I could remember the circumstances as to how he came to purchase this watch. I vaguely remember him having a nice watch that got stolen and then he wore this for a while.
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This early trench watch by Omega, ~1910.
I'm looking for a leather-maker who can make me a brown strap similar to the one it's on, 14 mm size.

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Hijak
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My Longines ref. 9006, cal. 19AS on a new alligator strap from Kelaran...
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It suits the dial patina better I think.👍
 
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Love the versatility of this new (old) guy - so far I've had it on fuzzy brown suede, wine croc, and for a casual Sunday, this faux Hermes 'dink ...

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Speedy Gonzales on Omega Barenia leather NATO today...

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Been a while. I thought I would wear an old favourite as I head out to run some errands. This is my 50 cent farm yard sale Certina. I paid her $2.00 for it. Condition was such you could tell it had been a farmer's watch. He wore it 'til it quit, and he threw it into a box. Re-done dial, chrome plate the case, crown, crystal, rotor post, condition. Hard to tell exactly how much I have in it now, as the case replate was a barter deal, done by a friend who owed me. But close to $200.00 (Cdn.). The movement is a Kurth Freres, a movement that was used by Hamilton, among others. Beautifully finished, good design, pretty to look at. I think it compares very favourably with a lot of the big name makers from circa the 1950s. I love it!


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The Kurth Certina movement. From Dr. Roland Ranfft's movement archive.

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Been a while. I thought I would wear an old favourite as I head out to run some errands. This is my 50 cent farm yard sale Certina. I paid her $2.00 for it. Condition was such you could tell it had been a farmer's watch. He wore it 'til it quit, and he threw it into a box. Re-done dial, chrome plate the case, crown, crystal, rotor post, condition. Hard to tell exactly how much I have in it now, as the case replate was a barter deal, done by a friend who owed me. But close to $200.00 (Cdn.). The movement is a Kurth Freres, a movement that was used by Hamilton, among others. Beautifully finished, good design, pretty to look at. I think it compares very favourably with a lot of the big name makers from circa the 1950s. I love it!


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The Kurth Certina movement. From Dr. Roland Ranfft's movement archive.

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Certina_25_45
Is that the original strap?? It looks stunning
 
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