Entry #1: Orient Divers KY EM2Z-E1 CA
Cost: $26.01
Case Dimensions and Features
Diameter: 42mm
Including Crown: 48mm
Lug to Lug: 48mm
Thickness: 14.2mm
Lug Width: 20mm
Crystal: Flat mineral
Bezel: 60 click uni-directional with no back play
Lume: Hands only and don’t expect it to last more than 3 seconds
Movement: Non-hacking, has a lovely sound as you shake it to try and get it running
Day/Date Feature- quickset date, not so much with day, though I could just be inept
Water Resistance: 200m
This is the watch Omega would have made if they had $26 laying around and a reject wave dial to really set it off. The rustic bezel and dodgy movement make for such a great combo. Every time I move my wrist I can feel the dial and movement shake, rattle, and roll around in the case, which shows just how tough this watch is. I mean come on, its basically just floating around in there taking lumps and literally just keeps on ticking. Setting the date on this puppy is slightly easier than my other entry, but God forbid the day of the week sets as expected. I’ve dated the watch to the 1970’s based on other auctions, but not a ton of info on this model exists. My original goal with it was to repaint the bezel either in a Pepsi style or at least restore the all blue paint job that originally adorned the bezel. However, time has been dedicated to other things and this kind of fell to the back burner. This sentiment actually applies to how I ended up “choosing” this watch in the first place. I looked through hundreds, if not thousands of listings and wanted a quirky, vintage watch to fill in. I primarily looked at electric Timex’s because I love the case shapes and electric seems kind of cool. I also looked at plenty of Vostok and former eastern bloc choices, but seemingly lost out because they just went past the threshold for the competition. I even looked at a voice activated digital watch that seemed fun and gimmicky, but I doubt I would have worn it. So I set up my bids on Gixen and the only auction I won is this Orient. It ended up being the safe option, so it kind of dampened my enthusiasm upon arrival, but I think this will end up being a fun watch to tinker with and possibly even give to one of my brothers to use. I’m actively trying to recruit my family to like watches and will go to great lengths to convert them.
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Entry #2: Goer Tank (Literally)
Cost: $0.00 (Priceless)
Case Dimensions and Features
Diameter: 40.5mm
Lug to Lug: 53mm
Thickness: 15.3mm
Lug Width: 24mm
Crystal: Curved Rectangle(?)
Case Material: Allegedly Stainless Steel
Movement: No freaking clue. Has a regular seconds hand and a sub dial seconds hand that work in tandem (such a cool feature, felt like I should have paid all the $$$$ for it)
Date: Quickset if it feels so compelled
Band: High Quality Genuine Leather Band givets you a new classic definition. (Straight from an eBay seller so you know its true)
I picked this watch up through a random post on WUS. I happened to be on my phone right after another member mentioned that they would send a watch to the first person who responded, as a way to celebrate their 4000th post. I had no idea what a Goer was, but was intrigued by it when it arrived. I’ve wanted to try out a “tank” style watch for a while and boy is this watch a freaking tank. This thing is an absolute unit, a brick on the wrist, and would probably make for a sneaky good weapon in an end-of-the-world-zombie-covid-looter-toilet-paper-shortage-donnybrook-brouhaha-ruckus-steel-cage-death-match.
I don’t know what else to say about this one, except that it will probably live in a drawer until I find a way to get the stripped screws out of the case back and mess with the movement. This is a low-risk way to start messing with movements and step one is to actually identify which cheap, Chinese movement this thing is rocking. I know you are all waiting with bated breath to learn which movement this bad boy is rocking. Don’t worry, I’ll let the good people of MoT in on the reveal!
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Overall, this was an awesome challenge and I’m glad I jumped in. This definitely increased my ebay skills and the addition of Gixen makes for a dangerous combo. I assume the quarantine will cause me to hone my skills further and I look forward to competing in future competitions on the site.