Show Off Your New Watch
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Congrats, great pickup. It looks fantastic on you. And I love the bracelet too.
I vote you grab the red Golden Horse next so I can live vicariously through you. I've had my eye on that for a while.
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Bought a 14k gold Waltham on ebay, but the seller in Oklahoma wasn't able to get it in the mail for quite a while. As an apology he generously included a second watch with the same movement for parts.
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It would be the red:Landed_Alien wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:31 pm Congrats, great pickup. It looks fantastic on you. And I love the bracelet too.
I vote you grab the red Golden Horse next so I can live vicariously through you. I've had my eye on that for a while.
Or this one:
As for a DiaStar, probably something like this:
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I just got this guy in Monday. It came on a leather strap, which is of nice quality. But... This watch was begging for a bracelet.
So I ordered up this old Kriesler I saw on the Bay. And it looks cool. The Kriestler is cool in a funky old way.
But when another seller gave me an "exclusive offer" on this Beads of Rice for $37.99, I had to go for it. The patina on this dial is what drew me to it. The seller had this one(runs 4 minutes slow currently... which, TBH, so do I by the end of the day...) and a serviced one, but not as cool of dial patina... This is a 35mm KonTiki. I also have a 37mm one.that needs to be serviced(runs fast... Can't win for losing!) 17.5mm watch bracelets are hard to find. Good thing I have files.
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Edit: not sure how the Kriesler pic ended last. But it did. Oh well.
So I ordered up this old Kriesler I saw on the Bay. And it looks cool. The Kriestler is cool in a funky old way.
But when another seller gave me an "exclusive offer" on this Beads of Rice for $37.99, I had to go for it. The patina on this dial is what drew me to it. The seller had this one(runs 4 minutes slow currently... which, TBH, so do I by the end of the day...) and a serviced one, but not as cool of dial patina... This is a 35mm KonTiki. I also have a 37mm one.that needs to be serviced(runs fast... Can't win for losing!) 17.5mm watch bracelets are hard to find. Good thing I have files.
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Edit: not sure how the Kriesler pic ended last. But it did. Oh well.
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Looks great! BOR works with almost anything.
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Yes they do.ManOnTime wrote:Looks great! BOR works with almost anything.
Traditionally, these KonTikis came new on GF-brand BORs branded for Eterna(Gay freres made a bunch of OEM bracelets. Including old Rado and Nivada). Prices for an all original KonTiki with the GF bracelet are extremely prohibitive for me. So I had decided I was ok without one.
That was until the right deal showed up.
I may be ordering another, to go on my 37mm KonTiki.
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Believe it or not - USPS delivered ahead of schedule! It's an International Women's Day miracle.
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I put this one together tonight. Does that count as a new watch?
I picked up an NOS Nivada Antarctic dial and some NOS hands on eBay and went to town. I quite like it.
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It came to me, 'refurbished' from an Indian watch shop Mumbai like this.
I figured I was buying a case that I wanted and would fill it up later. The movement actually Runs -25 to 30 seconds a day as it arrived, which I can't be too mad at for a 60 year old watch. I picked up an NOS Nivada Antarctic dial and some NOS hands on eBay and went to town. I quite like it.
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balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:29 pm I put this one together tonight. Does that count as a new watch?KIMG0473.jpg
It came to me, 'refurbished' from an Indian watch shop Mumbai like this.KIMG0270.jpg
I figured I was buying a case that I wanted and would fill it up later. The movement actually Runs -25 to 30 seconds a day as it arrived, which I can't be too mad at for a 60 year old watch.
I picked up an NOS Nivada Antarctic dial and some NOS hands on eBay and went to town. I quite like it.
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Nice collection.AndroidIsAwesome wrote:Haha yes it's actually my 3rd of that version now. Can't seem to stop buying them because I just really like the design. I'm looking to get another of the white ones as a backup because it's my favorite one, as dumb as that may sound. Here are the others I've got nowWhaleTail wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:08 pmThat must be your second one, I know you bought the white/blue version lately.AndroidIsAwesome wrote:This kontiki arrived a few days ago. It's pretty well used and has many small scratches on the case but I got it for a good price especially considering it's a harder to find color. Undecided if I'm going to try to rebrush the case and polish the bezel. Otherwise it's a really cool watch to add to my collection.
Are you collecting all the color combinations?
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I am happy to see we are chasing different eras, so we don't run over each other's toes.
These are late 50s and early 60s. One is the 35mm version, one is no date 37mm, and the other is date 37mm. Sent from my E6910 using Tapatalk
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I just might have to do that. I've put together a few nice pics lately. But I keep checking this one out. "You're pretty pleased with that one, huh? Says my wifeTheJohnP wrote:balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:29 pm I put this one together tonight. Does that count as a new watch?KIMG0473.jpg
It came to me, 'refurbished' from an Indian watch shop Mumbai like this.KIMG0270.jpg
I figured I was buying a case that I wanted and would fill it up later. The movement actually Runs -25 to 30 seconds a day as it arrived, which I can't be too mad at for a 60 year old watch.
I picked up an NOS Nivada Antarctic dial and some NOS hands on eBay and went to town. I quite like it.
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Turned out nicely!balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:29 pm I put this one together tonight. Does that count as a new watch?KIMG0473.jpg
It came to me, 'refurbished' from an Indian watch shop Mumbai like this.KIMG0270.jpg
I figured I was buying a case that I wanted and would fill it up later. The movement actually Runs -25 to 30 seconds a day as it arrived, which I can't be too mad at for a 60 year old watch.
I picked up an NOS Nivada Antarctic dial and some NOS hands on eBay and went to town. I quite like it.
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That's awesome, I really like the vintage pieces as well but in general the modern ones are more my style.balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:05 pmNice collection.AndroidIsAwesome wrote:Haha yes it's actually my 3rd of that version now. Can't seem to stop buying them because I just really like the design. I'm looking to get another of the white ones as a backup because it's my favorite one, as dumb as that may sound. Here are the others I've got now
I am happy to see we are chasing different eras, so we don't run over each other's toes.
These are late 50s and early 60s. One is the 35mm version, one is no date 37mm, and the other is date 37mm.KIMG0479.jpg
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Speaking of which, this gray diver arrived yesterday. I think I still like the white diver more but the gray is a really nice muted color.
And a collection pic
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Dang!AndroidIsAwesome wrote:That's awesome, I really like the vintage pieces as well but in general the modern ones are more my style.balcorn80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:05 pmNice collection.AndroidIsAwesome wrote:
Haha yes it's actually my 3rd of that version now. Can't seem to stop buying them because I just really like the design. I'm looking to get another of the white ones as a backup because it's my favorite one, as dumb as that may sound. Here are the others I've got now
I am happy to see we are chasing different eras, so we don't run over each other's toes.
These are late 50s and early 60s. One is the 35mm version, one is no date 37mm, and the other is date 37mm.KIMG0479.jpg
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Speaking of which, this gray diver arrived yesterday. I think I still like the white diver more but the gray is a really nice muted color.
And a collection pic
I wish I could afford a vintage one with that style of dial. They are more rare and expensive.
I really dig the lines and shapes of the old cases. I prefer my watches bezel-free, so it's good that they came like that.
That grey dial is pretty boss.
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