Watch fanatic

Cragun

3 weeks ago

Hi everyone,

I'm glad I ran across this group today ... I've been a watch fanatic since I was a kid growing up in the 70s & 80s. My dad worked for a few watch companies including Gruen. He gave me these two watches probably around 1990 ... I grew up wearing multiple Swatches and anything unusual. Looking forward to seeing what everyone is wearing!

#welcome

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Marc27

· 3 weeks ago

Hi Arne, welcome to Watchcrunch buddy. 👍

YourIntruder

· 3 weeks ago

Welcome!

PoorMansRolex

· 3 weeks ago

I thought I'd read somewhere that these watches were marketing only and not really Soviet or at least not military. I definitely remember them.

More importantly, who made those bands?

Cragun

· 3 weeks ago

PoorMansRolex

I thought I'd read somewhere that these watches were marketing only and not really Soviet or at least not military. I definitely remember them.

More importantly, who made those bands?

Yeah, they aren't real Soviet watches, so I wouldn't include them in any Russian watch groups. The bands only say "Made in Italy" on them ... I hadn't really looked at them in a long time, but they are kind of cool.

I added a couple of photos to the post, including one of the back of the band. Another interesting thing is that the watch strap gets inserted into the side with the buckle.