Oops I did it again!
Why do I do these things ... When another dead little Rallye model popped up on ebay for tiny money, I bid, won, refurbished and now I have two. It's just so much fun to revive these - dip, oil, re-lume, polish, adjust, Bob's your uncle.
This is a US made watch, distinguishable by being waterPROOF; it's built a little bit better than its UK brother.
It came as a bundle, with a '78 Timex Q with the interesting M73 quartz-regulated electro-mechanical movement. I'll post it as soon as I got that one running, too - fingers crossed.
Tinkering is fun 🤪🛠
The Before:
What about you, have you ever bought the same watch twice? Why?
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I bought 3 of these to make 2 work perfectly
Let me know if you want to let one of yours go when you're done. It's a really cool watch!
Ive bought a donor for my Enigma Manual Bezel Winder, a screw on the bezel fell out and getting one custom made turned out to be more expensive than buying a donor. Hope to make a cool custom piece with the spare parts someday
awsome...never seen this model before
Bought this Samurai twice a couple of years ago. Both times screwing in the crown felt "gritty" and I sent them back. Later I learned that sometimes there's something in the threads and you can clean them by running dental floss or thread over them. I didn't know.
Nope, never done it. 😀
Does it count if they are different colours?
The green was a deal I couldn't pass on
I've bought multiple old Soviet SLAVA watches for the movements. Does that count?
What is the model of that Timex? I really like it.
I like that Timex may start scanning eBay but will stick to one lol
I've bought multiple old Soviet SLAVA watches for the movements. Does that count?
What is the model of that Timex? I really like it.
It's a 2777 (US) / 2767 (UK).
Slavas are cool, looking for a nice Tank myself. 👍
No matches, I'm afraid. A little more detail?
Slava Tank NOS; https://www.watchcrunch.com/iliketowatch/posts/english-not-on-my-watch-slava-2427-resto-26150
No matches, I'm afraid. A little more detail?
Slava Tank NOS; https://www.watchcrunch.com/iliketowatch/posts/english-not-on-my-watch-slava-2427-resto-26150
Ooh, me likie the tankie!
Don't really know more about the actual model, from the number I can only see they were made in 74 / 73.