Lets see those vintage gems!
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Phil
Roped into the watch world by one of my best friends in college. One of many hobbies, and equally wallet unfriendly to the rest. I’m hoping to pass the bug on to my Son as well.
Bay Area, CA
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7.25” / 18.42 cm
Alright, here goes!
A 1970ish Jubilee that we established had a Citizen movement. Interesting piece. Classic 70s look. Classic 70s reliability. More a lack thereof.
And then my grandfather's Girard Perregaux. A 1968 or 69 Gyromatic. Which still works beautifully. Hand winds too. This thing had been my father's daily driver for years until I convinced him to get something else.
Thats why the crystal looks tattered.
I didn't realize I had as many "vintage" watches as I do.
My latest pickup is this super cool JLC with mystery dial in 18K gold, which I just purchased today.
My Benrus WristAlarm has a gold capped case, and as the name suggests, features an alarm function.
The first vintage watch I purchased was this Wakmann chrono. Although it's obvious to me now, when I purchased it I didn't realize that is was a redial.
Slightly more modern is this Sumaray "digital" watch from the 70s.
My Omega f300Hz electric watch pre-dates quartz watches, and features a smooth sweeping seconds hand:
I don't like to think of this last one as being vintage since I'm the original owner, but it's from 1979 so I suppose it classifies. My wife had purchased this Seiko Memory Bank Calendar for me when we were engaged back in 1980.
I didn't realize I had as many "vintage" watches as I do.
My latest pickup is this super cool JLC with mystery dial in 18K gold, which I just purchased today.
My Benrus WristAlarm has a gold capped case, and as the name suggests, features an alarm function.
The first vintage watch I purchased was this Wakmann chrono. Although it's obvious to me now, when I purchased it I didn't realize that is was a redial.
Slightly more modern is this Sumaray "digital" watch from the 70s.
My Omega f300Hz electric watch pre-dates quartz watches, and features a smooth sweeping seconds hand:
I don't like to think of this last one as being vintage since I'm the original owner, but it's from 1979 so I suppose it classifies. My wife had purchased this Seiko Memory Bank Calendar for me when we were engaged back in 1980.
Wow, that’s quite a stash of neat vintage stuff! I love the diversity.
Alright, here goes!
A 1970ish Jubilee that we established had a Citizen movement. Interesting piece. Classic 70s look. Classic 70s reliability. More a lack thereof.
And then my grandfather's Girard Perregaux. A 1968 or 69 Gyromatic. Which still works beautifully. Hand winds too. This thing had been my father's daily driver for years until I convinced him to get something else.
Thats why the crystal looks tattered.
Nice! Man, the stories that GP ciuld tell eh?
Wow, that’s quite a stash of neat vintage stuff! I love the diversity.
Thanks. None of them get much wrist time, but I enjoy having them in my collection.
1971 Bulova Oceanographer V, otherwise known as Snorkel or Devil Diver.
1960 Seiko Cronos
Vulcaine Cricket, 1950s I believe.
1972 Omega Geneve
I'm not wearing this today but this is one of the finest pieces in my collection from the 70s.
I absolutely love old watches from the 60s and 70s. I usually buy them broken from eBay and try to restore them.
In my current collection there are three that stand out to me:
My Tissot Seastar Seven from the late 60s was the first watch I ever serviced completely. Love it a lot.
A vintage German Ehr Automatic also from the late 60s. I love the dial design with the contrasting 12 and 6 markers.
And my favourite: a late 60s Junghans automatic date watch. The 625.20 Movement is the last mechanical movement Junghans made before the Quartz Revolution.
JLC 1957
Vintage Hamilton
Vintage Rotary
Vintage Certina
Vintage Longines
Vintage Timex
Vintage Seiko
Vintage Citizen
Vintage Tissot Seastar
Vintage Junghans
Vintage Hamilton
Vintage Longines
Tudor Oyster Air Tiger -1960 🐯
Rolling with a more extravagant piece today to celebrate 26 years of wedded bliss. Circa 1970 Titoni Cosmo King that's a fairly blatant homage to another much more well known Swiss Day Date.
My new baby. 1979 DJ 16030.
Wearing today. My early 70’s Omega Dynamic
1968 Longines. Presented to my late uncle for 25 years with the company he worked for.
Alright, here goes!
A 1970ish Jubilee that we established had a Citizen movement. Interesting piece. Classic 70s look. Classic 70s reliability. More a lack thereof.
And then my grandfather's Girard Perregaux. A 1968 or 69 Gyromatic. Which still works beautifully. Hand winds too. This thing had been my father's daily driver for years until I convinced him to get something else.
Thats why the crystal looks tattered.
Very nice classics!
Goodness that’s one heck of a collection! Well done.
My new baby. 1979 DJ 16030.
Nice! I want a 1979 Rolex of some sort…my birth year.
Here are a few to add to the thread...
Nice! I want a 1979 Rolex of some sort…my birth year.
Mine too so this watch is covering that category for means well. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s magic.!
My first vintage watch- a 1961 Seikomatic I picked up in January!
What a gorgeous piece. Thanks for sharing!
Here's a few I've got:
1971 Certina Argonaut 280
1974 Citizen Leopard Superbeat8
1957 Rolex Oyster Perpetual
1987 Rolex DateJust
Late 60s/early 70s Old England Motor Wrist
Late 20s New Haven Tommy Ticker
My mid-70’s Omega Geneve 166.0174, just back from its first (!) service.
Unpolished goldplate, everything original except for the crown. Currently loses around a minute per week, which isn’t bad at all!