recommend me some interesting lesser known vintage watches to take a look at
as per title, I am interested in lesser known vintage watches that have an interesting story and are possibly being overlooked. any suggestions? what have you got?
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Lemania - If you can find them...
Lemania Watches - The Greatest Watch Company You've Never Heard Of (watchgecko.com)
Lemania - If you can find them...
Lemania Watches - The Greatest Watch Company You've Never Heard Of (watchgecko.com)
oh, that is interesting. thanks.
Cyma is a company that made high quality vintage watches which are undervalued imo
Lemania - If you can find them...
Lemania Watches - The Greatest Watch Company You've Never Heard Of (watchgecko.com)
Lemania made watches as well as chronograph movements for many other brands
Lemania made watches as well as chronograph movements for many other brands
Speedy among others
Universal Genève was once a great watch company, now a husk of former self
eBay is a showroom for this stuff. Check out the eBay shop from Time Titans. I am sure they have a regular web page too. Same guy who owns Welsbro watch/strap company. They have some cool vintage stuff to start you looking.
Lemania made watches as well as chronograph movements for many other brands
The Speedmaster movement is part of that history as well!
Don't overlook vintage Orient. This is a 70's model Orient World Diver.
Mortmima Watches (French Brand) SuperDatoMatic
Mortmima Watches (French Brand) SuperDatoMatic
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185741035256
Roamer, and if you want to try some German watches there are Gub Glashütte and ZentRa.
Eterna
Excelsior Park
Yema
Gruen
The Speedmaster movement is part of that history as well!
Yes the Omega 321 was basically a Lemania CH27 & the Omega 861 was the 321 without a column wheel & a higher beat rate. Patek Philippe still uses the CH27 today, albeit modified & finished to a very high standard.
Orion:
Desta:
Ghurka, if you can find one. The enamel dials...
Lanco.
I went for Caravelle which I think was essentially Bulova.
I have a Grand Seiko 6246-9001. This 62GS model was made in Seiko’s factory in Suwa. Separately there was another factory in Daini that made King Seiko. The thinking behind it was for the 2 factories to have internal competition. The claim to to fame of the 62GS was that it was Grand Seiko’s first automatic watch! That aside, this is also my birth year watch🤣🤣.