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  • Crownpuller : timex ssq

    9 60.00%
  • Matt : certina

    6 40.00%
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    **** M.F.S.I.I.T.W.I - level 3 - round two ****



    Well we have been doing a more for a score - In It To Win It thread for the last few months so now all of the watches are in. We get to the fun bit of looking at them and voting ..

    All comments are welcome voting is open to all for those who use tapacrap just say so in your post and who you want if you want to join in ... All are welcome as I say ..

    There is going to be a mystery prize thanks to the kindly donation by Alan and of course the badge but think we mainly did it as a bit of fun and frolics ..

    level one winners :

    round 1) crownpuller : timex ssq
    round 2) DJW : Luch 2209
    round 3) Matt : Certina
    round 4) Litlmn : casio AMW
    round 5) Meijlinder : tianjin Dong Feng.
    round 6) Fuzzy B : Juvenia
    round 7) Ismy : Casio MTD-1067D-1AVEF chronograph.
    round 8) Ro63rto: Seiko 5

    level two winners :

    round 1) Ro63rto: Seiko 5
    round 2) Crownpuller : timex ssq
    round 3) DJW : LUCH 2209
    round 4) Matt : certina

    level three winners :

    round 1) Ro63rto: Seiko 5



    The rules well everything has to have rules

    1 ) can only vote once whether by vote or post....

    2) think we don't need any more do we

    These threads will run for six days for voting Sunday - Saturday.. every Saturday the winner will be put forward and the not so lucky watch will be out...

    And then on the Sunday a draw will be done for the next round and so on till all the first rounds are drawn then the winners will go head to head in random draws till there is only one .....

    Then they get bragging rights, gifts and badges galore .....

    The two to be pulled randomly out the hat are in order of them being pulled is :

    Crownpuller : timex ssq
    Purchased for the princely sum of £3.60 + £2.90 postage + £3.22 (inc. postage) for a couple of batteries - All in for less than a 'tenner'
    The elbow grease & fettling were 'gratis'



    Matt : certina
    The beating heart of this hand finished confection is a superlative Cal.25.651 high beat automatic, lovingly enrobed in a thick layer of creamy Swiss brass, topped with pure sapphire crystal, and lightly strapped in IWL colours




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    This is a tough one
    BUT
    the funky retro red LED
    does it for me

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    Difficult choice. But the Timex wins it for me, what a score at that price. and I don't have anything similar in my collection but would love one!

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    This one really is tough - two approaches to 70s vintage funk. Much as I remember the days of early LED quartz, I would probably actually wear the Certina, and I would be happy not to change batteries every year (or 10 months...)
    Too many watches, not enough wrists.

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    Oh no - two favourites.

    The crispness of the Timex wins. Just.

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    Hard to choose..
    I luv digital but this time i go with the Certina.
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    Tough one, but I'm going Timex.

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    I've been arguing that vintage quartz is massively underrated for decades. This Timex is a classic example of exactly what I was talking about. Don't get me wrong, I love the Certina, and it's a perfect example of just how far mechanical watches had got before quartz took over the task of actually telling the time. However, while the watches are from exactly the same period, one is the last gasp and the other is the first breath. This is literally one of the very first solid state quartz watches and certainly the first even slightly affordable one. Not to mention that red numerals are cool and the watch looks pretty well brand new. I even like the 'movement'. It's good looking, historically significant and just plain cool.

    I seem to be making a habit of voting against my own watch, but this one is a no brainer for me.

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    The Timex stirs up all sorts of nostalgic feelings in me and was chuffed to bits when it lit up for the first time; even more so when I could actually set it to correct time & date.

    The Certina was one of my top 3 from the offset (the other 2 just went head-to-head in the other round), not least because Matt turned it from a rather sorry looking thing into a perfectly presentable & wearable little watch. I appreciate a bit of applied TLC to save these little mechanical wonders that intrigue us, so of course my vote goes to the Certina.

    I've not voted for my own entry yet (in any of the other comps. either) and I'm not about to start now - That's just not cricket.
    Some people have opinions - The rest of us have taste.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    This is literally one of the very first solid state quartz watches and certainly the first even slightly affordable one.

    That distinction may belong to the Roamer Microquartz, according to Pieter Doensen's survey of early quartz watches.

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