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    WRUW Jan 2018 starts here:



    Welcome my vintage friends, it seems to fall to me to start the first wruw of 2018... and so which watch shall it be can't be the cwc that I have been wearing since December, not old enough so how about one of my oldest and this months photo comp entry watch this Swiss trench watch from around the turn of the century


    Hope the month ahead goes well for you all


    As always Ismy
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    Thank you ismy, may it go your way as well!



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    Just got this 1





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    Quote Originally Posted by watchdaddy1 View Post
    Just got this 1




    Sweet! Any idea who made the movement?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R View Post
    Sweet! Any idea who made the movement?

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    Thanks Dan,
    Haven't opened the caseback Dan. I do know it's a 1 jewel so more than likely a EB8810 . ?? but for $16.80 USD & it works now ( my watchmaker got it ticking away) but didn't ask him what it was.



    EDIT; yes it's an EB8810

    The ad says
    It was made in Switzerland, imported by the Worldwide Watch Company and marketed under the "Heritage" brand name.
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    yes think your right it would be a pretty standard one the EB8810 had it in a couple of lucernes and a timewatch and a seawatch ... and I would not be surprised if my cardinal and sicura did not have it too as far as I know was used in a lot of old divers
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    I like how they made it easy to replace the mainspring. It looked like they planned on their watches lasting for a long time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan R View Post
    I like how they made it easy to replace the mainspring. It looked like they planned on their watches lasting for a long time!

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    funnily enough that was my exact thought too when looking at it
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    Quote Originally Posted by is that my watch View Post
    funnily enough that was my exact thought too when looking at it
    I am guessing that times were different back then. A watch like this probably wasn't going to give you stellar timing, but if you showed up a few minutes early, all was good. In addition, it is not like you are spending the big $$ to get a fully jeweled movement.

    Even I wore a Timex which had a movement that was not much better than this in terms of technical specs.

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