Sorry, this just tickled me :-)
Sorry, this just tickled me :-)
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So:
Love this Benrus, with its asymmetric lettering, and subtle wedged markers. The slender triangles at 3-6-9 are the opposite way up from those of the other numbers (I love that detail)
Vintage nylon: Times of Plenty rocks (for leather too!)
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Thanks mlcor!
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Right, time for some more journey!
Let's look at white watches, my search for the perfect white watch
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Timex 'Deville,' 1978
As I cheekily posted on Jan 1's wruw, I've got a vintage 'Deville.'
Well kinda.
To my 70s raised eyes, this was what a formal watch should be
But there were so many other options out there, though many dials turned out to be pearlescent, silvery or other metallic rather than white
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Vostok 2209 'Sparky,' 60s
I even got to try classic styles, seen through a Soviet lens
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Zwezda, 50s
Looks like a LiP? Yep, because the French company trained Soviet engineers. Movement based on the T18
http://watchesz.free.fr/mfa/lip_au_pays_des_soviets.htm (in French)
This Raketa channeled horological history, with a stylish black bezel
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Raketa 2609, Red 12
And while the Slava medical watches were like hen's teeth, Chaika quartz ones were to be had
(Starting at 12 or 6, time 15 of the patient's heartbeats, read off their pulse rate. Simples)
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My most beautiful watch was born in Glashütte:
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Glashütte 09-20, 80s
Though the Poljot 2209 ultra-slims gave her a run for her money.
The white is great, but look at the blue:
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Sekonda De luxe, Poljot 2209
Finally for now, my cheapest ever watch, the $5 Timex. Sold spares-or-repair, I loved the 70s numbers, and figured I could transplant the dial into a decent case with a working movement.
Imagine my surprise when the corrosion turned out to be mostly crud, the scratches yielded to polywatch - and it actually ran!
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before: $5 Timex, spares or repair
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after: Timex Mercury, 1975
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Excellent! The before and after on that little Timex is pretty amazing. And I love the little Glashütte.
Thanks!
To be fair my watch guy had had a go by that point too :-)
Loved the Glashütte - a great watch for going to arty things, special occasions
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You're keeping this one I hope? I think you're one of the only other people on the forums I know of with one of the old GuBs in good condition. I only have one remaining of the three I once had (it's the Spezi Bison which was a bit too ugly to attract a buyer, but it had the best running movement of the three.).
Too many watches, not enough wrists.