What are YOU wearing today? Please share!

[Appa69]

An Iseca era Waltham, with FHF 908 25 jewel day-date movement.

As of this writing, my least favorite movement to service...

 

[MOONPHASE]

 

[Appa69]

My anniversary gift from my wife. Has a nice miyota movement.

 

[Appa69]

Happy Easter everyone!
A 1970s 17 jewel Sears tradition diver with period nato style band.

It's been a good week for watches!

 

[pmwas]

A Chinese watch in a Russian car…

So alike - obsolete technologies, poor assembling quality, grinding winding vs grinding gearbox, in need of constant care and repairs, but when in working condition - very durable

Yes, after the unfortunate crash of the old one, I got myself a much younger UAZ, made in 2017.
Downside is… I’m banned from buying watches until that’s paid off
But such tough off road car is a very nice thing to have

 

[Mk2]

Doing some grinding and welding today on my vintage car. So it has to be my trusty old Casio F-91W. What a classic timepiece, with little value other than to tell the time.

 

[Appa69]

Hamilton khaki field.

 

[noelekal]

Earlier this afternoon I was photographing a Hamilton 940 I got a couple years ago.

The Hamilton's a big 'un!

 

[Puck]

It could be most anything from a $8 talking watch to a $1,600 Ebel! I have about 30 watches all currently working.
Today I have on my Casio 5052 Wave Ceptor! Tomorrow maybe a more dressy 30's Girard-Perregaux gold watch.
Maybe a Mombai "Citizen" watch the next day or maybe my Nicolet manual wind chronograph. Mostly I wear my Invicta Model 8235 automatic watch. I just grab a different one each day. I'm awaiting my Bulova Precisionist to arrive tomorrow to take it's place in the rotation.

Puck

 

[noelekal]

It was the howl of the Sea Wolf that called today.

 

[noelekal]

Me again.

Lawn diving this afternoon in anticipation of the forecast of upcoming rain for several days. Trying a new electric mower.

 

[Appa69]

Elgin 761 automatic 27 jewels American made. A safe driving award watch.

 

[Appa69]

Elgin B W Raymond. 730a movement. Railroad approved.

 

[noelekal]

 

[MOONPHASE]

 

[Appa69]

Winton with a Lorsa P72A 17 jewel manual winding movement.

 

[noelekal]

Getting to know a new Orient Kamasu, acquired a couple weeks ago.

 

[MOONPHASE]

 

[MOONPHASE]

 

[Bernhard J.]

Since about one week, this one. One needs to get used to the 24 h dial. Rate less than one minute per week.

 

[Audemars]

Automatic 18ct Ernest Borel, ca. late 1950s. My father was their UK agent/distributor. The 18ct bracelet is later.
Paul

 

[noelekal]

 

[roughbarked]

Very nice. I am envious. Zenith are one watch I've always wanted to pick up.

 

[Bernhard J.]

Omega Speedsonic "Lobster", mirror dial, German date. No photo (yet), sorry.

 

[Audemars]

Very nice. I am envious. Zenith are one watch I've always wanted to pick up.

My late uncle (Pierre) was the UK sales manager for Zenith. He had previously worked for Camerer Cuss.
Paul

 

[Bernhard J.]

I like the early Zentih wristwatches very much and I believe that they are seriously underrated.

 

[Appa69]

A later model Lord Elgin with 780 Durabalance movement. An employee service award, yet mysteriously unengraved. These US Steel models were essentially a re-dialed B.W. Raymond.

 

[noelekal]

 

[Audemars]

Early sixties steel automatic (? ETA movement ?).
This was the last sample from a hopeful Swiss supplier, sent to my father before his ill health forced him to close his business.
The woven steel bracelet was "liberated" from the sample room at Junghans OEM division in the late seventies, when I was their export manager.
Paul

 

[roughbarked]

Could also likely be a Felsa 4000. In fact the dial and hands remind me of the Felsa.

 

[4thdimension]

I just fixed this Cort “Jet”. -Cort

 

[noelekal]

 

[roughbarked]

I just fixed this Cort “Jet”. -Cort

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AS 1038?

 

[Appa69]

I just fixed this Cort “Jet”. -Cort

That's a cool watch!

 

[4thdimension]

AS 1038?

I think an AS970? but I could check. At least it is the 17j version.-Cort

 

[roughbarked]

Remarks
except bridge shapes no differences known between 984, 1009, 1010, 1013, 1028, 1033, 1035, 1038, 1048, 1050, 1055, 1077, 1084, 1089, 1091, 1141, 1211, 1218, 1231, 1259, 1277, 1285, 1313, 1377, 1440, 1614

After looking again, I'd agree that it is an AS 970.

 

[Appa69]

Orient Ray 2 with 22 jewel F6522 movement.

 

[Joey7408]

What watch are you wearing today?

Today, a Benrus Type I automatic.
DHH

I am also wearing a Benrus automatic with day and date I don't know exactly what's in it yet. It runs fantastic and is a front loader so I haven't had it out yet. I might get it out one day but it runs too good to mess with it.

 

[Audemars]

That "Cort Jet" reminds me of the Ernest Borel "Cocktail" watches from the fifties and sixties......

Paul

 

[Appa69]

One of the local micro brands. A quality watch with NH35 movement.

 

[noelekal]

Bumping along on the cardio walk with the '54 Omega automatic with bumper movment.

 

[Appa69]

Seagull chronograph. St19 mechanical movement. Made on the old Venus 175 series machines.

 

[Bernhard J.]

Nomos Tangente in 18K

 

[Appa69]

Seiko 5 with 7S26 21j automatic movement.

 

[Audemars]

I am actually wearing it; I've put a new strap on it since I took the photo.

Mens' "cushion" case, made in London by City Watch Case Co (hallmarked - I think - 1939) for a movement imported from Switzerland by my Grandfather's company (Louis Audemars & Co Ltd). The movement is (as far as I recall) stamped with their "Daphne" mark (named after one of my father's many girlfriends).

Paul

 

[roughbarked]

Do you know which movement it has?

 

[Audemars]

Do you know which movement it has?

No. They bought movements for the London-cased watches from several different suppliers. I think they bought from ETA.

As you know from the pocket watch threads, I am no kind of expert. But I just might have a photo somewhere on the computer. I'll look.

Later - here is a shot of the movement from another identically cased watch. I appear to have been wrong about the "Daphne" punch mark. Perhaps they kept that for the ladies models.

Paul

 

[roughbarked]

Movement looks like an AM 270/280/320. All the same except 280 is a thicker movement.

bidfun-db Archive: Watch Movements: AM 270

www.ranfft.de

 

[viclip]

I wore this Gruen Guild home from the local flea market yesterday. After a bit of research I was surprised to find that its 15j manual movement dates from circa 1950 being the Guild build 416. Evidently Gruen offered its Guild movements from about 1910 into the 1950s.

Does anyone know the model name of this watch?

 

[Barney Green]

WIth leather strap it is the Veri-Thin Gordon, introduced in November for the XMAS season 1951. Also sold as Veri-Thin Groom with an expandable metal band a year later. Quit production then and not having been available from the factory for more than 1.5 years.. Usually local supply at jewellers lasted longer of cause.