Hi,
I guess you get some of these threads. I am sorry if it disturbs you! Anyway, I just wanted to present myself and my watches and I hope that is ok.
My interest in watches started of for real when I got my first nice watch - a Tudor Pelagos. It is an awesome watch. The dial, bezel and indices are just amazing and the AR is equally great!
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psw2roipuj.jpg
After the Pelagos I tried a GMT, Explorer and than a Sub. In many aspects I like the Pelagos better, the bezel, dial, indices and the luminova is in my opinion way better. I really like the matte finish. However, the Pelagos is a bit too high to wear with suit so I settled with the Sub
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...pst2aktubu.jpg
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psbtqmqigv.jpg
I then got myself some vintage watches, mainly because they were cheaper than new watches.
First out was a Zenith Port Royal Quartz. A really cheap but lovely piece that I wear every now and then.
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psmrdrsmbz.jpg
The second vintage watch was an Omega Speedmaster 145.022 (80 something). I really love this one and will only sell it if I find a nice 145.022-69 at a reasonable price... (good luck to me ;) )
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psciyl4bqh.jpg
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psv8ectizj.jpg
The third was an Omega dress watch (don't remember the reference), but the dial just had me at hello. The tropical "gold-flake" dial is just a stunner :)
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...pspibdven9.jpg
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps3ld9wkqa.jpg
I did however not have a dress watch with a bright dial, which we all know is mandatory ;) Luckily I found this lovely Tissot from 1957 with a lovely dial and a charming date complication. Since Tissot is also very cheap, why not complete my collection? Said and done. After a well-needed service, it will now serve as a wedding watch when I get married in 1 week :)
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psr21mjgsp.jpg
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psipegqr1x.jpg
So now I had a nice collection, but something was not right. It was like the old Swedish children television program where one of the objects does not fit with the other ones. Well, the only modern watch was the Sub. And as my farther says; there is no soul in new houses. I realised that I have the same kind of feeling for new watched. They are great and looks awesome in pictures, but they are kind of dead when I use them. They are just a watch, while a vintage watch for me is so much more then a watch. Just like old houses, old watched carries a story that makes it more than the parts it consists of. A nice bonus is that you don't get the same attention from wearing a vintage Tudor Submariner 7928 from 1966 as you do from a new shiny Sub. Just look at this piece, absolutely stunning condition with the glossy dial, clear bevels, a fat-font long-five insert and a C+I Riverted bracelet with close to no stretch. Just love the little rose :)
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps9quonbm5.jpg
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psyk2fs47m.jpg
Now I guess though that the cheaper-than-new-watches argument starts not to hold... ;)
And a collective picture of three of the watches:
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...psg493aaju.jpg
In sum, I found a great interest in vintage watches, which I now realise is not very good for the private economy, but it is so much fun :)
I hope you like my watches and I hope that I will be able to add something to the forum. Even though I am new to watches, I have been hanging around for a while at another watch forum so I might have some knowledge to share sometime ;)
Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!
/Andersbackstrom
Edit: one on the collection as a whole:
http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...sc6uekteq.jpeg