Interesting Dinner out

[mr_esearch]

Just been round to some new neighbours in my village and found a proper watch nerd. Really interesting collection. Loads of unusual watches including full set of Dirty Dozen. Am persuading him to come on here to post his full collection.....which would be a lot of posts. Apologies for crappy pics. Love these unexpected events!



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[woodacre1983]

Wow ok now that was an interesting dinner!! Was that his collection? Or was there more? Love it when we are to find others randomly that understand the passion we share for watches.


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[helidoc]

Now that is an eclectic collection. Heresy, but part of me regrets not buying that particular B&R a few years back

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[mr_esearch]

Wow ok now that was an interesting dinner!! Was that his collection? Or was there more? Love it when we are to find others randomly that understand the passion we share for watches.


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More...like a lot more. Loads of Rolex's from the 40's. Themed children's watches, Cartier Santos, Oris Jazz collection. Mainly themed around military pieces.

Great guy and lovely wife hope he comes on here.

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[JasonM]

More...like a lot more. Loads of Rolex's from the 40's. Themed children's watches, Cartier Santos, Oris Jazz collection. Mainly themed around military pieces.

Great guy and lovely wife hope he comes on here.

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I think his wife just posted recently.
Do they have a decent number of kids?

[learningtofly]

I think his wife just posted recently.
Do they have a decent number of kids?

Brilliant

[PAM580]

I think his wife just posted recently.
Do they have a decent number of kids?

Having just come from that thread this nearly made me spit my coffee all over the screen 😂

[gettinon]

Having just come from that thread this nearly made me spit my coffee all over the screen 

same here brilliant

[MrRogers]

Hi There apparently I've been a member for a While!

Thanks for last night, we both really enjoyed.

I'll get posting some of my collection over the next week.

[mr_esearch]

They indeed have do have a decent number of kids. If this is the same wife she is a fine one to talk as she sported a Rolex GMT as her daily watch and now wants to buy a GS high beat GMT after seeing mine. 😁


Oh and it is amazing what tax credits must be worth these days!

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[mr_esearch]

Hi There apparently I've been a member for a While!

Thanks for last night, we both really enjoyed.

I'll get posting some of my collection over the next week.

Excellent, welcome aboard. You realise your are feeding your habit further!?


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[MrRogers]

thanks for message, yes, I realize I will be deeper into my watch obsession. Can't wait.

[MrRogers]

They indeed have do have a decent number of kids. If this is the same wife she is a fine one to talk as she sported a Rolex GMT as her daily watch and now wants to buy a GS high beat GMT after seeing mine. 


Oh and it is amazing what tax credits must be worth these days!

You need lessons in playing the system my friend.

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[Toddy]

I think his wife just posted recently.
Do they have a decent number of kids?

Haha.....excellent!

[trident-7]

Hi There apparently I've been a member for a While!

Thanks for last night, we both really enjoyed.

I'll get posting some of my collection over the next week.

Nice Dirty Dozen. Which one is your favourite?

[mk1974]

Nice Dirty Dozen. Which one is your favourite?

His kids always looked smart I thought


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[Rubymac]

Nice things to collect , but prices now climbing there was a big military watch sale in Glasgow this week and some stuff was selling for crazy prices , think a grana went for 4K hammer price


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[trident-7]

Nice things to collect , but prices now climbing there was a big military watch sale in Glasgow this week and some stuff was selling for crazy prices , think a grana went for 4K hammer price


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That's cheap. I'd say 6K+ for a really good one. If you can find one that is.

Edit: Here's mine

[Culminator]

Love the Dirty Dozen collection! That's fired my enthusiasm... ;-)

[trident-7]

Love the Dirty Dozen collection! That's fired my enthusiasm... ;-)

Hodinkee article here: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/di...litary-watches

[trident-7]

And here's my full set, plus an extra Longines & a NATO dialed Record

[mickylall]

Hodinkee article here: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/di...litary-watches

Thanks for the link, was totally unaware of the 'dirty dozen' so found it very interesting.
Looks like you have a really nice collection there, how realistic do you think the figure of only 20 complete collections worldwide is?

[trident-7]

Thanks for the link, was totally unaware of the 'dirty dozen' so found it very interesting.
Looks like you have a really nice collection there, how realistic do you think the figure of only 20 complete collections worldwide is?

I don't think there'll be many but likely to be more than 20. Who knows who has a full set but keeps it to themselves? There were 15 known sets listed on the now defunct Time514 website. Mine wasn't on it & I don't think the set shown in the OP was either. The stumbling block is likely to be the Grana. Plus they're getting expensive. Plenty show up on eBay, but you've got to be careful & know what the correct dials, case, hands, crown etc. should be. Time514 was a super resource for this

(Sorry to derail the thread)

Edit: some of the Time514 reference site is archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20170320...m/BritishX.htm

[mickylall]

Thanks for that, everyday's a schoolday

[Culminator]

Thanks Trident, just made a cuppa and will read that!

[Tomaitch]

Great post and very interesting!

[Robti]

Thanks very much for this post very interesting and for those links which make a very good read

[Qatar-wol]

And here's my full set, plus an extra Longines & a NATO dialed Record

Fabulous - thank you for posting. Extra points for having them all set to the same time!

[shinn8]

That's cheap. I'd say 6K+ for a really good one. If you can find one that is.

Edit: Here's mine

Superb condition.

[wild84]

Nice! It's always a pleasure to unexpectedly meet the same watch nerds we are. Cool collection too!