As a left-hander who wears his watch on the right wrist, I'm interested . .
Thanks!
Type: Posts; User: xpatUSA
As a left-hander who wears his watch on the right wrist, I'm interested . .
Thanks!
Hello All,
Haven't posted here in a while. I have a collection of SandY watches and a couple of SandY compasses:
http://kronometric.org/tcw/
Also an Altus (Glycine)
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Haven't posted here in a while!
I found it on eBay, "runs then stops", $4.95:
http://kronometric.org/sale/c093SheffieldDeskWatch/before.JPG
So I bought it, thinking to flip it but, when it...
Well, my hobby is fixing watches. Although I have a small collection, this watch was intended to be re-sold. Hence the dilemma - I'm out over $300 with more stuff on the agenda. Interesting comment...
With the recent elevation in gold prices, even a really good watch can be worth scrapping!
Recently I bought a 14K 1940's Girard-Perregaux for $326, nice watch, I thought.
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I bought a nice GP to fix and re-sell:
http://kronometric.org/sale/c085GP14K/fr605x681.jpg
Then I looked at the back a little more closely:
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The OP said "Assuming that predictions of high to hyper-inflation are correct, we are advised to get out of money and accumulate "hard assets" such as gold, Cambell's soup, bullets, blah di blah.
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Here in the USA there's quite a bit of gloom and doom about our fine government's fiscal integrity. Assuming that predictions of high to hyper-inflation are correct, we are advised to get out of...
Me neither unless Lewisham has changed for the better ;-)
Here in Texas, correct pronunciation of anything foreign (outside of the triangle bounded by Dallas, Houston & El Paso) will reward you with a blank stare.
Ah'mo git me a Blankpane dahrekly . .
Seems like only yesterday when Zilla showed up here with some technical but interesting posts.
This thread certainly explains how he's racked up 8707 posts since then.
LOL,
I live and learn . . . (blush).
Most accurate watch (not thermo-compensated, that is) I've owned.
But the polypropylene strap was insufferable!
http://kronometric.org/sale/citDVR/obh640x491.jpg
Stocker and Yale model 490 US military watch. Came with a flat glass crystal. I put a double-domed 2mm crystal on it. Made a world of difference, both in looks and in readability at all angles to the...
1993 7002, modified:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290774931163
Needs service
Looks like markers are original Promethium lumed but the rest is Luminova or equal
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One these might fit your needs, the well-spoken of BN0000-04H, good bright lume, very accurate:
http://kronometric.org/sale/citDVR/fr641x611.jpg
And, by a strange coincidence, I have one for...
Here y'are,
http://kronometric.org/article/P650vs211/fr640x457.jpg
Both bezels set to apparent solar time where I live when the picture was took.
Much easier now that my new phone has an app...
IMHO, your watch is up for a full clean and lube job soon, say within the next year or so. I'd leave it as-is till then, and keep my crossed screwdrivers or long-nosed pliers away from the back, and...
Karl, thanks for the link . . the plot thickens! This one also says "JAPAN MOVT" on the dial.
Makes sense though, why have two dial designs for the same watch if one does the job and does not lie?
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I bought one to flip.
The back:
http://kronometric.org/sale/citDVR/bk640x640.jpg
Do note that it says "MOV'T JAPAN" which I usually take to mean that the rest of the watch is made elsewhere....
+1
I learned from this well-thought-out OP that lighting should be carefully adjusted to suit the watch shape, surface materials, and so on. My own tendency has been to find a set-up that...
Well worth a bid if you know a good dial guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150831003632
+1 . . . well said!
1929 . . a good year . . :?
http://kronometric.org/images/post/tzuk/wt/ham295.jpg
Interesting, but . .
I use the slide-rule on this bezel:
http://www.kronometric.org/review/citizen/navi/sp463.jpg
See here for how.