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    I'm not sure how we define 'rare', but I've never come across another one of these.



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    My circa 1958 Ogival which I gave to my father

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    i reckon there's not many of these out there...still deciding whether this one is a keeper or not.
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    Both vintage, but I think the IWC on the right is kinda rare (I haven't seen another in the exact configuration).


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    Quote Originally Posted by PhiloStan View Post
    Both vintage, but I think the IWC on the right is kinda rare (I haven't seen another in the exact configuration).

    I love that Smiths!

    M.

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    Very nice watches Marc, unusual and interesting to see on this forum. I sold almost all my vintage pieces some years ago. This may have been the rarest ( I'm not counting limited editions as "rare" except by design ) ...



    Rolex 1530, which I bought from James Dowling. Perhaps fewer of these than those knackered old dive watches with the red writing people seem to covet so highly :-)

    Paul

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    I like threads like this. Unfortunately my watches tend to be modern and even the older ones aren't rare. But as this is a picture thread, maybe one from the 1980s / 1990s will do?



    My ST 375.0032 Speedmaster Reduced
    NB If you follow the link you'll see that Omega, in updating their website, have got the picture wrong.
    The text still says White (.600) or black (.300) dial while the 3810.81.00 and 3510.80.00 1997 blue dial cart versions are pictured.

    Just don't expect anything from this guy!

    Quote Originally Posted by Chronographic View Post
    I'm sorry but i don't give out details about the watches i own, Thank you for your interest.

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    OP,nice vintage watches and honestly don't mind the thread. There IS a long,similar thread with tons of pics from a few months ago which you might want to look at with tons of great pics. Am sure though members will be happy to share their pics again. There are some members here with some great vintage stuff- some really rare ones. The ones that I really like are the Heuer. Never had one but hopefully they will soon put up their pics.

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    One of 160

    IWC Ingenieur Quartz ref. 3303. Only 160 was made in steel/gold.
    JK

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    I'm enjoying this thread and have been back to look at the OP again. The Emerson Fittipaldi Timex fascinated me...so it was off to the web. There I found a couple of references that give its year as 1975 rather than 1974, but they did establish that it is a mechanical watch (although I gather there was an EF Electric)...link (in Dutch).

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    Show your rare vintage watches!

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    These Sorna Chronographs are pretty scarce. They probably made as a any as they could, but not many left these days. These are is excellent condition too!
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    Show your rare vintage watches!

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    These Meister Anker Chronos from the 70's are pretty rare. But man are they beautiful!
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    Well I'm not sure this is rare exactly but I am yet to find another with all of the same spec. 25 jewel, incerbloc movement, automatic, roulette date wheel, Solvil et Titus. I have found all sorts over the years but never all of the above in one watch. Perhaps you can point me towards one if I ever need spare parts tho lol.



    My mom gave it to my dad on his 21st and he gave it to me on my 21st so its value to me is priceless. If I had to sell all of my watches and could keep only one it would be this one with no questions asked.

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    OP, loved your 4th photo :)

    I was immediately transported back in time to my early teens.

    Timex was the first watch that my parents gave me and of course Emerson was at that time the No.1 formula One driver. :)

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    I have this one, its a late 70's Scubapro 500 shrouded diver, these are rare enough, but this one strangely is branded Nivada Depthmaster on the dial, the dial is exactly like the other 500's but without the branding, the rest is just like other 500s, I have only seen one other Nivada branded Scubapro 500 on the internet..

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    Here's one of mine. A 1940s Lunesa with a dial to die for. Never seen another from this company with a dial like mine:


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    SONY signed SEIKO not something you see everyday no idea how many where made though???

    A few Lemania chronographs around, but I've never seen another one with this retailer on the dial

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    All original Seiko 6105-8110 Proof/Proof from June 1970.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XXoF View Post

    Now I am really keen to see your rare vintage pieces :-)

    Cheers,

    Marc
    Amazing Heuers Marc :)

    Mine Silverstone 110.313F:


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    I think when you get to vintage watches quite a few of them are rare or maybe even unique if the others have been discarded over time.

    That said here's some...

    A 40 years service (signed on the dial) GP Gyromatic.




    A square Omega Dynamic



    Old Universal


    Ever seen a Zenith like this? Date @6?


    Zodiac mystery dial.


    IWC Cal 88 from 1946


    Seiko Unique from the '50's


    Zenith Defy 600m diver


    Omega Seamaster Geneve. Australia only model.



    Blue hands and indices on an Omega Geneve.
    Cheers,
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    Just arrived a few days ago..... 1969 Seiko 6159-7001


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    Nice, Jim. Looks like a damn fine one, too.

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    Seiko's don't get much more rare than the 6306-7001 Scubapro 450...... These are two real ones!



    At any time there can be upwards of a dozen of these on eBay...... - and all of them are fakes.

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    Girard Perregaux Gyromatic Observatory, 39 jewel



    Tissot Seastar T12 Chrono, with Lemania 1281 (near identical to cal 873 in the speedy)


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    I've a few fairly rare to see watches, like once or twice a year on ebay level, but real rarities would be these two early quartz(1972) both with the same movement.



    Oddly though this dial is heavily featured in Girard Perregaux's promo material of the time, they seem to be vanishingly rare. Some had even suggested they were never sold to the public. It took me many years to get one. I've only seen about six in the wild(inc GP's museum example) and this has the so far unique milanese band.



    Consul were in bed with GP for a time and they used their new fangled quartz engine in one of their models. When I say one, I mean that's the only one I've ever seen or even heard of. It doesn't show up in the literature of the period and GP have no record of it either. I suspect it may be a prototype. The dial was never fully finished and the finishing on the case casting is minimal.

    OK they're marmite style wise but rare they are.

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    i think i need to change my pants...almost my ultimate grail! i say almost....6159-7000 is the ultimate but thats damn close!





    Quote Originally Posted by Jim W View Post
    Just arrived a few days ago..... 1969 Seiko 6159-7001

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    Only 75 of these were made, and many have since been melted down (I have a complete spare movement, dial and handset from one of those).

    IWC Beta21 Da Vinici from 1969


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    Dont see that many of these on here..







    All three of them came within a week last year.

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    Loving that Omega.

    Quote Originally Posted by PickleB View Post
    I like threads like this. Unfortunately my watches tend to be modern and even the older ones aren't rare. But as this is a picture thread, maybe one from the 1980s / 1990s will do?



    My ST 375.0032 Speedmaster Reduced
    NB If you follow the link you'll see that Omega, in updating their website, have got the picture wrong.
    The text still says White (.600) or black (.300) dial while the 3810.81.00 and 3510.80.00 1997 blue dial cart versions are pictured.

    Just don't expect anything from this guy!

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    My late grandfather left me two watches as a family heritage. An Omega, which I don't consider to be very rare and this Astrolux, which is less expensive but definitely more rare than the Omega:

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    A couple of 5012 Lemania branded watches that you don't see many of





    And a beautiful old Caribbean


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    Wow!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim W View Post
    Just arrived a few days ago..... 1969 Seiko 6159-7001

    Now that's just naughty!!!!!!😘😍

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    I have a few vintage watches that are probably rare, but, this one is modern and rare...

    Only 99 ever made


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    Rolex GMT from 1961

    Omega One button chronograph from 1937

    Rolex from the 1930's

    Rolex dial from a watchmaker in SA

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    Quote Originally Posted by kk View Post
    Girard Perregaux Gyromatic Observatory, 39 jewel
    You really don't see many of these KK. Nice. Maybe it's old age/nostalgia/hipster/daftness[delete as applicable] but I really have a liking for that oh so 70's shape. For me the 1970's may have brought us horrendous fashions and the like, but in a couple of areas it brought us real innovation, television for one and IMHO watch design. Brands really pushed the boat out in design in ways that would be nigh on unthinkable nowadays. For the majority of the big Swiss names at least. They're chasing "heritage" and "authentic" above all. Though I don't like the look of Hublot at all and see them as majorly overpriced, I do admire that they'll go for wacky and don't look like something from the 1930's or 1950's.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim W View Post
    Just arrived a few days ago..... 1969 Seiko 6159-7001
    Quote Originally Posted by Bodo View Post
    All original Seiko 6105-8110 Proof/Proof from June 1970.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jim W View Post
    Seiko's don't get much more rare than the 6306-7001 Scubapro 450...... These are two real ones!
    I am so liking the Seiko contingent here. :o

    Quote Originally Posted by gamingdave View Post
    Only 75 of these were made, and many have since been melted down (I have a complete spare movement, dial and handset from one of those).

    IWC Beta21 Da Vinici from 1969
    Nice. A fellow brother of the battery. I'd reckon there are less than twenty of your IWC left. I know of only four online. That must feel very solid on the wrist. Nice sound off the Beta movements.

    Quote Originally Posted by markosgr28 View Post
    My late grandfather left me two watches as a family heritage. An Omega, which I don't consider to be very rare and this Astrolux, which is less expensive but definitely more rare than the Omega:
    That's a very nice watch M. Never heard of them before, but it looks like a well put together watch.

    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
    I have a few vintage watches that are probably rare, but, this one is modern and rare...

    Only 99 ever made
    Liking the two crown compressor influence design. :)

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    I owned this a few years ago. Never seen another watch with this movement since. I guess that makes it pretty rare:



    Edit: No idea why the photo is so small!

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    Hi Marc, I'm joining in!

    My probably rarest watch is this Seiko from '73. It is a real certified Chronometer and you don't see this very often.


    HIMG_1800 by Stef, on Flickr

    IMG_3239-1 by Stef, on Flickr






    Next up is my Enicar Sherpa Jet, maybe not really rare but still very hard to find these days in this condition.

    ESJIMG_4006140413 by Stef, on Flickr

    ESJIMG_4004140413 by Stef, on Flickr

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wibbs View Post
    Nice. A fellow brother of the battery. I'd reckon there are less than twenty of your IWC left. I know of only four online. That must feel very solid on the wrist. Nice sound off the Beta movements.
    It is pretty hefty in the hand, at 180g, but fits so well it's always balanced and doesn't feel heavy on the wrist. Real shame that so many have been melted down, at one point not so long ago these were worth £4k+ just as scrap. If I was ever to sell it (highly unlikely) it would only be to a fellow collector who I would trust to keep it alive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gamingdave View Post
    Real shame that so many have been melted down, at one point not so long ago these were worth £4k+ just as scrap.
    Real shame indeed. Hence quite the number of companies who used Beta21's are only known as dials and movements. :( Those very early quartz were crazy money so a lot came in 18k gold.
    If I was ever to sell it (highly unlikely) it would only be to a fellow collector who I would trust to keep it alive.
    Nice one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    I owned this a few years ago. Never seen another watch with this movement since. I guess that makes it pretty rare:



    Edit: No idea why the photo is so small!
    Hmm...the picture is th_watchpictures016.jpg, so I suspect that you've got the thumbnail size from photobucket (as in th_###).

    The full-size (watchpictures016.jpg) might be a bit big. Can you select an intermediate size?

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    thought I had a timex just dug it out lol
    breitling lcd
    and some rolex









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    West End Watch Co "Sowar" C1920, made by Longines...




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    Thanks to all who are posting. I'm really enjoying this thread. Lovely to see that Sowar and the Lemanias.

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    Haven't seen many of these on here. 3017.

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    The original on not the reissue.

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    what a great thread with a lot of watches I have never seen before.
    it is making me wish I had something unusual watch wise to show you.

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    Don't see many old Lanco 7736 chronos around



    But I'm not sure I'd call it rare

    z

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    Quote Originally Posted by zelig View Post
    Don't see many old Lanco 7736 chronos around



    But I'm not sure I'd call it rare

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    I like that a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zelig View Post
    Don't see many old Lanco 7736 chronos around



    But I'm not sure I'd call it rare

    z
    Has Tony been giving you photographic tips? 😀
    Cheers..
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