Reply With QuoteThe only 'vintage' piece I have which I would consider remotely rare is my Futurematic. After picking it up nearly 20 years ago, I have not seen another in this configuration.
+1 SOriginally Posted by soapy
I love the oddball, the novel, the out of the ordinary, the actually rare. There would be a fair few watches on the thread that would make an issued Rolex MilSub look almost commonplace*.
Going waaaay back *cue harp music, screen goes wobbly* to circa 1916. A Hampden "Trench watch" from that time.
Hampden wristwatches come up rarely enough and they're pretty much always civilian. This particular model comes in the civvie non radium dial type, but I've only seen one other example of the military version. It originated in America, but I got it in France, so may well have come along with some US soldier in WW1 when they joined the war. It looks a lot more modern to the eye than the usual trench watch "we've just soldered on a couple of loops onto a ladies pocketwatch" layout.
It's a further oddball in that it's lever set. That is you have to pop open the front, pull a sliding lever out and then the crown moves the hands. The crown has two positions but both wind it. IIRC in these very early ones Hampden didn't want to pay for the crown set patent licence so…
Ditto. Very snazzy. The OP's Heuer is a cracker too.
*That is nothing agin the MilSub. It's about my favourite Rolex of all.
The only 'vintage' piece I have which I would consider remotely rare is my Futurematic. After picking it up nearly 20 years ago, I have not seen another in this configuration.
Here are a few of mine each one I think is rare
Gold cased American Watch Co Waltham C1900...
1951 Rolex. I wish I'd kept it.
Gray
This PP is a fairly new arrival and I don't know much about it. It's a 3512 (I think) . I have not seen one before with a salmon dial , so others can enlighten me as to whether it's "rare vintage" or not.
Yummy PP
Orange Rotary Aquadive find me another one got this off Jon Wallis and all the photos on the net is this watch so is it the only one??
1984 76100 lollipop Tudor Sub
TidyThe only 'vintage' piece I have which I would consider remotely rare is my Futurematic. After picking it up nearly 20 years ago, I have not seen another in this configuration.
Titus Tuning Fork...
I have a rather rare 36mm version of the 6424. Not sure how many were made.
Some might be rarer than others
Orange Boy
FAP Speedy
2998-3 Speedy
Eberhard
Malc
I absolutely love this - well may you wear
Eberhard
Malc
Just got my Benrus back so I thought I'd include it:
A GUB-era Glashutte from (it is thought) the 80s
I think it's even lighter than an Poljot 2209, ie under an ounce, including strap.
(The 2209 movement though is def superior to the 09-20 in this)
Very nice!
Tudor Ranger
The original on not the reissue.
Probably not rare but very vintage for me.
Does anyone know which model and year it is?Probably not rare but very vintage for me.
NiceJust got my Benrus back so I thought I'd include it:
My '69 resist/resist 6105-8009 (the "resist" dial makes it kind of rare)
My '79 Seiko 6306-7001 Scubapro
My '88 Seiko 7C43-700B (currently off for spa)
My '99 Seiko 7C46-7011 Scubapro (not really "vintage" but pretty rare)
My father's old Omega. Gold case and automatic. Dates from 1967. Had it fully reconditioned some 20 years or so after he died and it now always makes me proud to wear it out.
First up, Ed White Speedy from Dec 1964.
And this (only because it almost qualifies as vintage and I doubt any forum members have one! And why would you?!!)
These Citizen divers from the early seventies came with several dial colors.
The one with the silver dial is very rare, sofar I've never seen a second one.
The Tissot Navigator with Lemania 5012 is also hardly ever seen.
My little lovely. 1962 Rolex 5513 with explorer face.
Been posted before, but there's a lot of new members that may not have seen it
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I guess this '40's Rolex Oyster Centregraph could be considered rare.
Cheers,
Neil.
Thanks
It took a long time to find
That looks fantasticJust got my Benrus back so I thought I'd include it:
Thats stuningAll original Seiko 6105-8110 Proof/Proof from June 1970.
This qualifies as rare, I think...
Regards,
Marc
Thats really interesting and quite lovely. I've not seen a Sub with the 3,6,9 dial before. Is there a story behind it or is it just a model I've missed
I'm the proud owner of this (stolen the photo from Dickstar1977, hope you don't mind Tom)
I don't know whether I love it because of what it is, or just out of pigheadness because nobody else seems to like it. Either way I don't care, I just can't wait to get it back on my wrist after its trip to STS.
Last edited by barreti; 21st December 2015 at 12:14.
That's a lovely old UN.
This qualifies as rare, I think...
Regards,
Marc
What is the red arrow on the chapter, date marker?
Cheers,
Neil.
A turnable bezel for measuring time. A pilot's watch, if I'm right...
Last edited by majstro; 21st December 2015 at 12:39.
Yep...check out Eddie's Precista Czech Air Force PRS-9. In the description he notes:
It would have been easy enough to make the watch without the rotating bezel with pointer under the crystal but this is such an important part of the watch that I wasn't prepared to omit this important feature. The watches to which the PRS-9 pay homage had little or no water resistance, arguably because if you need water resistance in an aircraft, your watch is the least of your worries. Because the crystal rotates with the bezel, it was difficult to achieve any water resistance at all and the fact that the PRS-9 is water resistant to 30 metres is no small design achievement.
Ah right, I should have realised.
Lovely thing.
Cheers,
Neil.
The dial was an option available at time of purchase. They stopped giving that option on the 5513 c~1966 I think.
Mine is a January 1962 5513 with a 5512 back. Lovely.
( Yes Neil, you should of realised
These are quite scarce, not sure I would say rare though....
Seiko 6306, possibly from the first month of production from what I have read.
uploadfromtaptalk1450700898815.JPGAh right, I should have realised.
Lovely thing.
It's from 1937 and has a UN pedigree :-)
Both these mid 1980's Autavia's are pretty rare
Not many Diver 100's around
Even fewer with both bezels
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
This Technos MOSABA is pretty rare. Made in a limited edition of 10,000 in the early 1990s, you don't see many of them around.
MOntre SAns BAlance....watch without balance-wheel....just to educate you. :-)
Great looking watch too!
I know what it means, but thank you for the remedial horology class 101. I have posted it before on the forum, and it usually gets some interesting comments. Just wish it worked though. I clunked it against the side of a door a couple of years ago, and it hasn't worked since. I need to get it repaired, but right now that's not a huge priority for me.
There are some specialised watchmakers in the Netherlands and probably in the UK as well that can fix hummers... I think we have such a person here on TZUK; KeithT is his nickname as far as I know....
And my comment was meant for the education of the general public and not specifically for you ;-)
Last edited by majstro; 21st December 2015 at 16:29.
I know KeithT services hummers, I got a quote from him about it a couple of years ago when it happened. From my perspective it's more a question regarding costs than lack of will to have it done. I was made redundant earlier this year, and it's currently an expense I can't justify given my circumstances. And sorry about the last bit; I tend to get it every time I post. Problem is, tone doesn't really come across well in forum posts.
Last edited by jl smout; 21st December 2015 at 16:33.
November 1925 presentation piece.
Made for my Father in Law in the late 40's in Switzerland where he was after the War and kindly passed on to me 10 years ago. Supposedly made by local watchmaker to his requirements. I like it and certainly the oldest piece in my watch box. It came with the service instruction sheets as well.
Given the provenance, that is priceless. Definitely a hint of Patek and JLC in it.Made for my Father in Law in the late 40's in Switzerland where he was after the War and kindly passed on to me 10 years ago. Supposedly made by local watchmaker to his requirements. I like it and certainly the oldest piece in my watch box. It came with the service instruction sheets as well.
Not particularly rare and not my own pictures (it is wrapped up under the Christmas tree at the moment) but at least it is vintage.
Last edited by GrandS; 21st December 2015 at 20:21.
Very interesting regulator on your Seiko G. Never saw one like that before. Nice.
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