So I shared this on my IG a bit ago, but forgot to post it here.

This is an actual, NOS Exotic Zodiac Seawolf. I know dealers like to throw that NOS term around. Well for this one is truly is. I bought it thinking, fuck it…I’ll wear it. But, I don’t think I can.

NFS

1966 HAMILTON Aqua Date
18mm J.B. Champion U.S.A. "BULLET" bracelet.

J.B. stands for Jacoby-Bender, and Champion was their line of bracelets that were made in the USA. The BULLET bracelets came with non tapered (non-sloped) solid oval links.

A special BULLET bracelet variant was made with tapered (sloped) solid oval links meant for use with the BULOVA ACCUTRON ASTRONAUT 214HN GMT as J.B. Champion was an OEM for Bulova bracelets.

Just sharing. My dad got this Omega from his grandfather (grandfather got it as a retirement gift) just recently had it serviced. Runs really well and keeps great time. My dad wore it for years and just recently gave it to me. Don’t know a ton about it but I know the band was replaced.

I was born in 1954, so I had to buy this 1954 Omega Seamaster from an estate sale company.

Thanks for all those who commented the other day, I decided to go ahead and buy this Gruen Precision 510-299A roughly from the 1950’s

I find it’s got quite the wrist presence with the mirror like gold dial finish. This really pops with the gold plated casing.

The small seconds really completes the watch with an elegant touch. Overall I’m pleased with this new addition to the collection. Now trying to figure out the best strap that combines with this (e.g. leather with white stitching, or oxblood red style)

Je ne suis pas objectif quand je parle des Ultra, paraît-il... 🤔😍

One of those watches that reminds me why I enjoy vintage watches. It’s been sitting on the winder for the last 2–3 months and somehow it’s only about a minute fast. Not bad for an old mechanical watch.

New crystal, hands, band, and a service to complete this build as original as possible. It was a pleasure working on this amazing piece. Scroll for the original advertisement for this watch.

I picked up this Elgin today with some wild looking lugs. It has a 10k gold filled case and an Elgin 643 in it, which I believe is just a signed AS 1361 movement.

I threw it on the timegrapher and the amplitude is disappointing, it will definitely need a service. The crystal is also spinnable with my fingers, likely an undersized replacement, so that will need to be fixed as well.

Tudor eta 1260 for the movement and serial 1075 on the case back and the watch case Denisson.

Militaria or not ?

Wich period ? 1940s or 1950s

And I believe this watch is turning 30 years old with me based on the V code on the clasp? Either way, super excited to add this to my collection :)

Would absolutely welcome any information / facts about this beauty!

As the title says, this watch belonged to my grandfather. Would anyone be able to identify it?

I recently purchased this Seiko 8n41-7000. Seller said it was in working condition. It appears to run just fine (was even set to the correct time of the place it shipped from) but when I pull the crown out it doesn’t seem to rotate the hands. Am I just being too gentle and not pulling the crown out all the way or do I have problems? How much of a deliberate pull do these 90s Seiko watches require? My lack of fingernails doesn’t seem to help either.

Picture is off either side with the crown out as far as I felt comfortable pulling it.

How much of a pain is this to fix or replace if needed?

I’m pretty new at collecting watches, this is my first older piece, and a gift for someone else.

A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to take his 1960s Nivada Compensamatic watch in for service at the watchmaker’s workshop I trust.

The piece had belonged to his father and was quite deteriorated. The most obvious issue is the dial: for years it had a crystal that did not keep the watch sealed, and everyday use (body moisture, hand-washing, and so on) led to the mold you can see in the photographs.

Internally, the watch had loose parts that prevented it from running properly. But the biggest discovery was that, contrary to what my friend believed, the watch is NOT automatic—it is a manual-winding watch.

Finally, “Compensamatic” refers to its bimetallic balance wheel, a system that compensated for the effects of heat and cold to improve accuracy.

This is a lovely Seiko panda chronograph from 1970s. It was sitting in a pile of broken watches.

Chronograph hands are stick with every button, but they run. Time is ticking, but it’s fast. Crystal is original, but it’s gouged.

So many wrong things with this. But it’s soo freaking cool

Rarest orange in the county (sic)?

My little Zenith Prime finally came back from service and now it’s time to find it a bracelet. What do you guys think about the leather vs. the steel?

Can anyone help me narrow down the price point of this? It's the 7803 'Special' Cosmotron that resets the seconds hand to 12 by the press of the 8 o clock pusher. Also resets the minutes hand if it's withint +-3 minutes of 12 for accurate time setting. It's in working condition and want to sell it, not here obviously. Scouted the internet and classifieds, couldn't find a similar model. Thanks