Birth year beaters. I give up !

[lordflagpolecrabtree]

I am weak, I admit it. It's an illness, I'm sure.

After collecting a nice batch of 12 birth year watches, I started to notice some of the poorer specimens and thought maybe I could get a selection of beaters from '65.

So far I've failed because despite the fact that they're not the best of examples, I can't bring myself to wear them without trying to protect them from harm

The first is a  (June) 6619-8050 I got in a trade with a member of TOF a while back.




Then came the (Feb) 7606-7000 Sportsmatic Deluxe ( birth year and month):




And yesterday I got this ( July)6601-8930. From Japan and a smidgen over £30 with no nasty customs/RMbastards charges:





It needs a new crystal, and has lost 10s in 10 hrs, but I can live with that. And what's even better is that I put in a ridiculously low snipe when it was sitting at £6.50, and had completely forgotten about it by the time I got the notification that I'd won it. I had decided that due to upcoming large car maintenance bills I would not buy anything this month, so this has stretched the budget somewhat, but I'm pleased with it.

Only 9 more to go.

AGAIN !!!!!!

[Deleted]

Pretty nice watches. It must be nice to be able to find birth year watches...the closest I can come is something Fred Flintstone might have worn

[cd_god]

Now you just need some new cases

[stevenjohn]

Apr 11, 2015 15:27:18 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Pretty nice watches. It must be nice to be able to find birth year watches...the closest I can come is something Fred Flintstone might have worn

A sundial?

[stevenjohn]

I really like the few Seikos with no day or date.  The indices just seem crisper.