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Post by Groundhog66 on Jul 22, 2014 18:41:13 GMT -8
This Elgin from the early twentieth century is the oldest I own. It belonged to my great grandfather. Jack and crew at IWW serviced the movement for me. Myles Dang, that's a nice piece!
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Post by timewatcher on Jul 22, 2014 19:09:52 GMT -8
The oldest (other them my Dads 1954 G/F dress watch) is this near mint 1964 Seiko 7625-1980, believed to be from the first production year of Cal. 7625 (1964) when the 7-digit serial number was engraved inside of the caseback The crown is also signed which is not often seen!
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Post by Rod on Jul 22, 2014 21:05:01 GMT -8
Dang i miss that watch
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jul 22, 2014 21:14:50 GMT -8
The oldest (other them my Dads 1954 G/F dress watch) is this near mint 1964 Seiko 7625-1980, believed to be from the first production year of Cal. 7625 (1964) when the 7-digit serial number was engraved inside of the caseback The crown is also signed which is not often seen! Really nice, you need to give that one more wrist time.
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jul 22, 2014 21:17:58 GMT -8
Dang i miss that watch Reeeeally nice, what's the story with that one?
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Post by mariod on Jul 22, 2014 21:19:48 GMT -8
This is my oldest watch: Seiko 6105-8009 resist/resist from June 1969
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Post by sewingman on Jul 23, 2014 10:03:01 GMT -8
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Post by sdoocms on Jul 23, 2014 10:22:20 GMT -8
From March of 1970...
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Post by donciccio on Jul 23, 2014 13:27:59 GMT -8
Just barely. The hairspring is a bit out of shape and on of the regulator pins has been broken off. It obviously keep lousy time. It will likely get a spa treatment one day(when I win the lottery) but until then, it just waits. I'd love to see this one restored and on your wrist.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 13:59:53 GMT -8
Just barely. The hairspring is a bit out of shape and on of the regulator pins has been broken off. It obviously keep lousy time. It will likely get a spa treatment one day(when I win the lottery) but until then, it just waits. I'd love to see this one restored and on your wrist. It will cost several hundred dollars to restore this one. The movement is the easy part. The dial is the next most difficult and then the case back. The back is solid 18K gold and it has some cracks around the rim, it's a snap on type. Fixing this isn't likely a big problem but preserving the inscription on it will be tricky as any polishing would likely destroy it Have to wait for the lottery win
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Post by donciccio on Jul 23, 2014 15:15:25 GMT -8
I'd love to see this one restored and on your wrist. It will cost several hundred dollars to restore this one. The movement is the easy part. The dial is the next most difficult and then the case back. The back is solid 18K gold and it has some cracks around the rim, it's a snap on type. Fixing this isn't likely a big problem but preserving the inscription on it will be tricky as any polishing would likely destroy it Have to wait for the lottery win More pictures please Pete.
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Post by Myles on Jul 23, 2014 15:33:32 GMT -8
This Elgin from the early twentieth century is the oldest I own. It belonged to my great grandfather. Jack and crew at IWW serviced the movement for me. Myles Dang, that's a nice piece! The movement is nicely decorated. The dial isn't in the greatest shape. I'll take better pictures one of these days. Myles
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 15:52:02 GMT -8
It will cost several hundred dollars to restore this one. The movement is the easy part. The dial is the next most difficult and then the case back. The back is solid 18K gold and it has some cracks around the rim, it's a snap on type. Fixing this isn't likely a big problem but preserving the inscription on it will be tricky as any polishing would likely destroy it Have to wait for the lottery win More pictures please Pete. They'll have to wait until next time I see my brother; the watch is in his safe. Seems that more of my pics stored on PB have grown legs
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Post by donciccio on Jul 23, 2014 16:01:02 GMT -8
More pictures please Pete. They'll have to wait until next time I see my brother; the watch is in his safe. Seems that more of my pics stored on PB have grown legs
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Post by mar52 on Jul 24, 2014 15:05:37 GMT -8
Not sure how old these Elgins are. I've had them for years. Sorry for the blurry pics.
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Post by ninja01 on Jul 25, 2014 15:59:42 GMT -8
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Post by ninja01 on Jul 26, 2014 18:51:00 GMT -8
The Citizen: For some reason the front shot of my Citizen got left out yesterday. I'm having some trouble w/ the keyboard of this new computer - the cursor jumps all over & sometimes text gets highlighted & erased when I type more. So, here it is: You can see more of it in the Dr. Seiko database @ seikoholics.yuku.com/sreply/604/Citizen-SubSecond-w-Expo-back-ca-1949-1952#.U9RoWkA_zNEThis is one of the "F" type movements, though not the earliest style.
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Post by ninja01 on Jul 26, 2014 19:26:11 GMT -8
Now, a Lord Marvel that pre-dates the 5740A movement! This is actually the high-end of the mid -> late '50s Marvel architecture: @ seikoholics.yuku.com/topic/636/Engraveddial-Lord-Marvel-with-Marvel-Base-mvmt#.U9RvzUA_zNEYou can see, the movement architecture looks like the Marvel 19j I showed in my 1st post rather than the Crown-based 5740 family of movements used in the later Lord Marvel models like 5740-1990 & 5740-8000. This is essentially the highest-jeweled variant of the Marvel (which came in 17, 19, & 21 jewel variants) having 23 jewels! In addition, if you look carefully @ the movement, you'll see a small "set screw" on the balance assembly! AFAIK - only done on the very early examples. Another indication of it's earliness - the top line of dial text is engraved rather than printed [as on the earliest production of the Grand Seiko cal. 3180 models!] As you can see, the model# is of the old style & does NOT reflect a "5740" movement type!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 21:09:21 GMT -8
The Citizen: For some reason the front shot of my Citizen got left out yesterday. I'm having some trouble w/ the keyboard of this new computer - the cursor jumps all over & sometimes text gets highlighted & erased when I type more. So, here it is: You can see more of it in the Dr. Seiko database @ seikoholics.yuku.com/sreply/604/Citizen-SubSecond-w-Expo-back-ca-1949-1952#.U9RoWkA_zNEThis is one of the "F" type movements, though not the earliest style. If you still have a mouse and the new computer has one of those bloody touch pads; disable the damn thing. If you don't you may end up buying John Lennon's Rolls Royce when you were only looking to see what the fuss was all about. Yes, it happens...I did a BIN on something I absolutely had no intention of buying; my thumb passed over the touch pad and did the deed. You have ot be very careful because each and every time you get an OS update, the damn touch pad is reset to default; ie on and active!
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Post by ninja01 on Jul 28, 2014 21:28:12 GMT -8
If you still have a mouse and the new computer has one of those bloody touch pads; disable the damn thing. If you don't you may end up buying John Lennon's Rolls Royce when you were only looking to see what the fuss was all about. Yes, it happens...I did a BIN on something I absolutely had no intention of buying; my thumb passed over the touch pad and did the deed. You have ot be very careful because each and every time you get an OS update, the damn touch pad is reset to default; ie on and active! Well, I did plug in a mouse, but still couldn't find a way to disable the pad. So, both were active. But more importantly, I think the pad is only part of the problem - I've seen strange things even when my hands, sleeves, etc. are NOWHERE near that pad (like way over to the side of the keyboard). Anyway - to amplify on the main post: Yeah, I don't buy any "new" stuff (meaning, within about 10-20 years old)... I really like the "classic" pieces. I started getting a lot of late '60s & early->mid '70s items like chronographs, but as time went on I got more into the "dress" items - especially those with a high-quality movement and those in gold cases [filled or solid or capped w/ steel back mostly] from mid '60s back to 1940s (for wristwatches) & 1920s for pocket. Other than as very few steel or gold-plated in the past 2-3 years, all else has been in cases w/ a moderate to substantial gold content & also non-complicated "dress" style rather than chronograph or Sport/Diver style. I've also not been buying highly complicated watches (even vintage) for a good number of years [in part since they are hard to find here @ reasonable prices] ... I've also got enough of the minor complications like alarm or chronograph/chronostop, that are readily available here [within Philippines]
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