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Have you considered a good old vintage Timex? I got this one for free, just added a band. It keeps good enough time, since you wind it every morning. I actually get complements, and lots of people remember the old John Cameron Swayze commercials![video=youtube;HVatUaplyVU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVatUaplyVU[/video]
I love your watch Stearmen. Do you know when it was made?
Now that's nice. I had one of them 35 years ago. Much more tasteful than all those sports watches with their huge faces and busy dials.
Thanks! I have some monster watches, dating back to the early 70s, this is so much more comfortable.
that Trebex is very nice, I have a round version in 9ct gold also a family heirloom, it keeps incredibly good time..they were cased up by BWC in London , they often supplied bigger companies for 25 and 50 year commerative and retirement watches.
Mines on a dark brown mock croc strap with a gold buckle and it gets worn for funerals, weddings etc...I wore it last week to our first grandchild's christening and received a couple of nice comments about the watch.
here's a link to an old post I made about it,
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/1960s-trebex-368680.html
I hope to pass it on to my son one day. He turns 14 today and it's a bit early to give it to him now, he would break/lose it, lol.
I am the keeper of my maternal grandfather's 9kt rose gold 1950's Trebex. Not a terribly valuable watch monetarily but it's dear to me, nonetheless. It still works wonderfully, too. I remember Grandpa wearing it with the 1970's Spiedel metal stretch band shown but I'd like some opinions on a new band more in keeping with what might have come with it originally. Leather? Color? Source? Etc. Thanks!
I can't stand the alarm clock strapped to you wrist look.
You have a very nice Trebex, too! The logo on yours looks a bit different... is mine older? Family lore says 1950s so I went with that. How did you end up getting this front-loader open?
Since mine is rose gold, I think I'll go with a brown strap, too. Your beautiful watch has inspired me to get mine cleaned up. I hope to pass it on to my son one day. He turns 14 today and it's a bit early to give it to him now, he would break/lose it, lol.
Stearmen;
I think your Timex is a pin lever movement from the 60's
http://people.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles0031
Richard