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Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

Feraud

Bartender
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17,190
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Hardlucksville, NY
Marc Chevalier said:
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Here's the coolest 1930s pocket watch in the whole universe:
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Wow. That is cool.
 

Shangas

I'll Lock Up
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6,116
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Hey Spitfire, Scion,

Thanks! It's a 16-size with a 7-jewel movement. The watchmaker had to do a fair amount of work to this watch...

Case-polish.
Dial-clean.
Crystal-clean.
Clean, oil, regulate.
Hammer in a case-hinge.

I reckon he did a pretty good job :)
 

J.L. Picard

One of the Regulars
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144
Location
Voyageur

J.L. Picard

One of the Regulars
Messages
144
Location
Voyageur
Bulova

RKidd said:
Anyone out there tell me anything about this one?
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Here is a little trick to know the date of manufacture of your Bulova:
On the back of the case you will find a letter and a number.
A9 = 1949 (first time a date was written on the case).
L0 à L9 : years 50.
M0 à M9 : years 60.
N0 à N9 : years 70.

IE, L3 represents 1953, M7 represents 1967, N0 represents 1970.
 

J.L. Picard

One of the Regulars
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144
Location
Voyageur
JEEP said:
Just a quick snapshot of my Omega collection:


OmegaSamling.jpg



Top, from the left:
Gents dress, 33 mm, 14 ct. gold, manual, 1938
Officer, 31 mm, steel, manual, 1942
Suverän, 35 mm, steel, manual, 1945
"Military", 35 mm, steel, manual, 1945
30 mm, 36 mm, steel, manual, 1954

Bottom, from the left:
30 mm, 36 mm, steel, manual, 1951
30 mm, 36 mm, steel, manual, 1951
Seamaster, 34 mm, steel, manual, 1959
Seamaster, 35 mm, goldfilled, manual, 1959
Seamaster Cosmic. steel. automatic, 7os


Regards.

Jakob

Beautiful Jakob :eusa_clap
 

J.L. Picard

One of the Regulars
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144
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Voyageur
JEEP said:
That was some buy - sometimes one is just lucky. I have done the same thing with cufflinks and tiebars a few times, half of the times I got something really good.

I believe that the Elgin with the blue crystal is a ladies watch, not mainly because og the size (though that is a factor too), but because of the blue crystal - I have never seen a gents watch from that time with anything else than a clear crystal (maybe once a 40s watch with a orange crystal - but I believe that was a modern addition).


Regards.

Jakob

I definitely second that
 

WineGuy

A-List Customer
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363
Location
Las Vegas. (Formerly Metro New York)
Confused?

J.L. Picard said:
Here is a little trick to know the date of manufacture of your Bulova:
On the back of the case you will find a letter and a number.
A9 = 1949 (first time a date was written on the case).
L0 à L9 : years 50.
M0 à M9 : years 60.
N0 à N9 : years 70.

IE, L3 represents 1953, M7 represents 1967, N0 represents 1970.


I still don't follow the code, what does the "à" represent?
When you say "years 50" or "years 60" are you referring to the decade?
 
WineGuy said:
I still don't follow the code, what does the "à" represent?
When you say "years 50" or "years 60" are you referring to the decade?

I think he meant to write:
"A9 = 1949 (first time a date was written on the case).
L0 to L9 : years 1950 to 1959.
M0 to M9 : years 1960 to 1969.
N0 to N9 : years 1970 to 1979.

ie, L3 represents 1953, M7 represents 1967, N0 represents 1970."

That definitely works for me. I have used the codes to date Bulova watches for quite a while. :D
 

J.L. Picard

One of the Regulars
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144
Location
Voyageur
Bulova watch

WineGuy said:
I still don't follow the code, what does the "à" represent?
When you say "years 50" or "years 60" are you referring to the decade?

Greetings WineGuy!

I apologize, sometimes I still think in French, so let me clarify that:

L0 to L9 represents 1950 to 1959 (L0= 1950; L1=1951;L5=1959...)...

Regards.
 

J.J. Gittes

A-List Customer
Messages
375
Location
Chinatown
Lord Elgin and Illinois

Here are my pocket watches. My great Grandfathers 14k White Gold, 1927 Lord Elgin "Corsican".
The other is a 17 Jewel Illinois off ebay. Haven't looked up the serial yet.
Both:
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Corsican Inside:
CorsicanInside.jpg

Corsican Dial:
ElginFront.jpg

Illinois Dial:
IlliFront.jpg
 

Nathan

Familiar Face
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59
Location
DelMarVa Peninsula
Newbie...1900 Private Label Hamilton

New to forum and enjoying it! Here's a private label Hamilton from 1900. It was done by Hamilton for a jewlery store in Rosewell NM by the name of Park and Morrison. You see their name on both the dial and the movement. Very cool watch! It runs well so I carry it sometimes...
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