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[Giftmacher]

Voigtländer Brillant (1932-36) After cleaning in working condition.

 

[BigFitz]

Voigtländer Brillant (1932-36) After cleaning in working condition.

I like it! Do they still make film for it or are those rolls vintage "finds" as well?

 

[Sled Dog]

Scored this pocket watch and stand the other day

I grabbed it pretty fast at this price

Porcelain dial is cracked

inside...

Nice Keystone gold filled case

Regent movement...havent been able to find much info on it

Im guessing the watch dates to the early 1900's...the stand is modern but still a good score

 

[Giftmacher]

I like it! Do they still make film for it or are those rolls vintage "finds" as well?

Thanks! These are originals from 80's, but 120 rolls are still made and are quite common, b&w and color as well.

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Sweet Jiminy Christmas, Sled Dog!! You scored the mother lode! How...I don't even...GAH!

That is absolutely fantastic, and for 2.99 at Value Village no less! Congrats! Are you going to see about restoring it? New bow and such?

 

[Sled Dog]

Sweet Jiminy Christmas, Sled Dog!! You scored the mother lode! How...I don't even...GAH!

That is absolutely fantastic, and for 2.99 at Value Village no less! Congrats! Are you going to see about restoring it? New bow and such?

I would love to have it working, but I'm not sure if it will be worth it, depends on repair costs
Do you know anything about this watch, I can not find much info on the movement
Thx

 

[Gin&Tonics]

I would love to have it working, but I'm not sure if it will be worth it, depends on repair costs
Do you know anything about this watch, I can not find much info on the movement
Thx

Sorry, I'm somewhat new to the world of vintage mechanical pocket watches. I would google Regent Pocket Watch and see what you come up with. Shangas or Don Dhalberg might know more.

 

[Shangas]

The name sounds vaguely familiar, but I don't have any knowledge of this company.

17 Jewels, 3 positions and a swan-neck regulator would indicate a watch of good quality, though. Swan-neck regulators aren't found on watches of lower quality because such fine adjustment isn't worthwhile.

But this needs a fair bit of work. It needs to be stripped and serviced by a watchmaker, it needs a new crown, and a new bow. It has a good quality gold-filled case, so whoever bought this was pretty well-to-do. I doubt that this was a cheap watch when it was new.

The brass stand is a modern one, I think. I've seen them on sale all over the internet. But it's a handy thing to have. If you don't intend to wear the watch, then the stand will make the watch serve as a nice desk-clock.

 

[Sled Dog]

Scored this Royal Canadian Engineers dress cap the other day...the glass head I thrifted a while ago

 

[DNO]

Scored this Royal Canadian Engineers dress cap the other day...the glass head I thrifted a while ago

With all these great finds, I'm starting to think it's time to visit my inlaws in Calgary!

 

[esteban68]

Recent charity shop find in unused condition ...all for £1.00!, not sure of age( 1970's?) but everything is English made save the brush which is Chinese made by 'Globe';

 

[splintercellsz]

1949 Airline Radio. Sadly, it just tripped my circuits, and blew up. The radio is fine cosmetically (thank goodness the explosion did NOT start a fire), but I think the tubes are now long gone.

 

[vitanola]

1949 Airline Radio. Sadly, it just tripped my circuits, and blew up. The radio is fine cosmetically (thank goodness the explosion did NOT start a fire), but I think the tubes are now long gone.

That Airline of yours, model 84 HA 1527B, is a transformerless AC-DC set. The tube heaters are wired in series. If there was a tube failure, it is probable that only one is faulty. There is a line bypass capacitor (C9 on the schematic) which is liable to have shorted, if not, perhaps one or both of the filter capacitors (C7a and C7b) failed, taking the 35Z5 recitifier tube and the 2000 ohm resistor (R10) with them . All of these are items which should be replaced anyway before any old radio is put into service.

Your radio, which dates form 1947, is pretty basic, and would make a good first project for a novice.

 

[splintercellsz]

Yeah, I know it's best to replace before use, but I was curious, and it worked fine a few times before. Live & learn, aye?

 

[vitanola]

Yeah, I know it's best to replace before use, but I was curious, and it worked fine a few times before. Live & learn, aye?

We've all done it.

By the way, a full set of new tubes (12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 50L6GT, 35Z5GT) for your set is less than $24.00. Good, tested, guaranteed used tubes can be had for less than $11.00

 

[splintercellsz]

Thank you for the info in the above!

 

[jamespowers]

Picked this up over the weekend. The music box didn't work, and I planned to fix it. Dad decided he'd save me the trouble. Plays like brand new, now! Enjoyed a couple cold ones out of it last night.

Let me guess---it plays How Dry I Am?

 

[Sled Dog]

Scored some goodies today..
2 moustache cups (25 cents each), an old invalid cup, a tobacco humidor that matches a pipe stand I scored a few years ago
New Old Spice aftershave and Hilfiger cologne, an empty Avon aftershave bottle (to decant plastic bottled aftershave into)
And an Allen Edmonds shoe horn

Not a great pic but this is a like new Hucklecote Salzburg wool coat made in England...really nice, fits like a glove

This was a cool find and a great deal

New with tags...$300!!! I paid $2.50

Fun day in the thrift stores!!

 

[jamespowers]

Scored some goodies today..
2 moustache cups (25 cents each), an old invalid cup, a tobacco humidor that matches a pipe stand I scored a few years ago
New Old Spice aftershave and Hilfiger cologne, an empty Avon aftershave bottle (to decant plastic bottled aftershave into)
And an Allen Edmonds shoe horn

Not a great pic but this is a like new Hucklecote Salzburg wool coat made in England...really nice, fits like a glove

This was a cool find and a great deal

New with tags...$300!!! I paid $2.50

Fun day in the thrift stores!!

Great finds! I need to go thrifting where you are.

 

[Giftmacher]

A bit of old junk.