JimJupiter, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/jimjupiter/ Watch Repair & Restoration Service Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:42:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rkwatchservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-RK-Watch-Service-Logo-Chicago-Watch-Repair-Web-32x32.png JimJupiter, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/jimjupiter/ 32 32 Vintage IWC Schaffhausen Ingenieur Ref. 666AD https://rkwatchservice.com/vintage-iwc-schaffhausen-ingenieur-ref-666ad/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:53:03 +0000 http://rkwatchservice.com/?guid=53c81fa612f644d71e7447b4aa18a8cb Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Hey guys,

unfortunately I need to sell my Vintage Ingenieur from around 1959. A grail of mine is coming in, so I need to get some funds 😁 (been there, done that).

The Ingenieur is a great watch, the counterpart to Railmaster and Milgauss, but more cl...

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JimJupiter

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Hey guys,

unfortunately I need to sell my Vintage Ingenieur from around 1959. A grail of mine is coming in, so I need to get some funds 😁 (been there, done that).

The Ingenieur is a great watch, the counterpart to Railmaster and Milgauss, but more classy if you ask me. It matches a suit as perfect as a sports style.
Overall the watch is in a great condition for its age. The dial has all original lume plots, as does the hands have. The eggshell dial color is stunning. The edges of the case…

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]]> Anyone into East-German Glashuette Dive watches? ;) https://rkwatchservice.com/anyone-into-east-german-glashuette-dive-watches/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:55:33 +0000 http://rkwatchservice.com/?guid=34c120cbc4ad4c712e6fbcd9ff0dae79 Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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JimJupiter

Hey guys,

the last few years and more intensively the last few weeks I was busy building a website about the East-German Glashuette divers. Diver you said, didn't the East Germans just build chrome plated watches that started to rust, when they s...

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Hey guys,

the last few years and more intensively the last few weeks I was busy building a website about the East-German Glashuette divers. Diver you said, didn't the East Germans just build chrome plated watches that started to rust, when they saw water? Yes and no. Among the usual "waterproof" Spezimatic watches, there were also some watches, that had an interesting History I would like to share with you in short.

In 1967 (VEB – people owned factory) Glashuette started a test run of some…

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