Omega success story

Every watch has a story, and this one had a nice payoff for the amount of time I invested. I picked up this Omega in 2019 for a cheap price because the dial was bad. 14k, with a bad dial, which I tried to clean up, and immediately made worse!
This is the original dial:

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and how bad it looked after I tried to make it better:

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I thought about sending it out to get repainted, but didn’t have any confidence that it would…

Omega success story

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Watches that make you say “Hmmmmmm?”…

How about a thread on watches you have where you just can’t explain how they came about (but maybe someone else here can)?

I’ve shown these before but while I know what this is, I can’t explain how the dial came to be:

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And while many vintage Mido’s I’ve seen are on the small side (28mm), this one is pretty large (35mm), and what is going on with the enamel dial and green/red hands? The serial number dates it to…

Watches that make you say “Hmmmmmm?”…

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Railroad Approved Accutron 201

Bought this back in 2009. Every once in a while I’ll pop a battery in and test-drive it. Always runs great. From 1965, although the ad I found below was from 1963. I did have a few questions regarding these railroad approved Bulova’s:

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My questions is on the dials. I’ve seen hundreds of actual watches that have dials, 12 hour and 24 hour, with Bulova Accutron. But I have never seen an ad with an photo of an actual…

Railroad Approved Accutron 201

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