In my evening browsing, I stumbled across this listing for a badly abused Waltham Premier. It looks to me to be late 30s/early 40s- I’m guessing later rather than earlier, since there’s no small seconds subdial. What caught my eye about it is the fact that, as battered and scarred as the case is, I can see no clear evidence of base metal or corrosion that I would expect in a gold filled watch (this is surely too early to be plated.) there’s not even corrosion in the lug holes, which are…
Continue readingIs Seiko Alpinist A Good Investment In 2025? (Price & ROI)
For those looking for their morning dose of comedy, I couldn’t help but share this article that popped up in my Google “news” feed;
Is Seiko Alpinist A Good Investment In 2025? (Price …
Continue readingThoughts on the Stylist Reissue?
Hello everyone,
I don’t have much experience with Tissot, bar the fact that a close friend and coworker daily wears a blue gradient dial hand-winding Tissot Stylist he bought new about 45 years ago, very much like this one;
Continue readingI don’t have much experience with Tissot, bar the fact that a close friend and coworker daily wears a blue gradient dial hand-winding Tissot Stylist he bought new about 45 years ago, very much like this one;
I always admired it, and I think it’s a stunning watch.
This week, I was very pleased to see ads for a Stylist reissue, exactly like his! I showed my coworker the site listing today, and he excitedly held his original up to the…
Correct Box For 1950s IWC
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I am thinking about buying an original box for my 1957 IWC ‘Calatrava’ Cal. 852, but I’m not sure what the correct one should look like. Does anyone happen to have a press photo of a late 1950s IWC with the box, or own a full set that they know …
WWII and Earlier West End Watch Co- Seeking Info
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Here in Japan, I have noticed many vintage West End Watch Co. watches for sale online, many for extremely cheap. There are some obvious redials and pretty rough exmaples, but even genuine-looking watches seem to be pretty reasonably priced for a water-resistant military-type watch of their time. I’ve been thinking about getting one from around the late 30s-early 40s, but I have had trouble figuring out how to reliably date them, and to learn what makes a model more or less desireable…
Continue readingHere in Japan, I have noticed many vintage West End Watch Co. watches for sale online, many for extremely cheap. There are some obvious redials and pretty rough exmaples, but even genuine-looking watches seem to be pretty reasonably priced for a water-resistant military-type watch of their time. I’ve been thinking about getting one from around the late 30s-early 40s, but I have had trouble figuring out how to reliably date them, and to learn what makes a model more or less desireable…
The Forgotten History of Aussie Watches- 1940s Pink Gold Wendts Adelaide
Hello everyone, just thought I‘d show off a recent purchase of mine, share what I’ve learned about the little known Australian watch industry, and ask for help ID’ing the movement;
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Continue readingTroubleshooting Ultra Fast Watch
So I’ve got an early 40s manual wind watch with an ebauche that I suspect is a Unitas, and it has a need for speed. The sales listing said that it was making a full rotation of the seconds hand in 45 seconds, which would be hours fast per day. Naturally, I assumed it was a magnetization problem.
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Before winding the watch myself, I held the movement up to my cheapo compass and the needle immediately jumped over 40…
Customs Strangeness From Australia to Japan
I know that most users are looking to export from Japan rather than import, so this may be a novel situation on the forum, but there may be a lesson to be learned either way so I thought I might as well post it.
I am importing a watch from Australia t…
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