Nice deal on DW-5300G but also a version query

So I did what I think was a great deal on this nice vintage 5300 last night🙂.

Offered and got accepted at £25!👍

It was up on eBay UK as not working and there’s, (obviously I guess), no bezel. It will also need a new, (DW-6900), strap.

I can get a Malaysian bezel for it, I had one from there for my other 5300 and they’re really good quality, and fit perfectly.

I’ll be checking it with a new battery first!

I do have a query in regards to which model this is though. Checking them out on…

Nice deal on DW-5300G but also a version query

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F17 members really amaze me sometimes!

So today I had a PM from an F17 member who I’ve recently been chatting in Messages with about a particular item.

They sent me this message:- “I just won an auction that might be interesting. I would like to ship it to you as a surprise gift, if that is OK with you. It can be shipped directly from Japan to the UK.”

I’m not going to mention who it is yet, or what the conversation chain has been about. I have a vague idea what might be winging it’s way to me sometime soon, but I’ll…

F17 members really amaze me sometimes!

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DW-6900TR-1 30th Anniversary

I fancied one of these when they were announced a while back, it’s nice that the iconic 6900 is being celebrated at 30👍.

I didn’t like the two 25th models at all, I felt they were a bit “jokey” if that makes sense, they seemed a bit like a kids toy with their crazy LCD background and gloss resins. The three TR 30th models are much more of a proper celebration.

I preferred this black version because the accents like the red lettering and red G in the chrome light button seem to me to stand…

DW-6900TR-1 30th Anniversary

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Ladies vintage mechanical ID please?

My mum passed away at the end of January and amongst the little bits I’m keeping is this nice little vintage mechanical watch.

Trench watch if I’m not mistaken?

There’s no branding on the dial, which has a nice kind of sunburst effect in segments and each of those is textured. The two hands are a nice dark metallic blue.

It’s got a 15 Jewels Swiss movement, (and forgive me here but I have no idea of part names), which on one of the large “cogs”, has 2 stars and two symbols of double…

Ladies vintage mechanical ID please?

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