Post a curated single-brand three-watch collection

I think it would be fun to make a thread focusing on selective groupings from individual brands, emphasizing quality and variety instead of quantity. Feel free to interpret the three-watch collection concept creatively. 😀

I’ll start with a 1960s Seiko trio: dress, dive, and chronograph.
[1964 Grand Seiko 43999, 1967 6217-8001 (aka 62MAS, first diver), and 1964 45899 Olympic monopusher, first chrono]

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CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME MORE

I recently bought this Geneve and I’d love to know more about it. It needs a service as it runs fast and doesn’t hold masses of power but I’m putting it down to being old. Got a great deal on this, and really happy with how it looks minus the markers l…

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Calling our Germany-based members

Dear Forum,

I have desperately trying to set up an account on Kleinanzeigen, as I have my eyes on a couple of watches there. Being outside of Germany, the app registration system is ferociously defensive (rightfully so, to protect local transactions)….

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Omega Speedmaster exchange cases?

Can anyone say if Omega will exchange a Speedmaster case. hypothetically if a case is damaged to the point of needing laser weld and sent to Omega, will they laser weld or exchange the case and if so what of the serial on the lug? Came up in another gr…

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“To lume or not to Lume”. That is the question SM300

I’m all for originality but in this case may consider a re-lume of dial and hands,………. or just the hands.
My SM300 dial has clearly seen better “lume days” but what’s the general consensus.?
I’m thinking of sending this and my hands to “James” for a makeover.
My thoughts are, it’s best to keep the original dial as-is, but want to make the watch more presentable. IE polish the crystal, service the movement and have it re-lumed, or just the hands .
It seems the SM300 dials have great…

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