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I recently purchased a Smiths Automatic, and have fallen in love with it. It’s marvellous – but now I’ve got the Smiths bug. I’m torn between an 18 jewel, JW Benson (smiths produced) and a 19 jewel smiths.
anyone out there with th…
Continue readingI am at the lake visiting my dad and he pulled out a couple pocket watches that were passed down to him – unfortunately without any info about which generation they started with. They appear to be late 1800s based on simple googling but our lineage in …
Continue readingI recently inherited my grandfather’s watch. It’s a Rotary, he got it for his birthday in 1952. Very small by todays standards.
It has Switzerland written on the bottom of the dial, and I think it might be gold as the engraving hasn’t changed colour over the years. I’m pretty sure the strap is a modern replacement.
I have no knowledge of vintage watches, so was wondering if anyone knew what model it is? I assume it’s a 1952 model unless his parents bought it second hand and got it…
Finally, I get a grandparent's watch thread of my own. A family member has my grandmother's watch, a Turler. I found they did some high end collaborations with the likes of Omega and IWC, but mine appears to be just a Turler. I was sent so…
Continue readingI found this pocket watch at a storage auction and I have been trying to identify it for over a year. Recently tried to figure out why it wasn’t working and noticed that the jewel caps are missing. The only identifying marks are the words “Swiss” and…
Continue readingAs I have gotten interested in entry-level vintage watches, a number of forum members have suggested watches that I might look for. One of these was the Seiko Lord Matic, in its many forms.
I had been keeping an eye out and found a really nice example…
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