Anyone keen on watches?

[Yomanze]

Hi Dave
Have you contacted Swiss time services based in Hockley. I sent my Omega their for a full service
It worked out a lot Cheeper then going through an Omega dealer.

Bernie

I used Swiss Time Services for my watch, was still dear though (impeccable work though), £500 for a full service & restoration of the case to original standard, which is as much as I paid for the watch!

[Barry]

I paid ~ £500 for a service of my Rolex about 12 years ago, but it was serviced by Rolex trained personnel. Even so, that was about 10x what was originally paid for the watch!

[icehockeyboy]

I have a Rolex Submariner which I bought in 1970 for the princely sum of £84. I couldn't afford the model with date as that was £96. It now needs a full service which is likely to cost £500 or so. It now resides in my sock drawer.

I also have an Oris along similar lines to the Submariner but with a date. Around 6 months after I bought this it was running slow, so Oris rebuilt it and it now runs very well, losing just one second/day. A beautiful thing with a crystal back, so you can see the mech.

I bought my first ‘quality ‘ watch around the same time, it was a Breitling Navitimer, for the princely sum of £69!

The Omega Speedmaster, which had recently been to the moon was a quid dearer, but the guy across the road had a cheaper Breitling, so it helped sway my decision.

There’s another similarity to your story here, it too needed a service that for the same money, could buy a brand new, then modernistic Casio.
I stupidly also put the Breitling in a drawer at my mums house, unfortunately she’d had building work done, and somehow the watch went missing.

Get it serviced, it will definitely be worth it as the watch will be worth lots more now, and will fall into the vintage category, which always attracts a premium!

I just checked at Watchfinder, a working model same as yours aged 34 years, is selling at £24,750!
There are others...a 59 year old one at £16,750
And a 40 year old one at £11,750.

Get it serviced and sell it!


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[narabdela]

A vintage Roamer Stingray automatic. Three vintage Omegas, an automatic Geneve, a Megasonic, and a Quartz De Ville. Two Seikos, a 5 and an Alpinist.

[struth]

Fancy Elgin Railroad/military dial. 1937



Fancy Hampden 1920



Movement from the $35 Elgin(not one above) 1891. started in1888.



Waltham Appleton Tracy sidewinder with tulip hands 1889



Quite rare this and very big n heavy...Dueber case still has its watch service papers





Nice Hamilton Traffic Special. re issued by Hamilton in 1950's



silver chain has a silver whale with a jonah inside praying(it opens)
these were originally used by Traffic cops and trolley car conductors

[stairpost]

Fancy Elgin Railroad/military dial. 1937



Fancy Hampden 1920



Movement from the $35 Elgin(not one above) 1891. started in1888.



Waltham Appleton Tracy sidewinder with tulip hands 1889



Quite rare this and very big n heavy...Dueber case still has its watch service papers





Nice Hamilton Traffic Special. re issued by Hamilton in 1950's



silver chain has a silver whale with a jonah inside praying(it opens)
these were originally used by Traffic cops and trolley car conductors

That's a beautiful collection, I can see why you are a fan.

[struth]

Thanks. Got quite a few more lying around, including a couple of newer ones and some wristwatches. the son nabbed most of them tho.(wrists)

they are nice to wear with a nice suit and waistcoat.

[Beobloke]

One Coach, one Michael Kors, one "everyday" Seiko, my grandfather's engraved watch that was presented to him to mark 45 years as a GWR engine driver and a crazy Tokyo Flash LED device that looks like a radiation detector and is damn near impossible to tell the time on!

I think I still have an original 1980s Swatch tucked away somewhere as well.

[southall-1998]

Another favourite is the Casio F-91W. Plain jane and accurate.

S.

[stairpost]

Another favourite is the Casio F-91W. Plain jane and accurate.

S.

Fair shout, if you like it and it tells the time then job done.

It would be boring if we all had the same watch on.