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a hamilton 669 reissue of its 'traffic special', which was a tram watch afaik, as you can see this time made in switzerland in 60's
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a hamilton 669 reissue of its 'traffic special', which was a tram watch afaik, as you can see this time made in switzerland in 60's
Nice!
Remember you having a great collection of pocket watches Grant?
cheers.. yes sill got them.. this ones' movement was apparently made by CORTEBERT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Today’s timekeeper
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Laco 1925 on black nato strap
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Much better!
not bad... strap looks nice too
very stylish for blue.. quality timepiece
Rather stylish watch there Roy - but IMO the Roman numerals are a little too large and make the dial look cluttered.
Bought it to scratch an itch when I really wanted a Cartier Santos but didn’t have a spare £5kQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
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Other half hates this watch because I bought it when she told me not to when we were away. Next night I got chatted up by an attractive blonde lady (had to look behind me, thought she was talking to someone else). Being the simple soul I am I saw no wrong in it and said to the light of my life when I returned to our table I said ‘still got it!’, well let me tell you it very nearly got cut off later that night.
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not sure i like or not, but if its a burd puller:eyebrows:
I like it, but I'm not really keen on the colour of the dial. No doubt described by the manufacturer as 'avocado'; appropriate for a rather 'macho-looking' watch.
Was the pink shirt that made her engage me in conversation and buy me shots, she was impressed with my ironing skills :DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
I've ordered a yellow strap for it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
ive a few pink shirts.. was originally a very manly colour until it was rebranded as 'female'Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Who deemed it to be "female"? Sod the fashionistas, I'll continue to wear my pink pin-stripe shirts.
“In America by the 1890s and the early 20th century, manufacturers attempted to sell more children’s and infants’ clothes by color-coding them,” she said. Some manufacturers branded pink for boys and blue for girls, and vice versa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
In 1927, there were a lot of regional differences reported between how stores characterized the color, Steele said. Stores like Best & Co. in Manhattan and Marshall Field in Chicago branded pink as a boy’s color. Others like Macy’s in Manhattan and Wanamaker’s in Philadelphia identified pink as a girl’s color.
“There was no unanimity at all,” Steele said. “People were starting to think by the 1920s, because of the manufacturer’s attempt, that there was a distinction between pink and blue for boys and girls.”
Steele believes that the acquisition of two 18th-century paintings by American millionaire Henry Huntington started turning the tide in favor of pink being a girls’ color. “The Blue Boy” depicted a boy dressed in blue, and “Pinkie” portrayed a girl in pink attire.
Huntington’s purchase was widely publicized in the American press, Steele said. People started thinking that for hundreds of years, blue had been for boys and pink had been for girls. But this wasn’t true, she said.
“If you look back, little boys in the 18th century wore blue and pink, and grown-up men wore blue and pink, and ladies and little girls wore blue and pink,” Steele said.
What do they know? They can't even spell the word "colour"!
The Americans are the only country in the world who ascribe the colour red to right-wing politics, and blue to the left. :doh:
If this had ‘Seiko’ printed on the face it would cost you around the £200 mark, this from Ali Express (with a Seiko NH35 movement) £50
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Nice, I got a Squale diver, keeps very good time, good value at around 500 notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Very pleased with mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikeandvan
Like the look of TGV's blue one (but not on a khaki strap!).
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i like that one.. seiko movement i bet
NH35A so has an annoying ghost date position when you pull crown out to set it.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Here's a few recent purchases
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This was an alliexpress anniversary bargain, milspec 300m
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Love the MIP LCD display on this
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And this makes a cute vintage dress watch
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Do you watch the mad watch collectors channel on YouTube? He’s keen on casios. A little irritating but you get used to his style.Quote:
Originally Posted by willbewill
https://youtu.be/5bf8y59FOTQ
Sure do he's one of my favourites along with "Just One More Watch"Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Yep, like Jody’s channel and Urban Gentry with TGV.Quote:
Originally Posted by willbewill
That's pretty much my list as well, and occasionally "The Time teller" and "Ben's Watch Club"Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Not sure about ‘about effing time’. Adrian’s ok but not keen on the other two.
Paul Thorpe’s ok in small doses but I prefer to hear about watches I could actually purchase/afford!
My favourite watch YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@TeddyBaldassarre
this guy has great content as well.
https://www.youtube.com/@watchfinder
TGV's a good watch too.
I do watch Teddy sometimes but find him a little ‘stiff’, haven’t really watched the other channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
I find Wristwatch Revival fascinating.
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strap's a bit chewed; dunno how that happened but a nice clear dial roy
I like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by willbewill
My father had a couple of early digital watches he bought in the far east back in the late 1970s. I don't know what happened to them. Might see if they are still around.
One of them you had to press a button for it to display the time.
red display? i had one got in early 70's i guess. remember them at time being fairly rare but having to press a button was a pain. was as the display drew a lot of power so only stayed up for 6 secs or soQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
We referred to the red led ones as Kojak watches at school because he wore one, presumably he was one of the first seen sporting one on tv.
Yes that was the one, silver bracelet and case, red LED display.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
My father was a big fan of 'Kojak' maybe that's why he bought one.Quote:
Originally Posted by spm
yes although technicially they were lcd displays.. the early ones used a lot of power. afaik hamilton made first ones ..kojak's one was an omega
yes of course. Next time I am up in Liverpool I will have a look for them.Quote:
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