Any wristwatch enthusiasts here?

[Rad_Hazard]

I was wondering if anyone else is a fan of automatic/mechanical and/or even quartz or solar watches (anything non-smart). I enjoy researching the movements and different styles/features of some of the nicer watches on the market. I don’t have anything crazy, but my favorite watches are Hamilton. They have a nice US pedigree (started in PA in 1892, but moved all production to Switzerland in the 2000’s). My favorite color is green so over the last year I’ve picked up a couple of nice green Hamilton watches, the 42mm Khaki Titanium, and the Intramatic Automatic Chronograph (stock photos).

[egri]

I picked this up when I promoted a couple of years ago. It's out of commission right now because I dropped it a while back. It's an Omega Medicus from 1938. When I get back, I'll get it fixed and upgrade the strap. I'd like to pick up a Rolex from around that time as well, I just haven't been able to find one I like yet.

[2dueces]

I’ll post some pictures when I’m in town. Watches to me are like shoes to women. Never saw I watch I didn’t like and had to buy.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

I’ll post some pictures when I’m in town. Watches to me are like shoes to women. Never saw I watch I didn’t like and had to buy.

Sadly you are right. I have over 20 pairs and truly do not need them all. I also have an early WW1 trench watch which does work.( the band has been replace) and it is an Omega. I will have to pull out to get some pictures

[ibuysportsephemera]

My current rotation is:

Rolex Sea-Dweller
Omega Seamaster
Tag Auqaracer with Pepsi Bezel and Cyclops
Oris Diver

Jeff G.

[mrreality68]

Here is a few of my watches that I wear the most

[todeen]

My father left me his watches. He started collecting late. He gave me his Tissot because "I have too many watches to rotate." A year later he bought another exact same Tissot (top left and right). Before collecting, he loved Seiko. My mother gave his quartz watches to grandsons. So I have an automatic Seiko. Then he bought an automatic Citizen, really fancy with all the bells and whistles. Then he moved into Tissot and Hamilton.

The Rolex is an heirloom from the 50s that we gave to my father. it belonged to my mother's uncle, passed along to my uncle, and then my uncle gifted it to my father and we paid for its repair. My great-uncle was a Corp of Engineers surveyor. He built airfields across the world during WWII (north Africa and France), Korea, and Vietnam (all over SE Asia). He got his picture in LIFE Magazine. And he helped bring a baby elephant to the San Diego Zoo. It had an article in a CA newspaper, too.

The jump hour I bought in Thailand. It took a beating. I want to get it fixed... if it's not a plastic movement. I bought the Stauer hoping for a replacement jump hour, but it sucks. The automatic movement gets stuck somehow.



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[Gorditadogg]

I just saw this thread and am wearing my Orange Monster today.

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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

I just saw this thread and am wearing my Orange Monster today.

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Nice

The color pops but it works

[edjs]

Here is one of my Hamiltons.

[Rad_Hazard]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

I just saw this thread and am wearing my Orange Monster today.

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Monsters are great, love that orange!

Originally Posted by edjs

Here is one of my Hamiltons.

Whoa! Now THAT is a Hamilton!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by edjs

Here is one of my Hamiltons.

Very very nice.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by edjs

Here is one of my Hamiltons.

wow very cool piece and in great looking shape

[Peter_Spaeth]

For me, there is the Speedmaster and then everything else.

[Gorditadogg]

Today's watch is a Glycine Airman. Mine is a limited edition with 3 separate 24-hour dials. Military time all the time 24/7/365.

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[daves_resale_shop]

Just treated myself to this Breitling Avenger Chrono today... Freakin love it!

[todeen]

Anyone hear of Oris? They have a Hank Aaron commemorative watch that supports Aaron's nonprofit charity.

My local jeweler got limited edition #717. If it had been 714 or 715, I think I would have walked out of the store with it on my wrist.

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[visualplane]

Originally Posted by todeen

Anyone hear of Oris? They have a Hank Aaron commemorative watch that supports Aaron's nonprofit charity.

My local jeweler got limited edition #717. If it had been 714 or 715, I think I would have walked out of the store with it on my wrist.

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Oris is a decent mid level brand. They fall in the family with Tissot and Hamilton.

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