I’ve been collecting watches for the last 8 months. I have around 40 watches, and here are 16 of them. My favourites among them are the 1970 Datejust and the 1969 Universal Polerouter. I’m quite a thrifty guy, so besides a few splurges, most of them are below $200. I like vintage watches and tinker with them as a hobby. What other watches should I look out for?

  • SunglassesAtNight92@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I kindly ask you to hand over that Zenith… stunning watch. Love the eterna too, have a 1960s Eterna KonTiki myself (on my profile). What about adding another vintage Chronograph as I only see one there? Something with an Excelsior Park or Valjoux movement?

  • 88MilesHour@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Wait - I don’t understand. Wonderful watches, but how did you get a Rolex / Speedy / Universal for sub $200? By all means, share your secrets!

  • rtshone@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Love these, some of those dials are stunning. Where do you mostly hunt for vintage?

    • chrizman2001@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s why I’ve picked up watchmaking as a hobby. I can take them apart and replace parts as needed

  • gdanko@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Look out for these

    • Excelsior Park
    • Gallet
    • Angelus
    • Gruen
    • Nivada Grenchen
  • thebearsbreeches@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Fantastic collection! Some real beauties in there. Particularly like the Vulcain, the Polerouter, and the Record.

    Vintage Longines has some great value too – they put out some amazing designs from the 1940s through to the 1970s.

      • metsurf@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I have one of similar vintage with numerals also in a similar font . I can’t figure out how to post a picture from an iPad even in desktop view though.