$50 when Swatch launched is $155 dollars today. It’s called inflation.

$199 is insane for a $15 chinese watch lmao

Most of us never use it, but some professions use the number of the week all the time (I think accounting uses week numbers?).

It’s nice to see some positive experiences too!

Yeah, for the same price you could get a quartz Casio, the tools to open the back, and enough batteries to last until the heat death of the universe.

Love the case shape on the Venture. I wish they did the GMT with an automatic movement.

Well it’s a quartz Seiko. Probably around the 80s if I had to guess, but there’s really not enough info.

The case looks like it’s in surprisingly good condition under all that crud. Is the green and white stuff inside the watch? Sadly that means the dial and hands will probably be quite damaged. The movement will probably be too far gone, but it should be pretty easy to find a replacement.

I think you could bring this watch back to life if you want, it would be a cool story. Take it apart, clean up the case, try to clean the dial and hands as well as you can and replace the movement. It will probably still look quite water damaged but would be in working condition.

So you’re the guy who is hoarding all the MAD 1 and leaving none for us!

More seriously, respect! I love MB&F, they’re definitely a dream watch/lottery win for me. Their watches are unlike anything else and absolutely beautiful.

I know there’s a huge market for vintage fridges, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a few microwave enthusiasts out there.

the crystal is scratched at that exact place so that’s a fair mistake!

Looks like FRE for Freitag, so German

At least the AD seems to be treating the customer correctly, that’s a change from the usual stories.