Author Topic: Wrist & Pocket Watches (Read 20139 times)

McHeath · « **Reply #30 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:06:32 PM »

Moved to a Seiko Kinetic quartz in 1998. This watch was made in Nov of 98 and was a Christmas gift. Nice watch, I really have enjoyed it.

McHeath · « **Reply #31 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:08:41 PM »

Lastly is this years Christmas gift, a Seiko 5 Military Automatic. It's modeled after the German B-Uhr watches of WW2, and is my first mechanical automatic watch. The back is see through, also a first for me.

So there you have it, nothing special really, just ordinary watches, but they all have served me well and been fun to own.

McHeath · « **Reply #32 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:56:44 PM »

One more watch. This was my father's watch, it's a Timex automatic and is dated 1976. Still works well, he liked those stretch metal bands, which is what it has. The band says made in Hong Kong but I don't know where the watch was made. The movement is a Model 32, which was made from 64' up.

AtomicEraTom · « **Reply #33 on:** January 05, 2010, 12:34:56 AM »

I see you're a man who appreciates having the date available on your watch. I am also in that club.

finlover · « **Reply #34 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:49:40 AM »

Love that Seiko 5, McHeath! I'm a sucker for the rugged look of military watches.

rp2813 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 09, 2010, 02:38:54 AM »

Greg,

I really like your taste in wrist watches. If I had a watch like either of the ones you've posted here, I'd wear a watch a lot more often. My wrists don't look big to me, but watches tend to look small on me, so I need something larger than average with a nice wide band. Yours are a great size.

Ralph

finlover · « **Reply #36 on:** January 09, 2010, 09:56:47 AM »

Thanks, Ralph!

I have a large-ish wrist at a little over 8 inches so small watches look silly on me. Lucky for you and me, watches have been getting larger since Panerai started the trend in the late-'90s. Ten years ago a big watch would have measured 38mm--now 44mm is the norm. Even conservative Rolex has introduced oversized versions of some models. It's a fact that once you own a large watch, there's no going back!

Keith.p · « **Reply #37 on:** April 18, 2013, 07:53:03 PM »

A couple of packet watches I have, I have worn them once or twice.
1925 and 1926.

LarryInMichigan · « **Reply #38 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:51:43 PM »

Speaking of pocket watches, I got these last week. The Illinois is supposedly from around 1912 and the Waltham from 1887.

Larry

Fabius · « **Reply #39 on:** July 21, 2014, 08:11:52 PM »

I just discovered this area on the forum. That's a nice Bunn Special in 18 size. You are fortunate that it has the correct Gothic lettering dial.

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