Watch of Today

[AndyHull]

I thought they looked remarkably similar.

[AndyHull]

The watch of today is a USSR era 19 jewel Sekonda 2628.H  based TV face, probably from the late 1970s.

EDIT: Ignore the fact that I've set the wrong date. It does work, honest.

It arrived in a rather sad and tatty condition in this morning's post, and I actually got a chance to take a look at it at lunchtime, so I stripped it down, gave it a clean and sorted out the day/date issue.

This evening the case got a polish and it got its first outing for who knows how long. 

The dial is a lot cleaner, but the minute hand still needs a little bit of attention.

I filled the missing chip of paint, that had dropped out of the hand in the post, with a drop of PVA, but it will need coloured to match the rest.

It is sitting a little fast, but is now back in beat, having gone from a beat error of around 14ms to less than 0.3ms after its service.

I'll address its timekeeping and check the amplitude tomorrow. For those who are following this caper, this one made it into the 404 club with 80 pence to spare.

Edited September 17, 2019 by AndyHull

[balaton]

For today, it’s been this 1940s Brio. Maker unknown, but possibly by Armand Chatelain-Voumard of Tramelan, located in the French-speaking area of Switzerland.  This one runs on my only example of the 17j Eberle (NFT) 38/41.

Regards.

[ITProDad]

Very nice! How does she run?


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[balaton]

9 hours ago, ITProDad said:

Very nice! How does she run?


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Hi, not entirely sure whether you're referring to my Brio but if so, then thank you, and it gains about 10 s/d. 

Cheers.

 

[JasonND]

Today, I felt like sporting my Benrus Sky Chief circa late 40s or early 50s. Decided on a unique bund strap keeping to its aviation history. Very beautiful IMHO and the Venus 178 Movement timeless. 

Edited September 18, 2019 by JasonND

[ITProDad]

Love the watch. Not a fan of the band. Kind of like putting a sports can in the garage...[emoji851]


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[noirrac1j]

6 hours ago, ITProDad said:

Love the watch. Not a fan of the band. Kind of like putting a sports can in the garage...


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Agree.

[Nutiborskoku]

Zodiac Sea Wolf reissue today.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by Nutiborskoku

[AndyHull]

Snoopy got an upgrade.

According to various internet sources, originally the 1978 Timex Snoopy watch had a "Denim" style watch strap.

I spotted a very similar one on some of the cheap novelty watches from China that pop up constantly in my ebay feed. The novelty watch cost less than I pay for a leather strap, so I ordered one, and that particular slow boat from China must have arrived today, so as a result, Snoopy gets another outing as my "Watch of Today".

I replaced the "silver" buckle with a "gold" Timex one from a rather scruffy leather number in my scrap box. I think it now looks pretty darned close to the original.

[JerseyMo]

2 hours ago, AndyHull said:

Snoopy got an upgrade.

According to various internet sources, originally the 1978 Timex Snoopy watch had a "Denim" style watch strap.

I spotted a very similar one on some of the cheap novelty watches from China that pop up constantly in my ebay feed. The novelty watch cost less than I pay for a leather strap, so I ordered one, and that particular slow boat from China must have arrived today, so as a result, Snoopy gets another outing as my "Watch of Today".

I replaced the "silver" buckle with a "gold" Timex one from a rather scruffy leather number in my scrap box. I think it now looks pretty darned close to the original.

demin straps?  lkie these that are NOS from the 1970's ?   

[AndyHull]

The Snoopy one was just a simple band, more like this rather tatty example.

Those ones you have wouldn't look out of place with the understated fashions of the time.

 

 

[ITProDad]

demin straps?  lkie these that are NOS from the 1970's ?   

This brings back such horrible memories of double latch belts, polyester slacks and Untrimmed facial hair. Oh the horror!!


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[JerseyMo]

yep, I all set for halloween now -

[JasonND]

Today, is my Vintage Hamilton 600 Cape Horn stamped compressor watch. 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by JasonND

[ITProDad]

Today, is my Vintage Hamilton 600 Capricorn stamp  compressor watch. 
 

Ooooooo. I’m envious! Very nice!!


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[JasonND]

Thank you! This one has a simple band on it!

[JasonND]

Today...

 

1960s Nivada Grenchen Diver on a period brick bracelet. 

[yankeedog]

On 9/19/2019 at 2:27 PM, JerseyMo said:

yep, I all set for halloween now -

The decade that good  taste forgot 

[m1ks]

Ricoh today.

 

[balaton]

Today, it’s this 34.5mm Normandia.

Maker unknown, but it sounds French, was bought from France, and runs on a French (but not very sophisticated at all) 17j Lorsa 651 pin lever, so taking a wild guess, I’d say this one was made in France. Probably.

[yankeedog]

This came to me as you see it.pre buggered in a box of sundry cast offs. It now runs albeit erratically. Amplitude is a bit low ,but beat error is pretty  good.

[bobo383]

Here we go, the max filesize is stated as being 200mb, however it is actually 2mb so I have resized the original image.

That’s a great watch!


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[dadistic]

'77  Actus. I should do something about the crystal

 

Edited September 22, 2019 by dadistic
Get the date right.

[yankeedog]

18 hours ago, bobo383 said:

That’s a great watch!


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Digital  watches  are great provided  you can read the numbers!