nice looking watch Bill.

dial is very 1965 Omega railmaster auto and accutron railroad approved style. unusual to see a manual wind chronometer especially a hi-beat.

despite the maintainance issues i'm still drawn to vintage pieces and just picked up a nice japanese vintage. a citizen superjet auto-dater 39 jewel auto(yep, 39 jewels in a time and date only auto from 1962!)

its fullfilled a gap just like yours has.

somehow you always manage to find the good pieces

Graham

Manual wind HF Chronometre anyone ?

By: Bill Sohne : May 10th, 2008-18:25

Hello everyone.... I have been looking for vintage HF watches for a while. I set my sights on manual wind examples for my collection. As I was searching the net I came across a GP ! To make a long story shorter I am waiting for the watch to arrive. But i ...

These are nice!

By: PeterCDE : May 13th, 2008-04:46

Congrats!! Actually there´s a small variety of models; from what i´ve heard/seen/touched, all units seem to be crafted for Canadian Railroads: As far as i know, these go back to 1973/74. At the same time, other brands (Universal Geneve) already delivered ...

thanks.

By: Bill Sohne : May 13th, 2008-13:24

Hi Thanks for the info. But I think my 307715 is hacking. I was going to post photos but due to Chuck Maddox passing yesterday I did not have time. Good Hunting Bill Sohne

Here are some more pics...

By: Bill Sohne : May 13th, 2008-20:22

HI The watch is hacking and it is a 307715 . I like the idea of a 36,000 beats ...manual wind movement... Here are two others I have... Seiko with caliber 5740c...

Nice regulators...

By: nickd : May 14th, 2008-08:55

Love the regulators on the GP and the Seiko. Don't think I've ever seen one like the GP with a worm gear before. Normal regulators really annoy me - a bad solution to a simple problem. nick

Actually that´s a GP patented solution

By: PeterCDE : May 15th, 2008-00:14

G'day, the fine regulation device is a patented solution by GP; it was made especially for the fast-beat movements. The US patent presented a slightly different look: And here´s one integreated in a fast-beat manual wind chronometer, caliber GP 30.7, with...

Depth of engagement...

By: nickd : May 15th, 2008-03:31

Folks,Thanks for those beautifull Vintage watches!! [nt]

By: BHK9 : May 15th, 2008-09:19

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