cazalea
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Hi Art,
Time to hit the water, but I have a moment to share a little about this Seamaster. 
When I wear it, I'm reminded of my mom. It came to me through her friend Beverly, whose late husband had worn it. 
Beverly gave me a bunch of gold coins and jewelry and asked to find a buyer. I schlepped around town, shopping her trinkets and calling in with quoted prices. Each time she said "not enough; ask for more".
Beverly had offered me a percentage in return for my laboratory, so I was motivated, but her target price was unrealistically high.
After the 5-6th buyer declined to meet her price I was getting frustrated. I asked her "what makes you an expert on jewelry resale?" (Other than wanting top dollar?)
She said "Well, my family has owned pawn shops for 3 generations. I wanted to hear what they're offering without showing my face."
I knew then I'd been hoodwinked; sent on a fool's errand; she had no intention of selling. 
When I grumbled, she laughed, and handed me this watch, saying "Take it, you earned it."
They're both gone now.
Cazalea
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Old school . . .
. . . rules, whether we're talking about music . . . . . . cars . . . . . . or watches. [My cousin Vic's ~ '56/'57 Omega Seamaster Calendar] Let's share the vintage watches in our collections this week, and the stories about them. Art...
Art, that is a beauty! :)
I fear this will be another heartbreaking WristScan! :) Here is my very first vintage watch: Omega 2494 from the early 1950's. I got it in a secondhand store many years ago because I wanted to have a Omega Seamaster, same as my father had when I was a boy...
In 1963 this watch were manufactured...
In Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Sometime between 1963 and 1969 the watch traveled 1338 kilometers north to Karlstad, Sweden. Delivered to AD Norrstrands Ur. On the 24th of May 1969 the watch were sold and started its journey towards the capital of Sweden. I...
1994, maybe not really vintage even if the....
Dial say so! ;) Came to me very recently through help from a dear friend. Best Blomman ...
Hej, Blomman !.. That's a very nice arrival, indeed !.. Fits your wrist nicely !.. ;)
Always like that GP-"bending" of the cases; also the red 12 is a cute accent.. Nice to have friends like this ! - if he needs another GP-recipient, for fulfilled targets, let me know !! Best, hs
very nice model in the GP
His rich taste is out of this design a lot of wonderful models :) ِAll the best My freind
All the oldtimers you show are beauties my dear Blomman...
... but the 1963 Ingenieur is a killer! I specially love this one! It got such a character! A charming watch, one of my favorites! Thanks for sharing it here! HAGWE! Cordial regards, Abel
Dear Abel, this IWC is ....
Another of the watches we share! :) I must confess I do not have many IWC's, but this one I love! Best, my freind Blomman
What a nice travel-diary for this superb Ingenieur !..
One of my absolute favs of IWC.. - Classic purity !.. Still a tool, but with an effortless harmony & solemn appeal, somehow... Unfortunately I missed one nice one ( + B+P !), some 18 months ago, as I had another nice, but costly project; Still remember it...
Like we use to say in my business, I would rather have one good Ingenieur ....
Than 10 Managers...! ;) Best, my friend Blomman
Not many know....
A well kept secret since I am no Omega collector! ;) Oh, BTW, this reminds me. I need to put some Omega confessions online! Hope to find some time for this during the summer... Best Blomman
I'm not a vintage person because ...
My wife "confiscates" all that I get: 1) She started with one that just looks vintage. An Omega Museum: 2) Then she took on her hands a 1946 (only based on the serial number of the movement) Zenith that my watchmaker rebuild 3) Next, a very nice funky mem...
"Confiscates"? You're lucky . . .
. . . she lets you take pictures, Nilo! :-) PS - that Zenith . . . wow!
Old pictures ...
I took before it was "hijacked". One more thing. She now is trying to tap on my watch budget. A dear friend states: "You created a monster". I'm enjoying. Cheers, Nilo ...
It is nice to have the wife to our side sharing our passion Nilo!...
... though some times it is an "arma de doble filo" as we say here! Lol! I´m sure you are double enjoying your pieces sharing the wearing with your wife. In any case, she is generous enough to allow you to pohotograph your treasures on her wrist! :) Great...
Love the "arma de doble filo" ...
Abel, My hope is that she don't crosses the 42mm case size. If this happens ... I'm doomed to collect ... clocks. Cheers, Nilo
Lol! Nilo: good thing about timepiece collecting is we can always ...
... find a different aspect to specialize! Lol! Have a nice week end! Kind regards, Abel.
Great Trio, Nilo !.. As to the Funky Memo E861, the only of the Funkies with the bumper mvmt 825, all others are Cal 916, with a rotor..
As to your " giving up in total surrender" to your better half, maybe interesting to just remember that this E861 was introduced as a pure watch for men, with lots of versatility.. Here quickly just 2 pages, one from a JLC catalog (1970; credit Nico / Sca...
Very cool adverts ...
Already forwarded to my wife. About the bumper, I was expecting complains but she stated "Cool! I can feel the watch alive!". Cheers, Nilo
Bad bad idea for the bandwidth..
Ok, let's go, since you insist... One of those, for sure... ;) Best, Nicolas ...
Just top class
You are the king! Not only great pieces but great photos too. I am in awe Now I need to see the same layout of our Blomman! Best Joe
Unlike Nicolas, I have to piece together all your collection
It is very tedious. It is like dying by a thousand slashes! Maybe just one or two little stacks? Hehehehe When you two have a GTG, you have to meet at the bank vault. I guess you shut the bank down? Always a joy to see all your goodies Hagwe Joe
OK, Joe....
Since you ask so nicely... ;) One stack for you, my friend! Lemania, Tg 195 - Swedish Military watch: Note, not all are mine, but all of them do belong to PuristS members! :) Best Blomman ...
Aaah Blomman
Do you mean one is not yours! i know you, once you jump in the pool there is no water left for the rest of us :)
Still many fishes in the water....! ;)
Only three are mine.... The rest belongs to PuristS friends! ;) Best Blomman
Talk about overkill....
This is taking multiple forms of insurance to win all three categories this week! Superb part of your collection!
I really..
I really do not know what to say I just watch and enjoy the wonderful watches and excellent photography :) I wish you success and continue
The gospel of vintage horology according to St. Nicholas
Chapter 1: understated elegance. Oh, that Geophysic ...
Well, I am very lucky ths week
As I just received from a fellow Purist, a VC 6107 Chronometre Royal from 1958, my very first vintage watch. I have lusted for ths model for several years. Last year my good friend and Purist here in PA got his. I was fortunate to try it on at our last GT...
That is a stunner! :)
Huge congrats, Joe! :) One very high up on my wish list.... HAGWE Blomman
Ah, . . .
. . . the VC - congratulations, Joe! And serendipitously linked to a fellow Purist's example . . . it doesn't get better than that. Art
Truly splendid time-piece !.. Balanced elegance, and not too"blingy".. Sincere Congrats !..
Wear her in the Best of your health ! Best & HAGWE , hs
Hmmh.. Let me see.. I'll try to chip in some humble samples ;))
Pls find here first below some pic Collage of my little Jaeger Chronograph ( with Valjoux 72), a piece I found luckily in Paris some 4 years ago ( time is flying !), and which I had almost "lost" there ; - however "mon petit Monsieur" luckily had been fou...
Always a pleasure to see this vintage Jaeger Chrono...
Especialy when we know the story behind... ;) The FF No RAd ain't bad, either. Best, my friend. Nicolas
GMT & Lucaffe is hyper cool
my friend What a lovely composition ;) Winner static for me this week Sincerely D
It may well be the word 'humble' . . .
. . . has a slightly different meaning in English, h. Nothing humble about that line-up of heavyweights! Classics, all . . .
wonderful watches But
The last image(Blancpain) of the a charming watch, and Dail distinctive and rare I like this taste Significantly :) All the best
Well Hs some wonderful
surprises for me in your selection. The No Rad is wonderful - is this our first shared watch?
Old is the new new
Hi All Thought I'd share this as its a new watch but old at the same time. Its from '68 so not sure if it counts as vintage. Still getting used to it - as its older than some, the size is a bit on the smaller sider, which is no bad thing :-) A couple of l...
"Everything old . . .
. . . is new again." Tough to beat vintage cinema, too ;-) . . .
Trio of dinasaurs
At then end of a second day in a row of a 16 hour working day of non-stop meetings and with another one ahead tomorrow, so here is a quick photo of 3 vintage GPs from my collection. A manual wind Sea Hawk, a 1955 bronze patina from 1955 and a second gener...
CC what to say than...
tsc tsc tsc tsc tsc Amazing just amazing Your GP collection is top notch Best D
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