Incoming… what do you have? (Vol. 3)
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andy tims said:
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Thats very nice. I'm quite taken with the clinical clean lines of it. Edited by andy tims on Sunday 10th April 22:56
On a different note my incoming is something I have no knowledge of.
Its my fathers watch. He passed away in NZ September last year and my brother is sending his watch to me as a keepsake. I have no idea what it is (though I know he had a liking for Seiko automatics) but to me it doesn't matter. It was his watch and that's all that's important to me.
Picked up this afternoon - Breiting Super Avenger 2. Wasn't planning on it but I've liked them for a while and had a hankering for it to replace a Seawolf I traded a while back, a decent chunk of discount had me sold. Appreciate they're not to everyone's tastes but as a fan of chunky watches I'm pretty smitten 
This is mine. I'm putting up some pics as much as anything to ask if anyone knows anything about it. There seem to be some pretty authoritative and knowledgeable watch gurus about on here, and I make no bones about me being a total dunce.
All I know about it is that my mum bought it for the old man. Most likely sometime circa mid 1970s. She definitely got it from a reputable high street jeweller, but I can't imagine it was madly expensive as she was only on a nurses' wage at the time. I remember the old man wearing it and then moaning about it losing time and parking it (he was like that, rather curse the darkness than light a candle... why get it fix when you can chuck it in a drawer and grizzle about it?). Anyhoo, I re-discovered it when we emptied his flat out after he died. It must have been in a drawer for a couple of decades, you can see where the hands left a "shadow" on the dial at about 5:27 where they were stalled for so long. I got it refurbished at the watch/clock shop in town, and I'm convicned he passed his curse on to me. Since then it's been back three times, once cos it madly lost time, once because the second hand fell off (
) and once because I tripped on a Lego mantrap on the landing, put my hand out to save myself and smashed the glass on the corner of the lightswitch 
Like, what are the odds?
anyway, since then it's run fine although it loses a couple of minutes every few weeks, which is annoying but not a massive problem. Maybe I don't wave my hands about enough to charge the movement! Any info as to the model name (if there is one) or whatever would be gratefully received. As I said, I can't imagine it being very valuable, but I don't care, I'd never get rid of it. It might not have been through quite as much as Bruce Willis' watch in Pulp Fiction but it's been through a lot in its own way, and it's a part of family history.
All I know about it is that my mum bought it for the old man. Most likely sometime circa mid 1970s. She definitely got it from a reputable high street jeweller, but I can't imagine it was madly expensive as she was only on a nurses' wage at the time. I remember the old man wearing it and then moaning about it losing time and parking it (he was like that, rather curse the darkness than light a candle... why get it fix when you can chuck it in a drawer and grizzle about it?). Anyhoo, I re-discovered it when we emptied his flat out after he died. It must have been in a drawer for a couple of decades, you can see where the hands left a "shadow" on the dial at about 5:27 where they were stalled for so long. I got it refurbished at the watch/clock shop in town, and I'm convicned he passed his curse on to me. Since then it's been back three times, once cos it madly lost time, once because the second hand fell off (
) and once because I tripped on a Lego mantrap on the landing, put my hand out to save myself and smashed the glass on the corner of the lightswitch Like, what are the odds?anyway, since then it's run fine although it loses a couple of minutes every few weeks, which is annoying but not a massive problem. Maybe I don't wave my hands about enough to charge the movement! Any info as to the model name (if there is one) or whatever would be gratefully received. As I said, I can't imagine it being very valuable, but I don't care, I'd never get rid of it. It might not have been through quite as much as Bruce Willis' watch in Pulp Fiction but it's been through a lot in its own way, and it's a part of family history.
You're spot on with your story. It's an early to mid 70's Omega Geneve, in what looks like nice original condition.
I suspect that this would have been a significant purchase for your mother if she was on a nurse's salary.
Value wise, you're right, it's not megabucks. Go to ebay and do a quick search if you want to know (think sub £500.) But it is a nice watch and a great heirloom to have.
I suspect that this would have been a significant purchase for your mother if she was on a nurse's salary.
Value wise, you're right, it's not megabucks. Go to ebay and do a quick search if you want to know (think sub £500.) But it is a nice watch and a great heirloom to have.
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