My thanks to Joe ( Variomatic)

[skirk]

This was last on my wrist in 1979...my thanks to Joe for reparing the old thing......

[texaxile]

Nice watch and a great job as always by Joe, top bloke!. He fixed a Seiko for me ages ago which is now very sentimental.

How is he these days?. I've got a wee job for him but he deosn't post here anymore

Is he still on the same email?.

[skirk]

Joe is very busy i believe...but always able to help . It took a year for him to track down the spare parts to repair this watch....but he kept looking and eventually got the old thing sorted. i was talking to my father the other day and he managed to find the original Jewellers receipt from 1976...a grand sum of £14.... It stopped working , after a few years of school age abuse , in around 1980 and has sat at the back of a drawer for the past 37 years...I have never been able to part with it and after finding it recently decided to have the old thing repaired....It turns out these old Sekonda chronos are quite a significant watch ...with an interesting history.

http://www.strela-watch.de/company/strela-history/

[GC8]

Poljot movement?

[skirk]

Yes its a Poljot Strela with Sekonda branding...............Russia's Space watch

[GC8]

Youve prempted my follow up question. I wear a 'Made in USSR' Poljot for work.

[skirk]

I wish i could go back to 1976 and buy a case full at £14 a go..............http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-1MChZ-STRELA-KL1-SEKONDA-POLJOT-3017-CHRONOGRAPH-WATCH-USSR-SOVIET-AIR-FORCE-/122409888035?hash=item1c8032a923:g:59UAAOSw2xRYhyDw

[GC8]

A highly speculative price, I think. The 3133 'Classic' that I'm wearing now is probably worth about what it cost new in East Germany in 1987 and they can still be bought if you look hard enough for £300.

[skirk]

I agree...way over the top.....but decent 3017 movements regularly bring upwards of £5-600.....still a good return on £14....i will never sell mine....

[h0b0]

Another thank you to Joe. I know he has had his own personal challenges recently but he managed to fix my fathers Omega by making a new back. All for reasonable price.