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Lovely 40mm Panerai collector set now available....
http://sweepinghand.co.uk/vintage-watch ... -pam00050/
http://sweepinghand.co.uk/vintage-watch ... -pam00050/
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New world record for a Rolex in a public sale....
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What's so important about it Jason?
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Unique one off watch made for the last emperor of Vietnam....
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But still yuck!964RS wrote:Unique one off watch made for the last emperor of Vietnam....
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964RS wrote:
Unique one off watch made for the last emperor of Vietnam....
But still yuck![/quote]
Just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I recently picked up this 1955 Enicar Healthways 100 fathoms
Four years earlier Enicar had launched Seapearl 600 which was marketed in America by Healthways, one of America's biggest retailers of aqua and sports equipment.
For this watch Enicar commissioned the top Swiss watch case maker EPSA to manufacture a turtle lugged 14 facet bayonet release Compressor case to outgun the very successful but costly Blancpain 50 fathoms.
This case was patented as Brevet 98243 and was the forerunner of the Enicar Super Compressor cased Brevet 314962 watches.
50 fathoms was considered to be the maximum depth a diver could achieve with the oxygen mixture then in use. It equates to 10ATM or approx 300ft of static water pressure ( the height of Big Ben ).
Enicar was confident that the new Seapearl 600 was good for twice that depth and Healthways cheekily marketed the American version as the Enicar Healthways 100 Fathoms.
The minute and hour hands look like lume laden miniature surf boards and the seconds hand resembles exhibit 'A' from a police crime scene, but that makes it easy to read in murky waters.
The movement was Enicar's in house AR 1010 with Chronometer accuracy accreditation from the Neuchatel Observatory.
Top quality ' In House ' movement, best quality Swiss case, Domed Lucite crystal – all this for way under half the cost of the Blancain.
' Rather gaudy and strange looking ' was a miscellaneous comment made in the 1959 divers watch evaluation report from the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit ( EDU ) after very favourably testing the Enicar Seapearl 600.
Really can't imagine why they said that ?
A real marmite watch this and really not for the squeamish.
Unique one off watch made for the last emperor of Vietnam....
But still yuck![/quote]
Just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I recently picked up this 1955 Enicar Healthways 100 fathoms
Four years earlier Enicar had launched Seapearl 600 which was marketed in America by Healthways, one of America's biggest retailers of aqua and sports equipment.
For this watch Enicar commissioned the top Swiss watch case maker EPSA to manufacture a turtle lugged 14 facet bayonet release Compressor case to outgun the very successful but costly Blancpain 50 fathoms.
This case was patented as Brevet 98243 and was the forerunner of the Enicar Super Compressor cased Brevet 314962 watches.
50 fathoms was considered to be the maximum depth a diver could achieve with the oxygen mixture then in use. It equates to 10ATM or approx 300ft of static water pressure ( the height of Big Ben ).
Enicar was confident that the new Seapearl 600 was good for twice that depth and Healthways cheekily marketed the American version as the Enicar Healthways 100 Fathoms.
The minute and hour hands look like lume laden miniature surf boards and the seconds hand resembles exhibit 'A' from a police crime scene, but that makes it easy to read in murky waters.
The movement was Enicar's in house AR 1010 with Chronometer accuracy accreditation from the Neuchatel Observatory.
Top quality ' In House ' movement, best quality Swiss case, Domed Lucite crystal – all this for way under half the cost of the Blancain.
' Rather gaudy and strange looking ' was a miscellaneous comment made in the 1959 divers watch evaluation report from the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit ( EDU ) after very favourably testing the Enicar Seapearl 600.
Really can't imagine why they said that ?
A real marmite watch this and really not for the squeamish.
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three
decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good "..
1971 911 2.2T sold
1970 911 2.2S Sold but remains within DDK
1959 Lancia Flaminia PF Coupe
decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good "..
1971 911 2.2T sold
1970 911 2.2S Sold but remains within DDK
1959 Lancia Flaminia PF Coupe
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If only it was still half the price of a £30k+ 50 Fathoms eh....
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Couple of very nice ladies Rolex just back from a service and spa and looking great....
A gold and steel bimetal 69173 Datejust with box but no original papers (will come with certificate of authenticity) and would suit a lady with smaller wrists.
And a full set box and punched papers Rolex 69190 Date
A gold and steel bimetal 69173 Datejust with box but no original papers (will come with certificate of authenticity) and would suit a lady with smaller wrists.
And a full set box and punched papers Rolex 69190 Date
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I'm hoping that with the extensive knowledge on here somebody might know where I can get a new or good s/h pusher for my Omega Chronostop. Nothing currently on that well known online auction site.
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You could try CousinsTony wrote:I'm hoping that with the extensive knowledge on here somebody might know where I can get a new or good s/h pusher for my Omega Chronostop. Nothing currently on that well known online auction site.
Tony
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Thanks, Jason!
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If you have no luck there try the omega forums. I searched for two years to find the correct pusher for my heuer. Hopefully omega pushers are more standard.964RS wrote:You could try CousinsTony wrote:I'm hoping that with the extensive knowledge on here somebody might know where I can get a new or good s/h pusher for my Omega Chronostop. Nothing currently on that well known online auction site.
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So you want a nice USD 41,000 watch to go with your USD 500,000 car?
Here it is
http://www.singerreimagined.com/en/brand/
Rob Dickinson once again produces something superb-what next?
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Here it is
http://www.singerreimagined.com/en/brand/
Rob Dickinson once again produces something superb-what next?
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No thank you!anglophone1 wrote:So you want a nice USD 41,000 watch to go with your USD 500,000 car?
Here it is
http://www.singerreimagined.com/en/brand/
Rob Dickinson once again produces something superb-what next?
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