New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
- blowfish89
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New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Found a nice vintage manual wind Continental chrono locally, and bought it. The case is 38mm, so wears larger than typical 34-36mm vintage watches. It has a Venus 188 movement, watch has both Swiss (for ebauche) and France (place of assembly) markings and has been freshly serviced, so works well. Estimated age is mid to late 1950s or early 1960s. Dial is excellent and radium does not glow anymore, but hands have been repainted (with luminova I think). I like the classic look, and did not have a chronograph, so this fits in well.
Have four vintage watches now - Top to bottom - 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s
Also saw some other nice watches at the shop.
Speedy 1973
Longines (30CH? possibly military?)
1940s cal. 83 IWC is a re-dial. Vintage Doxa seems original.
Wakmann (gone), Zodiac (gone), jumbo Heuer (still hanging in there)
Movado with Zenith from my last visit (gone by now)
Have four vintage watches now - Top to bottom - 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s
Also saw some other nice watches at the shop.
Speedy 1973
Longines (30CH? possibly military?)
1940s cal. 83 IWC is a re-dial. Vintage Doxa seems original.
Wakmann (gone), Zodiac (gone), jumbo Heuer (still hanging in there)
Movado with Zenith from my last visit (gone by now)
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Nice chronograph I just added another chrono to my collection also. Were this shop at ?
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Nice pick up, the size is great, there can't be many 38mm from the late fifties.
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Fantastic! I love it and at 38mm is icing on the cake!
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Thanks all
The shop is in Pasadena, local to me.River Rat wrote:Nice chronograph I just added another chrono to my collection also. Were this shop at ?
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Very cool pickup.
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Excellent find! Looks like new for a 50s watch. Congrats!
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Very handsome!
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Awesome vintage collection! It's tough to find 38mm vintage. That Continental is beautiful!
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That is awesome !!!
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Wow...excellent pickup! Love that dial and perfect size. Congrats!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Wow thats nice!
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Nice watch - looks very clean
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Very cool, lots of great vintage. Finding a Chrono at 38mm is a total bonus.
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Wow great selections. Where did you purchase these?
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Winner!
I could spend some time in that shop
I could spend some time in that shop
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
beautiful chrono.
love vintage and trying to find them at 37-38mm to fit modern trend,
love vintage and trying to find them at 37-38mm to fit modern trend,
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Do you know who serviced this? I'm looking for an indi, vintage watchmaker willing to work on Venus, Landeron and Valjoux chronos
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
You may want to contact Constantine at Chronometro. He's located in Michigan and specializes in vintage chronographs. I had a Roamer Stingray CD restored a couple of years ago, and it turned out great.morningtundra wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:24 pmDo you know who serviced this? I'm looking for an indi, vintage watchmaker willing to work on Venus, Landeron and Valjoux chronos
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Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Thanks! I'll drop him a line...Steve O. wrote:You may want to contact Constantine at Chronometro. He's located in Michigan and specializes in vintage chronographs. I had a Roamer Stingray CD restored a couple of years ago, and it turned out great.morningtundra wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:24 pmDo you know who serviced this? I'm looking for an indi, vintage watchmaker willing to work on Venus, Landeron and Valjoux chronos
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