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New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:46 am
by blowfish89
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)
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:39 am
by River Rat
Nice chronograph I just added another chrono to my collection also. Were this shop at ?
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:46 am
by toxicavenger
WOW great pickup!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:36 am
by james80
Nice pick up, the size is great, there can't be many 38mm from the late fifties.
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:19 pm
by rockmastermike
Fantastic! I love it and at 38mm is icing on the cake!
Dibs
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:25 pm
by marchone
Super find.
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:03 pm
by blowfish89
Thanks all
River Rat wrote:Nice chronograph I just added another chrono to my collection also. Were this shop at ?
The shop is in Pasadena, local to me.
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:56 pm
by dukerules
Very cool pickup.
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:10 pm
by T. Wong
Excellent find! Looks like new for a 50s watch. Congrats!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:47 pm
by john wilson
Very handsome!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:57 pm
by sfglenrock
Awesome vintage collection! It's tough to find 38mm vintage. That Continental is beautiful!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:00 am
by ba1970
Wow. It's in incredible condition.
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:42 am
by Nomadz
That is awesome !!!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:22 pm
by sfglenrock
Wow...excellent pickup! Love that dial and perfect size. Congrats!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:02 am
by hobbit712
Wow thats nice!
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:51 pm
by DON
Nice watch - looks very clean
DON
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:08 pm
by jeckyll
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
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:40 am
by mkell10
Wow great selections. Where did you purchase these?
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:51 pm
by deepcdvr
Winner!
I could spend some time in that shop
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:00 am
by diver
beautiful chrono.
love vintage and trying to find them at 37-38mm to fit modern trend,
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:24 pm
by morningtundra
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
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:16 am
by Steve O.
morningtundra wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:24 pm
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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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.
http://www.chronometro.com/
Re: New pickup - 1950s vintage chrono
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:16 am
by morningtundra
Steve O. wrote:morningtundra wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:24 pm
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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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.
http://www.chronometro.com/
Thanks! I'll drop him a line...
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