The Dive Watch Connection

Congrats. Once you get the vintage sickness you just might add more vintage to the collection.

Nice plus the bezel is in great shape a lot of times the Bakelite on the bezel ring is cracked chipped or gone on this model that one looks perfect.

If you have a good vintage watchmaker you use let him take a look at it. He can give you a quote for a service and parts needed like crystal and crown and maybe a stem. Parts are tough to find on vintage watches avoid fixer upper’s needing parts better if all it needs is a movement service. If a bez...

Here is a funny story about Balut was doing shore patrol out in Olongapo. You patrol the bars out in town you muster at the provost marshal then they send you out in town you're in dress whites with SP arm band and a Billy club. Before we went overseas, we got a week class how to handcuff and use a ...

Was around 1982 and 1984 when I was there.Dare you to eat Balut only thing I would not eat over there.

When in the US Navy our ship would pull into Subic US Naval Base also flew in there once on a C5A transport at Clark US Air Force base once those bases are now closed. Both my boot camp company commanders were from the Philippines they were good at their jobs our boot camp company won the captains t...

I bought the property in the early 1990's in a way it sad for the locals the houses sale for Cal. prices, but wages are low like it was before the jump in rent and mortgages. I posted police job opening in Bozeman once here incase some of our own who do that work might think about it, they laughed a...

I guess some are moving back to California. Had a good friend who moved from California to Oregan after he retired. Think the wife might have got home sick for California. He had four acres out in the country and did a lot of work on the house and had to sell to keep her happy kind of bad timing wi...

Sorry Paul. I been lucky always got what I paid for they might have lied about the description once got a US Navy WW2 comparing watch that had a hand made gear in the movement and was a pain to find the part to correct it. Don't understand Reddit so look but never buy from it. Just forums here and t...

I guess some are moving back to California. Had a good friend who moved from California to Oregan after he retired. Think the wife might have got home sick for California. He had four acres out in the country and did a lot of work on the house and had to sell to keep her happy kind of bad timing wit...

Congrats

One thing you never have to move your sleeve up to see the time. But not a watch you would want to just wear a T-shirt or a short sleeve shirt with it would look odd.

On your Hamilton Railroad Special the dial has what's called a Montgomery dial due to the second marks like this one in my collection below.

Since a lot of you showed interest in the WW1 Borgel trench watch link below of a thread, I did on it.

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Not going to show the whole collection just stuff I added this year. I am a history buff so most of my collection is connected to history. https://i.imgur.com/UaiRIW5.jpg US Navy Chelsea Pilot House clock Cir.1918 these pilot house clocks are huge and heavy. https://i.imgur.com/wlP3xkM.jpg US Shippi...

I would have kept the Heuer. But nice collection.

Nice collection everything from vintage to newer watches from pocket watches that's rare to the forum to wristwatches. Thought I was the only one to have a few pocket watches on this forum. Only one I would like to add not an expensive one a Girard Perregaux Golden Shell Motor Oil Advertising 7J Poc...

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Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:24 pm

Those are badass.

Glad to see you back.

Figured I would ad one plus the watch being advertised. Wished they were still sold for 85 bucks.

Nothing like the original no dive timer the dive timer orange hand now the second hand a bummer. Liked the original better that dive timer made it unique.

Well got the part that was missing on the dial. It was called a reflector. I guess on the newer clock the holes on the reflector are in a different spot so had to drill new hole to fit right. One thing about these larger Chelsea Pilot House Clocks they have such wall presence and just stand out just...