A friend describes one of those teeny little lady's watches with cord band that needs work.
She says it is a Rolex. I have never seen or heard of a Rolex like my Mom's Wittenauer.
I will ask for a look tomorrow.
So where to get it serviced?
Mark Siranni overhauled my Omega and advertises Rolex work, but nothing like this.
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I’m one of the people that have been begging for a Pelagos in this smaller form. I’m waiting on my AD to get one in to check out in person. I for one like a lot of the changes, the only thing giving me pause is the sunburst bezel and dial. I want to see that in person before committing but there’s a lot to like here. Agree on the red text however it’s something I can live with. I wonder what an FUB sunburst bezel would look like.Originally Posted by BobLoblaw
My expectations will definitely be high if they go that route. "Fuck you blue" is such an awesome color for the otherwise muted Pelagos. It's eye-catching without all the cocky glitter. You just don't see it very often.
I have owned this 1935-39 Paul Breguette 17 jewel curved bezel watch since 1991*, and it recently stopped working. My brother in law is a semi-pro watch dealer & restorer, so he took a crack at it, and took pictures.
This watch was the first foray into the US market by Ebel in Switzerland, and the Breguette movements were all made by Ebel.
He did rather extensive work, including a full disassembly, sonic cleaning, jewel hole cleaning, replacing the winding crown, hair spring, and mainspring, and rebuilding the balance mechanism from a donor movement bought from evilBay.
It got a full buffing, including the c. 1946-50 orange replacement crystal.
(These were apparently a popular mod to refresh old watches during the post war period. You can still find NOS orange crystals from this period for sale)
It works pretty well, but like a doofus I already put a minor scratch in the shiny crystal...(shakes head at self).
Anyone else besides myself and @vcdgrips into art deco-era watches?
*For you old San Franciscans, I bought it from Mr. Isaacs at Peacock Jewelers on Market Street.
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LL-Lovely piece.
These pre war mechanicals will run forever so long as they do not get wet or dropped hard multiple times i.e. wrist to sink to floor.
A lube/oil/adjust every 3-5 years. They often run reasonably well for much longer than that between the LOA.
Thank you very much for shoutout re my much more modest Gruen at post #2572 in this thread.
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That Gruen is iconic. It's Chrysler-Building-level cool.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Tried this one on today at the AD, now the wait begins
Is that the new 39?Tried this one on today at the AD, now the wait begins
It is and unfortunately waitlisted. Let me put it this way, I am no longer on the list for a no date Sub. I’m sure some will criticize that decision but this is “the” watch for me.
That thing looks the business. the Sub is overplayed in my area. I see it EVERYWHERE. Heck the pizza delivery guy had one the other week. I think that these days, lots of the Subs I see are generational gifts. Dads and Granddads passing down their watches (and that's awesome), but it makes the Sub overplayed. I've not seen another pelagos on someone else's wrist yet. Congrats, NPV. I think it's a fine choice
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