My fake Rolex would look so good with this lens…

[Godfrey]

I went through a phase of watch collecting - in the last 2 years I ended up with 20 watches. Cyma, Seiko, Roamer, Enicar, Certina... you name it. Also had plain Rotaries and Accurists.

I sold them all.

I just kept this gold 1954 Rotary Maximus with a beautiful gold plated Revue 77 movement that never leaves my hand. It is as accurate as I want a watch to be.

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Lens/camera wise - I have the good old itch for a Contax, a Hexar AF or a Nikon Ti compact but I am not going to do anything about it.

That Rotary is quite lovely! I have a Rotary with quartz movement, probably purchased about 25 years ago.
But my prized watches are the '63 and '57 Omegas ('63 Seamaster De Ville and '57 Automatic, both thin, light, simple), and the near new Longines Classic with Moon phase complication as well the Longines "Lindberg replica" chronograph.

The '57 Omega Automatic was given to me by a friend, who inherited it from her uncle, who purchased it new way back when. I had it serviced and put a new band on it. It and the '63 Seamaster are my two most used watches.

One of these days, I'll bite the bullet and buy the Omega Speedmaster Professional "Moon Watch" that I've wanted for a very long time. The original Apollo Program model is still available new, and at reasonable prices... Really should jump on one of them! This year perhaps.

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[Chriscrawfordphoto]

If you're going to fake it, you need the right tools:
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That is actually a cool looking metal storage tin. I'd buy one!

 

[titrisol]

I am amazed how they manufactured such beautiful pieces and with the level of detail in the late-1800's.

Antique store pick-up:




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Waltham!
Those pocket watches were used by the railroad people in my country (Waltham Railroad)!

 

[p.giannakis]

That is actually a cool looking metal storage tin. I'd buy one!

I got tempted once

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I got tempted once

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Where did you find it? Is that a Barnes and Noble bookstore?

 

[JeffS7444]

Where did you find it? Is that a Barnes and Noble bookstore?

Try That Auction Site, search term "camera shaped tin".

 

[p.giannakis]

Where did you find it? Is that a Barnes and Noble bookstore?

It is called The Works, a stationary shop in Stafford. 5hats an old picture though, that shop doesn't exist any more