Poor man's watch thread

[Jazzmenco]

The beautiful Tissot Telemeter 1938.

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At 42mm rather on the large side, though.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-handsome-and-charmingly-busy-tissot-teleme

You have them in both colors?

 

[DorianGreen]

You have them in both colors?

No, online pictures.

 

[Jazzmenco]

Deep Blue one of my favorite divers but it's a honker.

 

[DorianGreen]

Deep Blue one of my favorite divers but it's a honker.
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Not surprisingly: 500m waterproof.

 

[DorianGreen]

Never heard of this brand, Massena Lab, before, stumbled across it on Mr Porter.

This one is highly attractive in my eyes.

Okay, €3700 is a little much for the poor man.

 

[Jazzmenco]

Audaz great bang for the buck.

 

[ljl]

 

[Jazzmenco]

 

[DorianGreen]

A stunning chronograph, the Stowa Chrono 1938.

 

[Jazzmenco]

Citizens series 8

 

[Jazzmenco]

A stunning chronograph, the Stowa Chrono 1938.

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Thanks for the "enabling"....I'm on the hunt

 

[Nealjpage]

I wore my JLC Weems Mark VII for the first time yesterday. I bought this in October for $50 at a local antique store. I think that they priced it wrong but I wasn't about to argue. I service my own watches but I'm too chickenshit to take this one on. Sure, breaking a pivot on a Bulova or a Hamilton or a Seiko sucks, but at least parts are [usually] readily available. JLC is in a category by itself. So one of these days I'll have to send it off to JLC for a service I did finally remove the bracelet so I could run it through the ultrasonic. Lots of DNA.

 

[Nealjpage]

Oh, here's my regular rotation. This represents a two-year effort. Most have been serviced, though a few have yet to go under the knife.

 

[Thin White Duke]

I wore my JLC Weems Mark VII for the first time yesterday. I bought this in October for $50 at a local antique store. I think that they priced it wrong but I wasn't about to argue. I service my own watches but I'm too chickenshit to take this one on. Sure, breaking a pivot on a Bulova or a Hamilton or a Seiko sucks, but at least parts are [usually] readily available. JLC is in a category by itself. So one of these days I'll have to send it off to JLC for a service I did finally remove the bracelet so I could run it through the ultrasonic. Lots of DNA.
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My Dad was an RAF pilot from 1936 to 1958 and I have his watch. Looks very similar to this but it’s Longines. I priced them on eBay or maybe some watch forum a couple of years ago and the going rate was around $2k IIRC.
The watch looks positively tiny compared to today’s standards so I’d probably never wear it but I’d probably never sell it either!

It was nice to see a version of this watch feature in the ‘Dunkirk’ film worn by Tom Hardy one of the Spitfire pilots.I think he had it strapped to his thigh.

 

[B1FF]

Sorry, but I'm just not that into impressing real estate agents and bathroom attendants. In fact, for many people, being a "Rolex Guy" is more a negative than something that impresses.

The average woman you meet can't tell a Polerouter from a Patek. But they all know a Sub is a "nice watch." And that's likely why your successful real estate agent is wearing one.