Thread: Watches

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Yep, Full size Mooney,way to big, way to heavy.

You don't mean the classic one do you? I had one and even on my 6.75 inch wrist it fit great. As I recall is was around 40 or 42mm.

By modern standards not a big or heavy piece at all.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

You don't mean the classic one do you? I had one and even on my 6.75 inch wrist it fit great. As I recall is was around 40 or 42mm.

By modern standards not a big or heavy piece at all.

To Big For me,The SRP member I traded it to just sold it,said it was to big for him,My mid size speedo is 41mm crown to bezel.

I had the pleasure of dropping by a watchmaker in Oslo this weekend. It was a pleasure because even if they had lots of the watches I have been looking at, I still walked out the door with my old Sea-Dweller on my arm, without wanting another watch.

There are lots of nice watches out there, but I’ve found the one that fits me. At one point I might end up buying an old Rolex Cellini as a dress watch, but I’ll keep the Sea-Dweller.

It is amazing how much watches have increased in size the last few years, when I bought it the Sea-Dweller was a big wrist watch.

It's not just the sizes that have increased. The prices have too.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

It's not just the sizes that have increased. The prices have too.

And for no good reason,The once great makers do not even make their own watches anymore,Breitling and Omega comes to mind.
ETA is just caprtalizing on the company names.

I will let you into a little secret

I have just finished servicing a rather ordinary vintage watch...


What I found inside though was a absolute peach of a movement, the Felsa 1560 (Bidynator) Here it is with the rotor removed.


This is a later version of the Felsa 690 movement which was the first Bi-Directional automatic movement, meaning that it wound whatever way the rotor on the back of the movement turned.
It is fully jewelled including cap jewels on the escapement.
It is very well made movement that keeps excellent time with a power reserve in excess of 48 hrs.
It was a joy to service and I had this watch running within 5 seconds per day in 6 positions. Not bad for a ~50 year old watch.

The good thing about these is they are reasonably cheap to buy. Either the Felsa 690 or the 1560 calibre movement.

No secret to me. I've been collecting vintage pocket watches for many years.

I have really been enjoying this watch. Any Bulova fans out there?

Probably Citizen taking them over was the best thing to happen to them. This way they can innovate new things.

Originally Posted by Lynn

I have really been enjoying this watch. Any Bulova fans out there?

Fantastic watches, The Precisionist quartz movement is top-notch for incredible accuracy. I agree with "the big spender", Citizen acquiring Bulova was a nice corporate acquisition for Bulova.

Go to Ebay or Amazon and search for Bulova Precisionist, UHF, Lobster, or Accutron ll.
These new models also use the Precisionist three prong Crystals oscillating at 262KH.

http://www.bulova.com/en-US/cat/uhfBulova Accutron II Alpha Watch Hands-On Review |

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/bulova-a...-watch-review/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTpg34K1m0I