Thread: What types of watches do you like?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Hey - thanks very much for the info!

Yes, that is the exact reference number, is on the back case.

When you refer to sunburst, not sure what that means, but the crystal on the watch face is flat...so it seems it's that same movement as the Tag I have, the V 7750..which perfectly explains the "whirring". Really like the solid feel of this one, great weight to it, if you say it's hard to find, I could only find two other examples of it, not much info on it at all.

Thanks very much again....

Sunburst is like the rays of the sun effect when you look at the dial and especially in bright light.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Hey - thanks very much for the info!

Yes, that is the exact reference number, is on the back case.

When you refer to sunburst, not sure what that means, but the crystal on the watch face is flat...so it seems it's that same movement as the Tag I have, the V 7750..which perfectly explains the "whirring". Really like the solid feel of this one, great weight to it, if you say it's hard to find, I could only find two other examples of it, not much info on it at all.

Thanks very much again....

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Sunburst is like the rays of the sun effect when you look at the dial and especially in bright light.

Phrank, Always a pleasure to help a fellow WIS. I'm sure Big Spender will attest watch collecting can be both enjoyable and a little costly at the same time. There's always something new that catches your eye and away you go.

As Big Spender said the sunburst pattern would be on the dial not the crystal. White dials are the hardest to see it on but it would look like ridges emanating from the center of the dial and pointing outward. They would go all around the dial. The pic below is the best I could find. They are hard to see but they show up best just above the name on the dial and between the 2 sub dials near the 7 and 8 hour markers. I really like this kind of feature. I think some of this reference came with or without the sunburst.

Originally Posted by SeriousRedneck

I like mechanical automatics. My wife gave me a Tissot Le Locle for our 30 anniv.. Very partial to that for several reasons, not the least its a classy looking piece.

Tissot makes some very nice looking watches. Most if not all of their references will have an ETA movement. This is a good thing as ETA make some real bullet proof movements. Very reliable. Yours will likely have one of their caliber 2000 series movements. Which one will depend on the complications of your watch reference. How about a wrist shot.

Originally Posted by Brenngun

Phrank, Always a pleasure to help a fellow WIS. I'm sure Big Spender will attest watch collecting can be both enjoyable and a little costly at the same time. There's always something new that catches your eye and away you go.

As Big Spender said the sunburst pattern would be on the dial not the crystal. White dials are the hardest to see it on but it would look like ridges emanating from the center of the dial and pointing outward. They would go all around the dial. The pic below is the best I could find. They are hard to see but they show up best just above the name on the dial and between the 2 sub dials near the 7 and 8 hour markers. I really like this kind of feature. I think some of this reference came with or without the sunburst.

I would never have noticed that in a million years if you hadn't pointed that out, but as soon as you posted the example, I went and looked and sure enough, yes it does!! LOL

Until I actually looked at the watch face, I didn't notice it, but it's there...let's see if this terrible pic I took will show it.



Other thing I found interesting, is that observing the minute hand, I can see it very slowly creeping forward...very cool.

Thanks again...

Originally Posted by Phrank

I would never have noticed that in a million years if you hadn't pointed that out, but as soon as you posted the example, I went and looked and sure enough, yes it does!! LOL

Until I actually looked at the watch face, I didn't notice it, but it's there...let's see if this terrible pic I took will show it.



Other thing I found interesting, is that observing the minute hand, I can see it very slowly creeping forward...very cool.

Thanks again...

Phrank, Not a bad pic. Nice to see the sun. Try this. Dark room, penlight pointed at the side of the watch just above the horizon of the case so the light enters the dial area through the side edge if the crystal. The rays may show up better when they cast shadows. The minute hand creep of lean as some call it is again a very normal idiosyncrasy of this movement.

In the meantime here are a couple of neat links for you. Don't remember if I posted the first one before and frankly to tired to look. It's a watchmaker assembling a 7750 after servicing. A little out of focus but fun to watch. If you miss anything or want to know what he just did or what part that was just pause the video and refer to the second link below. It's ETA's official watchmakers instructions for all aspects of servicing the movement straight from their worldwide training system (a gift to you). Click on the assembly instructions and using the arrow buttons you can go step by step. Includes the name of the part and really cool is when the oil symbols show up and flash. You can click the oil symbols button to see what oil is required. Also try some of the other menu selections. Some have moving parts and the instruction have working buttons. Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/LpDsxl4f1Kk

7750

This was a recommended video after watching that first one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesSK67Mzms

It is long, but I was quite fascinated with the whole process. Quite happy SR repair is not quite so intricate, I'd probably be filtering parts out of my vacuum constantly....

Keep in mind a watch is designed to be taken apart. The hard part is dealing with the escapement and manipulating the small parts and that's on a basic movement.

Most watch repairs involve similar situations. It's when everything looks good that a master watchmaker earns his keep.

Well yea, mechanical mechanism wear and I doubt high quality items such as Rolex would be as desirable if they were disposable.

My comments of vacumming tiny parts is my way of showing my understanding of why watchmakers should earn a nice sum.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

Well yea, mechanical mechanism wear and I doubt high quality items such as Rolex would be as desirable if they were disposable.

My comments of vacumming tiny parts is my way of showing my understanding of why watchmakers should earn a nice sum.

The guy I used to go to for service and is now retired used a large magnet to pick up pieces he dropped which was very often and he was a master watchmaker.

A good watch repairer who has his own business can earn a very nice salary. I understand Rolex pays their people pretty good with good benefits too.

I have a 1964 Rolex Submariner "meters first" that needs some work. It was given to me by my Dad who bought it from a guy when my Dad was in Vietnam. Incidentally, my Dad was shown in a pic around that time in LIFE magazine and the watch is shown on his wrist. Kind of neat, that. The watch needs quite a bit of work so I don't wear it that often.

As such, I'm looking for a new mechanical watch. Don't care if it's automatic; I would rather prefer the winding ritual each day. Leaning toward a Hamilton Field watch but I'm wondering if there are any mechanical watch hybrids out there that combine a field watch with a rotating diver type bezel? I like a field watch style more than a diver watch, but keeping track of elapsed time using a rotating bezel is really handy.

Budget of around $500 or less.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

ChrisL