What watch do you wear?

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jbmonkey said:
very very nice. I collect 218 versions. have only one 214.

this one is my favorite 218, cause it was my grandfathers.....beat up badly but still works....

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Interesting . . . I only collect 214s! I'll post some more in the coming days or weeks, including a PERFECT cherry Astronaut with the original display box and all papers, which I have owned for decades and which keeps near perfect time.

I appreciate the sentimental attachment. I inherited my own love of Accutrons from my pops (RIP).

Hope you'll post up some of your 218s (and that lonely 214). I'd love to see them.
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
Interesting . . . I only collect 214s! I'll post some more in the coming days or weeks, including a PERFECT cherry Astronaut with the original display box and all papers, which I have owned for decades and which keeps near perfect time.

I appreciate the sentimental attachment. I inherited my own love of Accutrons from my pops (RIP).

Hope you'll post up some of your 218s (and that lonely 214). I'd love to see them.
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mostly due to i started with 218s and lower costs of them.

will do. sure like to see your 214 collection too. I do like accutron tuning forks. nothing else quite like them. super smooth second hand even a spring drive is jealous of.....😁
 
Another unusual one today. I get a lot of comments on this one.

Zodiac Astrographic. No hands . . . clear rotating disks with markings to indicate the time. Swiss made with a Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement. Sapphire crystal. Rated at 200 meters.

Before they went belly-up and the trademark was purchased by Fossil, back in the 1960s they were considered a premium brand. A prime casualty of The Quartz Crisis.

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jbmonkey said:
mostly due to i started with 218s and lower costs of them.

will do. sure like to see your 214 collection too. I do like accutron tuning forks. nothing else quite like them. super smooth second hand even a spring drive is jealous of.....😁
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FWIW, I used to own a Seiko Spring Drive. It's a great movement. HAQ accuracy with no battery. Liked it a lot, but man was it thick! Hard to wear under cuffs and a jacket. I think they're thinner now. Someday I'm thinking I'll get a Grand Seiko spring drive GMT . . .
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
Another unusual one today. I get a lot of comments on this one.

Zodiac Astrographic. No hands . . . clear rotating disks with markings to indicate the time. Swiss made with a Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement. Sapphire crystal. Rated at 200 meters.

Before they went belly-up and the trademark was purchased by Fossil, back in the 1960s they were considered a premium brand. A prime casualty of The Quartz Crisis.

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I used to own one of those; mine had a blue "mystery dial." Great watch with an amazing bracelet. It was among the last of the pre-Fossil Zodiacs made.
 
Kirk Raptor said:
I used to own one of those; mine had a blue "mystery dial." Great watch with an amazing bracelet. It was among the last of the pre-Fossil Zodiacs made.
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You are the leading Citizen on this forum. 😂

You are right about the bracelet on that Astrographic. I have had several comments on the bracelet alone. And it feels as good as it looks.


BTW, I'm wearing an older Luminox today, which I posted in the Dive Watches thread and won't repeat here.
 
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Invicta Pro-Diver Auto. I have a few of these Pro-Divers with different Swiss and Japanese movements.

This is the coin edge model 9937 with a Sellita SW200 26 jewel Swiss auto movement. Sapphire crystal. Exhibition caseback. Screw down crown. Rated (supposedly) at 200 meters. Accuracy is . . . meh. Actually, the Seiko NH35A seems to be more accurate, but that might just be pot luck. Not sure what one should really expect from an 80 dollar watch, anyway.

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