What watch do you wear?

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I don’t believe I posted these here before, so forgive me if so…. These are all heirloom pieces to me, collected into one family photo. From left to right:

Rolex GMT Master II (early-mid 80s) - this was my father’s, which he bought from a close friend. Absolutely beautiful patina on this.

Seiko 6105-8009 (1968) - again, my father’s, and again, great patina on this, especially with the rarer radium lume that turns a bit of a tobacco color (the tritium turns more of a greenish)

Timex Electric (early 70s vintage) - my paternal grand father’s. Took it off the expansion strap, and on a black leather one, which gives it a great vintage look.

Unknown Pulsar - I know it was from one of my grandfathers, but not quite sure which.

Unknown Citizen (mid 90s I think) - this was my maternal grandfather’s. Your basic gold toned day/date.

Omega DeVille (early/mid 80s) - I remember my mother buying this for my dad as some sort of gift. I was somewhere around 8 or 10 at the time. This is the watch I really remember as my dad’s, even if he stopped wearing it after a while (battery is a bitch to change).

Thought you might enjoy.
 
jaseman said:
19qu1sc.jpeg


I don’t believe I posted these here before, so forgive me if so…. These are all heirloom pieces to me, collected into one family photo. From left to right:

Rolex GMT Master II (early-mid 80s) - this was my father’s, which he bought from a close friend. Absolutely beautiful patina on this.

Seiko 6105-8009 (1968) - again, my father’s, and again, great patina on this, especially with the rarer radium lume that turns a bit of a tobacco color (the tritium turns more of a greenish)

Timex Electric (early 70s vintage) - my paternal grand father’s. Took it off the expansion strap, and on a black leather one, which gives it a great vintage look.

Unknown Pulsar - I know it was from one of my grandfathers, but not quite sure which.

Unknown Citizen (mid 90s I think) - this was my maternal grandfather’s. Your basic gold toned day/date.

Omega DeVille (early/mid 80s) - I remember my mother buying this for my dad as some sort of gift. I was somewhere around 8 or 10 at the time. This is the watch I really remember as my dad’s, even if he stopped wearing it after a while (battery is a bitch to change).

Thought you might enjoy.
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that is an awesome collection. all heirlooms and everyone had a great watch in your family. thanks for sharing with us.
 
jaseman said:
19qu1sc.jpeg


I don’t believe I posted these here before, so forgive me if so…. These are all heirloom pieces to me, collected into one family photo. From left to right:

Rolex GMT Master II (early-mid 80s) - this was my father’s, which he bought from a close friend. Absolutely beautiful patina on this.

Seiko 6105-8009 (1968) - again, my father’s, and again, great patina on this, especially with the rarer radium lume that turns a bit of a tobacco color (the tritium turns more of a greenish)

Timex Electric (early 70s vintage) - my paternal grand father’s. Took it off the expansion strap, and on a black leather one, which gives it a great vintage look.

Unknown Pulsar - I know it was from one of my grandfathers, but not quite sure which.

Unknown Citizen (mid 90s I think) - this was my maternal grandfather’s. Your basic gold toned day/date.

Omega DeVille (early/mid 80s) - I remember my mother buying this for my dad as some sort of gift. I was somewhere around 8 or 10 at the time. This is the watch I really remember as my dad’s, even if he stopped wearing it after a while (battery is a bitch to change).

Thought you might enjoy.
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Sweet lineup. That Omega DeVille quartz is 🔥
 
jbmonkey said:
that is an awesome collection. all heirlooms and everyone had a great watch in your family. thanks for sharing with us.
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Yeah, it’s great having these. Eventually, I hope to pass them along to either my kid or my nephew eventually.

DaveHS said:
Sweet lineup. That Omega DeVille quartz is 🔥
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Yeah, one of these days I need to take it to a jeweler or watchmaker to put a battery in. The screws on the back are too small and delicate for me to deal with. It probably hasn’t run in 25-30 years
 
jaseman said:
Yeah, it’s great having these. Eventually, I hope to pass them along to either my kid or my nephew eventually.



Yeah, one of these days I need to take it to a jeweler or watchmaker to put a battery in. The screws on the back are too small and delicate for me to deal with. It probably hasn’t run in 25-30 years
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I have my dad’s automatic Omega Seamaster DeVille from 1967. Got a full service on it as a gift for his 80th birthday after it sat in a drawer for 20+ years. (He stopped wearing it because the replacement flex band he put on it was uncomfortable so it hadn’t even been wound in decades.)

He gifted it to me. It keeps time with the best of my modern watches. Now I wear it all the time.
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