Which watch?

[ChuckMK23]

Engine break in fun on Speedy Tuesday Eve....

Plugging holes in the sky - ever the FCF pilot. Directional gyro is AFU hence covered up - old school wet compass action.

 

[mad dog]

Another Phlieger Phriday with a generic manual wind 17j ETA 6497-1...

 

[mad dog]

Hammy Niner Fife Zero railroad machine for usher duty at the Palm Sunday service.

NOTE: Original box with matching movement numbers and case numbers as well as original mitt pictured below.

 

[mad dog]

Beloved Seiko 6309-7049 automatic for today...which was purchased new at the NASWF NEX in 1987 while an SNA in VT-2...



...and for the record, “mad dog’s Apple Pencil Bezel Insert Restoration Shop” is now open for business...

 

[mad dog]

It was...

 

[GroundPounder]

Too busy to post this at the time. Guess where? Please note that I was too tired at that point to get the cellphone to focus on the watch and not the background.

 

[BarryD]

Too busy to post this at the time. Guess where? Please note that I was too tired at that point to get the cellphone to focus on the watch and not the background.



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12 at Augusta. I’m so freaking jealous.

 

[GroundPounder]

12 at Augusta. I’m so freaking jealous.

We have a winner. I also would have accepted " Golden Bell "

It was a great 10 days, but I am very glad that 2019 is in the books.

 

[mad dog]

We have a winner. I also would have accepted "Golden Bell".

What about “a golf course”?

That seems acceptable in my humble opinion.

It’s OK to label me as “a master of the obvious”.

???

 

[mad dog]

...Please note that I was too tired at that point to get the cellphone to focus on the watch and not the background.

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Is that [watch] an Omega Seamaster 300M?

 

[GroundPounder]

Is that [watch] an Omega Seamaster 300M?

It is in fact. I bought it at a jewelry store that I worked a security detail. They had dropped Omega, a few years prior, and happened to find the watch in a safe behind a bunch of Rolex products. New, int the box for 840.00 out the door. Pretty good day for me.

It's the same store that I could have bought about a year old Rolex Submariner for 1000.00 in 1990. At the time, I was single and making 17,200 a year. It would have been a stretch, but I could have done it with minimal pain. Made the mistake, and didn't get it. Maybe when my son is out of school, I will get one.

 

[mad dog]

It’s Phlieger Phriday...generic 17j Swiss ETA 6497-1 hand wound movement...

 

[ChuckMK23]

It is in fact. I bought it at a jewelry store that I worked a security detail. They had dropped Omega, a few years prior, and happened to find the watch in a safe behind a bunch of Rolex products. New, int the box for 840.00 out the door. Pretty good day for me.

It's the same store that I could have bought about a year old Rolex Submariner for 1000.00 in 1990. At the time, I was single and making 17,200 a year. It would have been a stretch, but I could have done it with minimal pain. Made the mistake, and didn't get it. Maybe when my son is out of school, I will get one.

That Seamaster is iconic. Smart move and it will wear well for decades to come!

 

[mad dog]

It’s my 55th birthday today...so I’m wearing my grail watch [a modern Speedy Gonzales Moonwatch on an Omega Barenia leather NATO]...and if I want to, I’ll go to Dunkin’ Donuts, Hooters and Waffle House. ??

 

[ChuckMK23]

Happy Birthday buddy!