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Currently own the following:

Sea-Dweller ref 16600
Rolex DateJust 16030 (Linen dial) circa mid 80's
Omega Seamaster Pro (Bond) 2531.80
Breitling Chrono Avenger on Pro I Ti bracelet, blue dial
Breitling Steelfish XL Plus on Pro II, blue dial
Seiko SKX007 on rubber strap
Citizen Promaster Wingman

Past loves:
Omega Planet Ocean (black) on SS bracelet
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver
Breitling SuperOcean Professional
Rolex No Date Sub 14060 (E serial)

• Breitling Cosmonaute, black dial, navitimer bracelet, all stainless - most recent purchase
• Breitling Wings automatic, blue dial, pilot bracelet, all stainless
• Tissot PR200 (Quartz) Stainless, slate face, black subdials for chronograph
• Tissot Seastar 1960's (mechanical) Gold filled case, rolled gold fixoflex bracelet
• Rotary Supersport 1960's (mechanical) Gold filled case, rolled gold fixoflex bracelet
• Wittnauer 1960's (mechanical) Not sure of model. Just has 'Wittnauer Geneve' under the applied logo at 12 o'clock, silver dial, small seconds at 6 o'clock
• Ogival (quartz). Early 1980s. Not sure of model. White dial, roman numerals, date at 3 o'clock
• BVLER 1960's (mechanical) Not sure of model. Info on dial: BVLER, 17 jewels, shockproof, Beryllium Balance, Jemaflex, Nivarox, swiss made
• POLJOT 1960's (mechanical) Again, not sure of model. Silver dial. Made in USSR.
• Seiko S-wave automatic, red dial - bought cheap on eBay - surprisingly durable and accurate.

My current collection are those below on my signature, but I have also owned -

Breitling Chronomat
Breitling Superocean
Breitling Superocean Steelfish (1500m version)
Breitling Chrono Avenger M1
Omega Seamaster Professional (quartz)
Omega Seamaster Professional (automatic)
Tag Heuer Aquagraph
Seiko Datejust (quartz)
Seiko Monster Divers (auto)
Vostok Europe Expedition Trophy (auto)
Poljot Blue Angels (manual wind)
Poljot Night Hunter (manual wind)

plus, a few ropey casios and the like for gym going!

With the exception of my current "knockaround" Tag, which I might trade at some point, all the rest of my current collection are keepers for life. I LOVE 'EM!

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Driver8

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Rolex Submariner
Vintage Mido Authomatic
Remington Swiss
Swatch Chrono "007 The World is not enough" (great watch!)

...and a Breitling Steelfish in project.

Regards!

Hundreds, and changing daily...

BG
Thomas

Hi guys,

I'm relatively new to the forum, but not to watches...

My wearable collection so far:

Breitling:
Super Ocean Professional (automatic)
Vintage Chronograph (approx. 1960, have no idea of the model, automatic)
Colt (quartz)

Rolex:
Oyster Precision Vintage 1967 (manual)

Omega:
Speedmaster (automatic)
Speedmaster Broad Arrow 18K WG (automatic)
Seamaster DeVille Vintage (Approx 1960?) (automatic)
Geneve 18K (automatic)
Geneve Vintage 1971 (automatic)

IWC:
DaVinci SL Chronograf (mecaquartz)
Fliegerchronograph (mecaquartz)

Tag Heuer:
Link (automatic)

Sjöö Sandström (Swedish brand, www.sjoosandstrom.se):
Royal Steele (automatic)

Epoch (Swedish brand, www.epoch.se):
Elegance (automatic)

Plus a number of other watches, from plain dress watches in 18K to regular models like Tissot, Longines...

Thomas has an unfair advantage.. he's dealer!

Nice collection, Aleister.. glad to have you here! How do you like those mechaquartz IWC's?

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Thanks, breitlingsource.

I like the mecaquartz ok, I'd rather use an automatic watch but now these two IWC's happened to pass my way at a fair price. They are nice looking, but doesn't have the same "feeling" as my automatic ones.

My current collection stands at 63 wearers And they all take their turn in being worn, (some a little more often than others )

8 are pocket watches

55 are wristwatches, of which.................

20 are automatics

22 are manual winds

10 are quartz - 2 of which are eco drives

3 are tuning forks

And then there's the clocks.......... no....... don't mention the clocks

Oh, and my wife, Lynn, has 38 wristwatches - guess this addiction runs in the family

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Best Regards

Peter

I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own

Peter, I see on the introductions that you are retired - does that rule out the possibility of you adopting me?

Depends on how good you are at fixing watches. I've got more that don't work than do

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Best Regards

Peter

I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own

That's a helluva lot of watches! I don't know if I could ever have that many!

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BreitlingSource Admin
http://www.breitlingsource.com - http://blog.breitlingsource.com

Oh I could for sure - I havea real problem parting with things so can easily see my collection growing to a sizeable extent as finances allow. Unfortunately it sounds as though Peter is looking to adopt someone like Mark or watchmakeress who can repair his collection for him.

I have the same problem parting with things too.........

Here's a 1970's Ingersoll Ladies Quartz Digital which I picked up at a local car boot sale for the princely sum of 50p as the vendor said it "probably only needs a new battery".

It was in virtually NOS condition, so worth the risk.



Of course, when I had a new battery fitted it didn't work.

But never one to just throw something away I opened it up, took the circuit board out and found this................



a disconnected wire sticking out of the coil to the upper left of the picture. But where did it come from?

Turning the module round we find



two contacts immediately below the coil. The one on the right looks to have a wire going under and into the coil. But the left contact has solder, but no wire. looks like it could well go there, lets get the soldering iron out and try shall we............................

Soldered it into place, fitted the module back into its holder, then into the case with a new battery and............ hey presto



We have another working watch, brought back from the dead.

Lynn was very pleased to add it to her collection.

Now if only I could do that with some of the mechanical movements I have lying around

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Best Regards

Peter

I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own

hi guys,

am newbie on this forum, and hopefully can exchange information about watches especially breitling.

my current watch collection are:
OMEGA SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL X-33
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER TRIPLEDATE
BREITLING COLT CHRONO
TAG HEUER AQUARACER
Swiss Army
Georg Jensen 18GK
ORIS TT1 CHRONOGRAPH
SEIKO SPORTURA KINETIC
SEIKO KINETIC
CITIZEN ECO DRIVE WORLD TIMER
CITIZEN WR100
GUESS STEEL
TISSOT V8
CASIO G-SHOCK ALTIBARO

cheers

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REZANH
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OMEGA SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER X33
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER TRIPLE DATE
BREITLING COLT CHRONO
TAG HEUER AQUARACER
GEORG JENSEN 18GK