Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

"Exec - I collect vintage watches, mainly Omega. What make are you looking for."

Yeah me too.. got a draw full of them somewhere none work of course -):

But seriously E/L, sounds like far to much to go wrong there, so personally I would avoid.

I have a nice Omega that I bought in the 1970s. It runs on a tuning fork, which you can hear with an ear to the case. It keeps perfect time and I still use it every day. It is chronometer rated.

Im with Stan.

If it sounds too good............. be very careful.

Funnily enough I have quite a few Omegas, surely they cant be worth anything.

Just slung them in a drawer when the strap snaped.

Smart that Hays. Very smart.

Here's a bracelet link to it. The consequent increased number of hits will probably make him put the price up though:

https://www.avito.ru/moskva/chasy_i_ukrasheniya/novye_chasy_raymond_weil_parsifal_372072817

Be careful with what you do with Stan.

Nice watch Hays, mine are mostly 1950/60's automatics and mechanical. A 1953 Bulova (mechanical) and a 1960's Zodiac.

Yep cheapos them Chris.

Woolworth watches.

Be careful, there are a lot of Raymond Weil watches out there that are fakes. Raymond Weil brought out that watch as a sort of copy for the Cartier Santos. Raymond Weil watches are very over rated as a watches. They have built up their brand with relentless advertising.

Gf- Thought I was filtered knob head! :0)

Raymond Weil are a department store watch maker. The company only started up in the 1970s. That Parsifal model was their best seller. I got fed up with IT for a while in the early 1980s and went to work in Clerkenwell (the centre of the UK watch business) for a friend for about 6 months. He had a wholesale watch and gold business with a few diamonds now and then. Raymond Weil were desperately trying to improve their image. They became one of the mainstays of shops like W H Samuel. Somehow, they emerged from that period as a premium watch maker. I am am not sure that the reputation is deserved. A lot of their watches were originally made by other companies and branded as theirs.

£2.99 at Woolies that 1960's Zodiac.

Got one myself.

Maybe....

I'm looking for the wrong make of watch?

I should pop over to Moscow and do a bit of Christmas shopping?

How to clean a metal watch bracelet 'Russian Style' - works for silverware too

"The advantage of this cleaning is that you can more besides bracelets and pebbles on it clean, if they are, of course, on the bracelet."

If it works gf I'll buy it off you for a fiver.

53099 - no probs at all old bean; i generally know when you're suffering from pmt!

Used to get a LUCKY BAG with them Zodiacs at Woolies.

Other one might be worth a fiver mind.

My watch friend had a gold Rolex Oyster with diamonds on the bezel, baget diamonds on the strap, diamonds on the face. He used to wear it and show it off hoping to sell it. We used to go to clubs together and end up eating in strange places in the West End in the middle of the night. There was one place that we would often end at around 4 am. It was run by another friend called Andy. One night I was there without my watch friend. I saw that Andy was wearing the watch. The next time I saw my watch friend, I asked him if Andy was wearing the watch. He said yes. I asked what happens if he loses it. He replied, "then he owes me 65 grand". That was 1980. He had lent Andy the watch.

I think the F1 drivers who get a podium finish generally pick up a really good Breitling each race.

Is that correct?

What I know about watches can be summed up in two words, 'tells time'... I did however see a very nice watch on the Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago..

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=386025