MoT's WDF

recapt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:18 pm Had to fill the GMT-sized hole I was left with after selling my Lorier Hyperion. Let’s see if this Farer Charlton is up to the task.

Whoa! Nice! Way to jump back in there ! It will be interesting to see how you compare and contrast the two.

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recapt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:18 pm Had to fill the GMT-sized hole I was left with after selling my Lorier Hyperion. Let’s see if this Farer Charlton is up to the task.

Whoa! Nice! Way to jump back in there ! It will be interesting to see how you compare and contrast the two.

Yeah, thanks! Someone on Reddit was letting it go for a good price (which I was able to negotiate down [emoji6]) so I jumped on it. I’ll share some thoughts and pics once it arrives next week.

Such a fun watch. I really like Farer's use of colour and their overall design language. I just haven't figured out when I'd wear one - sadly, my day-to-day is pretty conservative - but, as soon as I do, I think I'll pick one up. Yours looks great and looking forward to seeing more pics!

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baldrick wrote:Such a fun watch. I really like Farer's use of colour and their overall design language. I just haven't figured out when I'd wear one - sadly, my day-to-day is pretty conservative - but, as soon as I do, I think I'll pick one up. Yours looks great and looking forward to seeing more pics!

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Thanks! This will be my first experience with the brand. Aside from the colors and overall aesthetic, I’m also excited about the compact lug-to-lug of only 44mm. That should wear well on my small wrists.

yinzburgher wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:33 pm Lost my Seiko Crown auction on ebay. So I was going to make my way here to post my incoming Seiko Presage open heart and some cheap Ritche straps that I never posted from yesterday morning. Then I see Duty Free Island updated their site with all of the new Citizen C7s! I've been holding out for a while waiting for DFI to list them. I had planned all along to buy the NH8393-05A gold on leather, but when I saw the great prices I had to go for the NH8390-71L blue dial on bracelet as well. Guess who's freakin' excited?!!

Those are so cool. I really like the blue and red ones. Congrats to all who jumped in

recapt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:30 am

baldrick wrote:Such a fun watch. I really like Farer's use of colour and their overall design language. I just haven't figured out when I'd wear one - sadly, my day-to-day is pretty conservative - but, as soon as I do, I think I'll pick one up. Yours looks great and looking forward to seeing more pics!

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Thanks! This will be my first experience with the brand. Aside from the colors and overall aesthetic, I’m also excited about the compact lug-to-lug of only 44mm. That should wear well on my small wrists.

I concur - I appreciate Farer's tendency to have shorter L2L relative to other brands.

Reinstalled the eBay app again. Casually checked auctions a couple of times and found a digital lot that I snagged for $21.50.

A Timex, Casio and a Junghans. The Junghans is the prize. A vintage stainless steel digital with screw down caseback for $21.50 isn’t too shabby. It will need cleaning up, but Should make a nice addition. The bracelet is incomplete, but so am sure I have something that will work.

watchpalooza wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:49 pm

If it has what I think it has, historic movement in that one.

Look familiar [mention]Stretch44[/mention]?

That's a great looking watch, watch buddy.

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ManOnTime wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:45 pm

watchpalooza wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:49 pm

If it has what I think it has, historic movement in that one.

Yep, should be a 1377...though not sure which revision. Seller claims it functions fully. Looking forward to seeing what is inside and polishing that crystal.

http://www.crazywatches.pl/ronda-32768h ... uartz-1973

Made a lowballish offer that was surprisingly accepted. I have dug the vintage Nivada Antarctics for a bit. As I got into them, I found the early ones like this are increasingly more expensive, and a LOT harder to find in SS vs gold-filled. Seemingly moreso since the reboot\reissue of the Nivada Grenchen brand.
I have owned this exact watch in gold-filled(same case, hands, dial, etc.). But I sold it in a charity auction because as a gold watch it was not getting worn.
I have not seen this case nor this dial\marker set without the Antarctic branding. Except for the gold one I mentioned I sold. At the time, THAT was the only non-Antarctic variant I had seen.

Now I've seen 2.

I don't want to call this a "grail" piece, but... I've been chasing this case\case material\dial combo for a minute...

Edit:tapatalk switched photo order. I had the gold. And will be getting the stainless.

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A combination of the Accutron talk in Discord and thinking of the Fortis Spacematic Classic lead this this heading my way.