What watch are you wearing today?

Every time I scroll by, I pause and admire it.

 

Jacob and co tourbillon. $850K.

 

Not wearing it yet. It was listed as running accurately; it arrived unhappy. I got it running but I'm not sure what's going on; it looks like it will probably need a going through it before it goes into regular rotation.

This one is a 1928 movement build date (with a 1928 patent date on the case) - only 97 years old. A 23 Jewel, 16 Size, Waltham (made a little outside Boston, MA, USA) Vanguard grade (second highest overall grade, highest railroad grade) watch with wind (up/down) indicator and factory white gold filled case. Although it has a correct original high fired, double (or triple) sunk enamel dial, I'm not convinced it's original to the watch. The font suggested 1930s but I could be wrong because the watch is otherwise mint/near mint and several others from the same run have this dial. Too bad I can't take good pictures, these don't show how bright and crisp the watch is - it's much nicer in person.

Oh, the scratchings on the inside of the back cover are from watchmakers service markings - they carved in who serviced it and when.

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Crap - Jacob & Co. blinged out junk (hopefully loaned/gifted to him rather than purchased).

 

Whoa. A yellow sapphire watch by Jacob & Co.

 

It was spectacularly ugly. But it did make me wonder - both Tom’s and the other announcers’s watches were gold. Are we seeing a pendulum swing back to gold accessories for men?

 

I could be misremembering, but pocket watches with up/down indicators are relatively rare, especially in mint condition, great acquisition.

 

geesh

 

thx looked garish

 

Thanks!

They're pricy option but not really all that rare as a whole (compared to modern Rolexes, all the old stuff is rare). The big ones (18 size) are rare and the ones made by Rockford Watch Co. are moderately rare. The ugly but cool/rare ones are the Waltham and Longines A-9 with an indicator AND 24 hour dial from the 1930s for the US Army Air Corps!

I like them (not quite as much as the Sangamo Specials).

Regards,

Art S.

 

Today I’m wearing my meters first 5512. In 1967 you could get one for $285 in the PX in Vietnam. Today? Just stupid.

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Needs to be in the under $1,000 thread then! Congrats!

 

Very nice! Keep in mind though, $285 was quite a bit of money back in 1967. Invested in sp500 it would be worth $100k today. Not as fun as owning a beautiful watch though

 

Congrats!!!

Big score!

 

I think the point, in this case, is buy and hold - either a nice watch, a used 250GTO (going rate - $7,700 at the time) or the sp500. It cost under $1,000 - it's in... :^).

BTW, The other side is buy something that has greater worth than present price - my old pocket watches cost the equivalent of new Rolexes when they were new. They've now more, in dollars, than they they were new but by your metric, what is $50 - $185 1931 dollars worth today? If you don't follow trends, and it's something you like, the value for money is nuts.

Regards,

Art S.

 

This one for today.
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Customized tapestry DJ today; diamond bezel, croc strap, and two-tone end pieces.

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Not quite the same but I saw someone post this on TRF and decided to copy, the hard part was finding the correct end links to get a flush fit...

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Jubilee bracelets are SO much more comfortable than oysters.

 

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$2,751.86 in year 2025 dollars. Rolex pricing has become absurd.

 

Last night at Bice in Naples, Florida …


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Handed down from my Dad. 1969 vintage. He bought it new. Only watch he ever owned after that.
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Very cool. A treasure for sure.

 

Priceless.

 

Changed to my IWC.

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