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Bill Sohne kicks off a New Year's tradition by sharing his unexpected final watch acquisition of 2011, a vintage Longines Silvergines. This post invites the WatchProSite community to reflect on their own last purchases of the year, sparking a lively discussion about diverse acquisitions and collecting experiences.
the same to all on this forum. My last purchase? Well, I'm sorry to say that it was not an Omega although I have bought several in the last year but my last purchase was:- I have had several Rolex (shhhh - dare I say that here?) but was just blown away by the quality of this Sub-a -Like. It uses an ETA 2824 and is waterproof to 300m (1000ft) - not that I swim at that depth you know - 4m is about my mark these days!!! However, my last Omega was this very nice 351 bumper:- Ref 2637 and dated at 19
This acquisition dates already from the first half of 2011. After it's arrival i noticed something peculiar: at regular intervals the pusher had to be depressed several times before the timer would start to operate. How come? since these movements type 15TL (Omega 33.3) are normally utterly reliable. Oh dear, one of the pillars on the column wheel has simply broken off and vanished... (see photo), that is not good ! What to do? for the rest everything is functional but i don't like to be surpris
. . . was the least costly . . . . . . and the most unexpected. Happy New Year, Bill! Art
A ST 166.0081 powered by caliber 565 . Interesting and very funky. This morning the car radio was playing Sly & The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" and my wife said that this watch matches the song. Cheers and a great 2012 to all of us. Nilo
Happy New Year to all!
Relating to Bill's recent acquisition, Silver Arrow adverts are much more common than the Silvergines ads (like the model themselves). Here's an example of the latter...
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