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Horological Meandering

How about a coin . . .

 

. . . that can only be redeemed . . . 





. . . at Ireland's 32 pub in Van Nuys?  Good for a pint of Guinness!

My runner-up amongst So Cal bars; Irish bartenders, patrons, and of course . . . 



. . . Celtic music.

On my way to the seaside dive bar for Wednesday's 3-ball tournament . . . 

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Coin Roll Call – Please join in! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-00:11
Friends, During the past week I have been terrorising cross forums with my Coin/Passport shots How about we gather all our change and make a Coin Roll Call? Pair a watch and some change in photo, please mention which currency and we will see  maybe the ...  

is there literally no end

 
By: eterna-fan : July 23rd, 2014-08:14
to your gorgeous vintage watches? when you awaken, do multitudes of chubby horological cherubim descend upon you dangling perfect example after perfect example? i am stunned.

E-F, you are too kind.

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:19
The truth is that I am one of the chubby cherubs! ;) Best Blomman

Czech II

 
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : July 24th, 2014-12:37
Best beer in world but I wouldn't know much about it cos I'm spirited man :) ...  

Denmark II

 
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : July 24th, 2014-12:18
for our friend Nikolaj in hope he will start posting again ...  

Another Doxa!

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 24th, 2014-12:21
And a very old coin! :) Yes, agree - hope of his return! Best Blomman

Oh, you guys!!

 
By: nikolaj : August 1st, 2014-06:42
How touching to stumble on your sweet words by coincidence. I missed you too :) I really should make an effort to spend more time here again. Nikolaj ...  

Hey Nikolaj! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : August 3rd, 2014-12:04
Good to hear from you, my friend! :) Hope to see you here more, we miss you! Best Blomman

EURO III

 
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : July 24th, 2014-12:29
As we say one for each leg and one for the road ;) ...  

Fantastic! Sweden! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 24th, 2014-12:18
Where did you get that one?! Has been out of use for a long time now! :) Thank you for this 10 Öre! Approx 1 Euro Cent in today's exchange rate! :) Best Blomman

Uruguay

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-00:37
Vulcain Nautical Cricet Re-edition Watch out for Suarez! ;) ...  

UK II

 
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : July 24th, 2014-12:49
I know that I'll destroy zen of thread but UK deserves Railmaster's pocket watch IMO Railways were always connected to UK for me ...  

Last year...

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-06:35
Will present it more in detail over at the Omega forum soon. Best Blomman

Me too! ;)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 24th, 2014-04:27
No wonder you don't recognize this one, I haven't presented it here in the forum before... :) I do share a lot, but somethings I keep for my own pleasure for a while before posting it here... :) Best, my friend Blomman

Armenia

 
By: crown comfort : July 23rd, 2014-02:49
Let me add a few you have not yet covered, starting with Armenia. CC ...  

Thank you for joining in, CC! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-06:39
I love this watch! Beautiful case, great dial. Hope to see it in the meatal one day. Best Blomman

The Richeville has a fantastic case!

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:22
Will try to put together a post about the Richeville series, one day. Then I will borrow your shot, CC! :) Best Blomman

You travel in better ....

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:24
Style than me, CC - Always bills instead of coins! ;) Best Blomman

Hm, Alarm watches from GP....

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:26
We never talk much about... Even if there is non in the current collection, GP has a long history of Alarm watches. A topic we should discuss more! Best Blomman

Thank you, Mkvc! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:27
Please feel free to take some change and a watch and join us here! :) Best Blomman

My new favorite! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:28
I need to have a closer look on the 1966 line! Best Blomman

A Hamilton Electric with some spare change...

 
By: Emil Wojcik : July 23rd, 2014-08:39
White gold Hamilton Polaris 2 with coins of various countries...and age... Emil ...  

Wow, both to the coins and the watch! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:31
What a case on that one! Never seen before! :) Thank you for sharing. Best Blomman

The Hamilton...

 
By: Emil Wojcik : July 23rd, 2014-13:56
...is the second version of the electric Polaris (thus, Polaris 2) made, I think c. 1965. I believe they made a total of about 1,000, all of them in 14K. About 200 of those were white gold, so it's not surprising you aren't familiar with this model, I don... 

Thank you for the information, Emil!

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-14:03
The beauty of vintage watches - you always learn something new! :) I have no knowledge about collectible coins... But it looks like you have a very nice collection! Congratulation! :) Best Blomman

OK, now I get it! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:34
At work there is a lot of confusion if your country is UK or GB... Now I see, it's actually "UK of GB"! :) Thank you for joining, my friend. Best Blomman

How about a coin . . .

 
By: Dr No : July 23rd, 2014-12:09
. . . that can only be redeemed . . . . . . at Ireland's 32 pub in Van Nuys? Good for a pint of Guinness! My runner-up amongst So Cal bars; Irish bartenders, patrons, and of course . . . . . . Celtic music. On my way to the seaside dive bar for Wednesday'...  

I am Roll Call.....

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 23rd, 2014-13:36
Judge and I say: YES! It's valid! :) Have a good game, my friend! Best Blomman

Germany (GDR)

 
By: Saxon : July 24th, 2014-01:39
Glashütte Spezimatic from the seventies with some coins from German Democratic Republic ...  

Perfect match of watch and coins...!

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 24th, 2014-04:29
Perfect match of origin and both are now discontinued! Thank you for sharing, Saxon! :) Best Blomman

What an awesome thread you have produced dear friend Blomman!...

 
By: Subexplorer : July 24th, 2014-06:17
... During the past days I have ben following your coin related posts in the several brand sections and now it is wonderful to view them and many more here in a single thread. You made not only a fantastic feat, but a great way to honor the International ...  

Thank you for your effort, dear Abel! :)

 
By: blomman Mr Blue : July 24th, 2014-11:52
I very much appreciate your kind words and effort to join in! :) Very nice Omega! Yes, our forum is really around the whole world. A group of people that would never have meet if it wasn't for watches... Just awesome to be a part of this community and to ... 

France

 
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : July 24th, 2014-08:04
I think that it wouldn't be fair for our dear friends from France not to have one for them ;) ...  

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