the 3 letter stamp on the balance cock does not exist for any american importer who had to have the stamp put on under the tariff act of 1930 which lasted to 1/1/1972 and then on just fizzled out after that. the nearest is AZL=Aureole or AZK=Sellita i wil

Since most of my “good” watches are away until I move, I’m now able to explore some watches I bought for one reason or another 😂 but haven’t really worn much. I think this one is really cool. 42mm. Reference L2.822.4. From 2018. The original is from 1959.

Among vintage chronographs, the Longines have a place d'honneur. 13 ZN or 30 CH... The magic of a great movement, with nice cases and dials. A watch I am extremely happy to have with me for some 18 years now. Best, Nicolas

THE DANGER OF HOROLOGICAL HISTORY RE WRITTEN sadly with help from supposed knowledgable and trusted sources. Let’s set the record straight once and for all. The astronauts wore the post-1963 CHAMPION stainless steel expandable mesh bracelets made by Jacob

. . . had an Omega (a Seamaster, if I recall correctly). Been wearing a '73 Genève Stingray . . . . . . since yesterday, due for at least another day on my wrist. Thanks for sharing Grandpa's Omega with us! Cordially, Art

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER cal 321 and Jacoby Bender USA. mesh bracelet The Omega Speedmaster was officially qualified by NASA on March 1, 1965, for all crewed space missions and became standard issue for astronauts during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-So

As many of you know on here In really would like to have a Cartier tank watch. Longines has come into picture, the Dolce Vita tank watch. I am considering a quartz Cartier tank, the large is priced at $3800, the Dolce Vita is an automatic and is priced at

It was in 1949 that Walter Gygax launched the Cornavin Watch in Geneva. The watches were very conventional in design—calendar watches, automatic watches, ladies’ watches—and the movements came from the Ebauches SA trust. How Cornavin came to develop a wat

I have had several of the watches & clocks mentioned, and a few others. Citizen Chronomaster Grand Seiko High Accuracy (denoted by single star on dial) Another one The second generation Quartz Astron (before Astron name was dedicated to the radio/sate