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Thank you for your kind comments dear Captain! I'm glad you like them. The Omega was found in the stock of a watch shop which closed.
It remained there unsold. Its minty with the local Customs Stamp still glued on its case back. A few very light scratches on its back probably from handling in a display at the shop.
The Heuer doctor's chrono looks like his original owner wore it just a couple of times.
Two lucky finds indeed!
Thank you again!
Abel
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WristScan - The Time Machine
Hello friends, this weekend the WristScan theme will be “The Time Machine”... this was originally a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, about traveling forward or backward through time. Simply chose the watch or watches, that you would travel through ti...
Yes but...
My wife isn’t going to be happy when she finds out that none of our household appliances work ;-)
I was going to say something similar.
A cream cake, perhaps. Delicious. Lip-smacking. Mouth-watering. Tasty. Creamy. Cream of the crop. Creme de le creme. Creamumptious. Creamabulous. Creamtastic. Creamderbar. Creamation. Oops. No. Not that one. I do like that watch, though.
Hi dear Nicolas! I see you made some arrangements in your charming Volvo to make it travel in time in the "Back tio the Future" style!
And you got some interesting Time Capsules as a souvenir of your trip! Beautiful watches and shots as usual. The "creme dial" Explorer II always leaves me drooling in front of the monitor! Un abrazo y buen fin de semana amigo mio!! Abel.
Beautiful and awesome collection Nico.
I’m green with envy 😍 Would love to add a vintage red Sub someday 🙏🏻
This is one of the natural themes for you, Nico 👌🏻
And the time travel with the P1800 - superb 👍🏻
For my time travel excursion...
...I have chosen to travel to the office of the Chief Designer at JLC in the early 1930s on the day that he received a letter from a British Indian Army Officer bemoaning the fact that whilst playing Polo, he and his brother officers were prone to damage ...
I'd travel back to Christmas 1942...
When this Longines was new... The Longines archive is wonderful - it was able to tell me that this watch was delivered to Italy on 23 Dec 1942. Amazing folks at the Archive! ...
Can you imagine who ...
Purchased that watch in the middle of WW2 !.. I bet it was sold in Rome. Thanks for posting it !
In a different time and space...
A beautiful Urban Jorgensen exists ! Great photos, thanks for joining in this weekend.
Hello my dear Captain!! You really surprised me with your Voyage through time adventure...
... and I´m very happy to know your home built machine worked so well to put you in the future and bring you back safely to our present time again. A thrilling experience it was indeed! Regretably your experience with Rolex AD in the future shows things w...
July 69
a 105.012 the real moonwatch & back in July 1969 indeed hagwe watch friends ...
Thank you dear Abel...
It was quite a journey and as you know, when you need a real “Tool Watch” you reach for a Doxa !
Hello dear Captain! I finally could make my old Time Machine work and its old batteries allowed me...
... to make two quick stops in the 1950s and 1960s and bring back a couple of time capsules as souvenirs. I was tempted to make some additional stops in other far years to view in person some historical events I had always dreamed to see in person but reg...
Good heavens Abel !...
Two fabulous watches. I absolutely love your Heuer and wish that I had one in my collection. The Omega Constellation is incredibly sharp, probably the best I have ever seen. Your collection always amazes me. Thank you and I hope that you have a great week...
Thank you for your kind comments dear Captain! I'm glad you like them. The Omega was found in the stock of a watch shop which closed.
It remained there unsold. Its minty with the local Customs Stamp still glued on its case back. A few very light scratches on its back probably from handling in a display at the shop. The Heuer doctor's chrono looks like his original owner wore it just a c...
Glad you like it dear Nicolas! And you should see its condition! I feel its original owner wore it just a couple of times. You know Dexter is full of...
... Surprises! Lol! Got it about three or four years ago. Abrazos amigo! Abel
Thanks a lot dear NT931! Agree! It was found in stock in a watch shop which closed its doors. It remained unsold. With the local customs stamp glued...
... On its case back. A very lucky find! Hagwe my friend! Abel
You really need to make a business of renting out your time machine, Abel!
Fantastic watches and photos from your journey 👌🏻
Ha ha ha! Thank you so much my dear friend KM! That's a great idea! I guess I need to solve the batteries problem first...
... Or my customers will have some trouble to return to 2019! Thank you for your kind comments! Hagwe! Abel
What would time travel be without the
Aquanaut Travel Time? Very useful for keeping track of home time whilst exploring the infinite, past or even future... Where in the timeline would I go? Back to the happy place in my childhood. Vivid memories of time spent with my dad... HAGWE everyone! ...
Possibly the perfect travel companion...
And great sentiment about your father. Thank you for sharing this with us 🥂
Thank you Abel 🙏🏻
My only regret is that both of us had not many of those ‘moments’ together. He was travelling the world due to his work commitments on most occasions. I grew up in boarding schools from an early age through college. The little time we had together are mos...
My big pleasure Kamal. I can well understand you. But as you say : such is Life? I'm sure that in spite of your Dad and yours life full of travels you have ...
... Many little times with him to remember and treasure. I'm an old man now and lost my Dad 19 years ago, but still miss him and would love to own a Time Machine to travel back in time and have a nice chat and give him a big hug. Regrettably this is just ...
I would pick my first watch that started this crazy journey of mine for more then 30 years
I would go back 30 years with the knowledge about watch collecting that i have now 😉 ...
But would the journey be so much fun...
With the knowledge of now? Always good to go through the journey as opposed to just getting to the destination 😊👍🏻
True my friend 🤗
But would have made some better purchases back then so my grails would be out of reach now 😉
H. G. Wells might have worn one ;-)
My other option would be by another clever Frenchman, M. Silberstein....the longest held watch in my collection, from 1993! ...
From day 1 seeing these in SF at a shop on Union Street in 1992, it was love!
Come full circle and that shop turned out to be owned by the founder of TZ, Richard Paige, who was the first retailer on the west coast of the USA if not the whole of the US. I had lunch with him 2 days ago here in So. Cal. and we were reminiscing about t...
Fully agree with you on that last few words my friend .
Its all about the great people we meet during our voyage through this ,,crazy,, hobby imo
I was going to write same words Tim! The Vianney Halter is an awesome watch which could be worn by George himself!
The Silberstein an interesting option indeed! Cheers! Abel
Hi Tim ...
Superb, this is high up on my “want list” ! ... thanks for posting this weekend 🥂
Traveling back to Lake Geneva in 1914...
This beautiful rare handcraft watch was created for Patek's 175th anniversary in 2014, which, the story goes, occurred precisely 100 years after the picture represented in the dial was taken... It is now a postcard in Philippe Stern's office, the honorary...
Hi Fab ! ...
your traveling back in considerable style .. did you find some new old stock shoes !
Great choice Fab! An exquisite watch! You may travel to 1914 and same place and take a photograph with same scene!
This is a most beautiful watch to make company to your wonderful Bocadasse! Hagwe my friend! Abel
Wearing Ref 5235 to the year 1839 and back to present...
...will be interesting if we can see how different the brand and maybe the industry is like as a result enjoy your weekend, everyone! ...
That’s very cool Bob ..
Excellent work, thanks for making the effort to do this and join in the spirit of WristScan.
These three might fir the bill
beautiful old ROLEX Breitling in stunning NOS condition time in the title ...
Pondered the theme for quite a while until . . .
. . . the answer hit like a ton of bricks. Set the time machine back to the day in October '85 when I had a chance encounter with this gentleman . . . [Leo E Anderson, holding the box] . . . at the Original Pantry café in downtown Los Angeles. The watch o...
I'm unable to add links at the moment, Christian, but if you enter . . .
. . . 'Original Pantry' in the search engine, you will come up with my initial post six years ago on the Piaget forum, as well as Damjan's thread covering a podcast created by Chase [log-in: horology411] a few years back. Happy Sunday, Art
Thank you so much, Art
What a fantastic tale. It sends shivers down my spine. It was destined for you. Happy Sunday to you also, dear friend. Warm regards Christian
That’s a great moment Art...
I remember the story and it still resonates with me. Thank you for reminding us and posting the photos. I hope that you are having a great weekend.
Hello dear Art! This is a most beautiful Seamaster! Look at those wonderful arrowhead indexes! I remember reading its story some years ago. It truly...
... a Voyage in Time! Well played my dear friend! Have a nice week end! Abel
I didn’t have a time machine like the Captain
but this one does make me feel like traveling in time. The condition is like new. ...
with this condition .. you don’t need a time machine!
the watch has traveling through time to land on your wrist 👍😄 Best regards
Exactly, Seeks.
I love to play with it and when I do, that is exactly the experience 😄 🙏
Beautiful JLC, Christian 👌...
You must be very proud to own this piece in your collection.
As they say...
Even that will pass 😉 Not the easiest of times but working on it 👍🏻 Have a great weekend!
Superb photos and watches dear Captain ! If I had a TARDIS time machine...
I would go back and tell my collector friends to consider this Speedy. 😅 Best regards and HAGWE all! ...
Is something wrong with my memory ???
I have an idea that when the re-edits came out you could find one very very cheap? Now I think they are pretty pricey?
I think your memory is perfect...
The tribute was released and it was not as pricey as now. the increase came around the same time with the increase of other omega models and other steel models... best regards
That is the way I remember it also. Slow moving stock without much interest.
Something to be bought with a nice big discount.
Snoopy in the Tardis !.....
Simply fabulous my friend your entry for this weekend is a winner for me. Thanks for making the effort to join in with my theme. Have a great weekend.
You remind me of another year I would like to travel back to, Seeks...
Namely to the day the Snoopy was launched, so I could place an order in time 😉
From this week’s theme, it would seem like we would need to make a lot of time pit stop !
Thank you my friend and enjoy your Sunday
Your time machine story is epic 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Here my humble contribution. I was searching for two days for a Campari world time poster from the 1920s, which would have fit perfectly but alas it was not to be. So here some ideas. In some ways I regret having been born past the prime of some places, o...
Moments in time and watches ...
go together and evoke memories and passion for our sport. I love the Paris & Vacheron link and my old favourite the Doxa. Thanks for joining us KMII 🥂
Tito had Patek??...hahaha...true sozialism....
great photos from the past, liked the Beirut impressions from the happy days.... great watches...also...as usual...👍
Not only one...
He actually gave quite some away as presents to people who he considered friends 😉