Friday, 23 March 2012

my oldest 3602 so far (I think!)

a slender Sekonda open faced watch with a crack in the crystal.....

otherwise in good condition and running well.

neither SU or RU on the movement, but ther is a clock face icon.... not a clue what that means!

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£12.50 inc post.

Thursday, 22 March 2012

well, on a scale of some to a whole lot, how cool is this?

its a chinese made gold coloured skeleton movement in a silver peek-a-boo case with a perforated lid. is it a hunter with a cut lid or an irregular half hunter....?

not a cue, but I love how it looks!!

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how many million of these movements are there out there?

a LOT!! and for £6 including post from China, how can they POSSIBLY do this and make a profit?

OK, there may be low pay in the factory, but lets not get into all that malarkey. Its a nice watch!!

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Wednesday, 21 March 2012

sekonda train incoming!!

ebay provides once again.....

a pristine sekonda pocket watch with a 3602 movement and the locomotive design on the back of the case.

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all very nice for £14 inc post.

BUT

there is a bonus!

a Smiths yachting timer stopwatch.

now to be fair it has seen better days, the loop is missing, the winder comes out and the balance wheel seems to be off it's axis, but MAYBE it will be fixable.... anyway, in MY eyes it was free so I aint comnplaining!!!!

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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

So a friendly assistant on a forum has identified the movement in the Sutus as a Chinese Standard watch movement.

be careful googling it, as the Chinese watch industry Wiki sends my malware blocker into overdrive........

as to the watch?

cool. I'm not xenophobic and so long as it works, I don't care where it came from.

in fact I have ordered another cChinese skeleton watch from ebay which looks to have the same movement.

pics will follow when it arrives, obviously!

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Sutus Pocketwatch, 17 Jewel Incablock Antimagnetic.

No idea where this one was made, no nationality claims.

still, it works, it was cheap and it looks nice.

I'm happy!!

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Annother Sekonda pocket watch with a 3602 movement

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SU for soviet union rather than RU for Russia, along with the big Jewels and a chrome colour puts this late 70s. the difference between this and my other one is the curly loop on top.
Olimpia Pocket watch, silver plated & part of the Heritage collegtion.....

CHUNKY!! really thick and heavy feeling though a light little movement through the peekaboo window on the back.

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came with the original guarantee document....

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