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Offline ry

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2011, 09:49:39 AM »
    Very nice David.Was with Lam last week,ended up chatting with him for an hour about watches instead of buying one.Unfortunately my cantonese not that great or else would like chatted longer.Once again congrats to your acquisition
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2011, 02:26:46 PM »
Quote from: ry on April 27, 2011, 09:49:39 AM
    Very nice David.Was with Lam last week,ended up chatting with him for an hour about watches instead of buying one.Unfortunately my cantonese not that great or else would like chatted longer.Once again congrats to your acquisition

ry.

Good to see you both met. Do drop by for yam char session on weekend (if you are in town)

Danny & Hobbit
Yeah man, Its hard to come by a good & 100 % original 6694 these days...cheers.

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2011, 02:42:51 PM »
Quote from: David_cheong on April 27, 2011, 02:26:46 PM
Quote from: ry on April 27, 2011, 09:49:39 AM
    Very nice David.Was with Lam last week,ended up chatting with him for an hour about watches instead of buying one.Unfortunately my cantonese not that great or else would like chatted longer.Once again congrats to your acquisition

ry.

Good to see you both met. Do drop by for yam char session on weekend (if you are in town)

Danny & Hobbit
Yeah man, Its hard to come by a good & 100 % original 6694 these days...cheers.

dc

dc, good catch.... can pm me the price..... u want to sell?
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Offline David_cheong

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2011, 02:58:52 PM »
dc, good catch.... can pm me the price..... u want to sell?

Chrisyen;
I have been buying and selling the (many) 6694 over the years. Eventually regretted and purchase this one for one last time... for godamm sake. I believe this one is for keep. Selling this one over again maybe painful as one with pristine condition is hard to get by. Anyway, thanks for the offer.

If you are serious, I be on a look out and let you know...if another one pops out...who knows?.

This pc sets me back less and below rm4k.

dc
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #29 on: April 29, 2011, 09:05:09 PM »
Ahh....a 6694! simply nice! really a piece of 'Vintage' precious.
Might as well take the chance of this holiday weekend to look for one! CHeers everyone!
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Offline Manburg

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #30 on: May 06, 2011, 02:27:12 PM »
Quote from: David_cheong on April 27, 2011, 02:58:52 PM

If you are serious, I be on a look out and let you know...if another one pops out...who knows?.

This pc sets me back less and below rm4k.

dc


dc, care to share (I won't mind a PM) places whereby pre-owned rolex with reasonable prices could be had?

Thanks.
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #31 on: May 06, 2011, 10:57:25 PM »
I bought my silver 6694 in Ampang Park.... they said that they have another silver 6694 in their branch in Berjaya Times Square.... Level 4 if not mistaken....
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #32 on: May 06, 2011, 11:15:45 PM »
Quote from: rusminag on May 06, 2011, 10:57:25 PM
I bought my silver 6694 in Ampang Park.... they said that they have another silver 6694 in their branch in Berjaya Times Square.... Level 4 if not mistaken....

You mean the CxT? What's the price of your 6694?
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #33 on: May 06, 2011, 11:39:02 PM »
PM to you already..... always ask the dealer to open the bracelet (to check reg no. and model no.) and open the engine cover to check the engine and what stated at the cover inner...
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #34 on: May 07, 2011, 09:06:07 PM »
Quote from: TheHobbit on April 25, 2011, 12:40:53 PM
GMT Master from the 60's. Had a rebuild in the 80's and a visit to RSC once every 5 years. Now 'retired'.




hi mate.... a 60's watch :o :o  thanks for sharing the pic!
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Offline David_cheong

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #35 on: May 07, 2011, 10:30:43 PM »
Buying vintage watches is a very personnal thing. Caution there are many fakes in the open market.
Unless you are a season buyer who knows his wares good.

Buying preowned, first you have to buy the seller.With a honest seller, you don't even have to open the back case to check and thats for formality sake.

my 2 cts

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #36 on: May 08, 2011, 07:24:06 AM »
Agree with dc statement. Not only are there fakes, there are also franken watches, redials, watches sold without original bracelets, etc. Important things to know or have with you to at least arrest some of these problems are things like knowing when the watch was made and compare against known list of Rolex serial number to year of manufacture (available on the Internet), being able to bring the watch RSC to check and verified, able to see and read the model number and serial number between the lugs, posting the pictures on forums that specialise in vintage Rolex to get their opinion ( do note that some of the people in these forums are purists and may consider a service dial not original), know what you want to buy, don't rush into buying and if it is too good to be true, well ......
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #37 on: May 08, 2011, 10:19:19 AM »
Hobbit - you on with the above.

An honest seller who himself love watches with not match the bracelet onto rollie that do not goes in its circa.(years) and would rather put on a strap instead of a franken bracelet.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to view one unit 369 vintage sub - said to have only 10 units exists in the world today. And the price?...it will blow your mind off.............sorry no picture/s allowed....to be taken.

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #38 on: May 08, 2011, 10:28:49 AM »
Quote from: David_cheong on May 08, 2011, 10:19:19 AM
Hobbit - you on with the above.

An honest seller who himself love watches with not match the bracelet onto rollie that do not goes in its circa.(years) and would rather put on a strap instead of a franken bracelet.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to view one unit 369 vintage sub - said to have only 10 units exists in the world today. And the price?...it will blow your mind off.............sorry no picture/s allowed....to be taken.

dc

DC,

You are indeed a very fortunate to be able to view and perhaps 'molest' a 369 sub. Vintage Rolex is a very 'dangerous' for me as I have a friend who is an enabler in vintage Rolex.
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Offline Gigi

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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #39 on: May 08, 2011, 07:52:37 PM »
Its better to pay more for a good vintage watch and good/reputable seller than betting on "to good to be true"
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #40 on: May 08, 2011, 07:59:27 PM »
Quote from: TheHobbit on April 25, 2011, 12:40:53 PM
GMT Master from the 60's. Had a rebuild in the 80's and a visit to RSC once every 5 years. Now 'retired'.




NICE! :thumbsup:
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #41 on: May 08, 2011, 08:06:23 PM »
Hobbit - I was there this afternoon and actually ask for the permission to photograph the actual watch - 369 vintage sub..but to no avail as explained this had already been bought by a private owner whom requested anonymous(nity) and low profile.


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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #42 on: May 08, 2011, 08:33:27 PM »
Quote from: David_cheong on May 08, 2011, 08:06:23 PM
Hobbit - I was there this afternoon and actually ask for the permission to photograph the actual watch - 369 vintage sub..but to no avail as explained this had already been bought by a private owner whom requested anonymous(nity) and low profile.


dc

In Malaysia?
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #43 on: May 09, 2011, 05:53:30 AM »
great + honest + sound advice from all of you...
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #44 on: May 09, 2011, 06:46:46 AM »
Quote from: TheHobbit on May 08, 2011, 08:33:27 PM
Quote from: David_cheong on May 08, 2011, 08:06:23 PM
Hobbit - I was there this afternoon and actually ask for the permission to photograph the actual watch - 369 vintage sub..but to no avail as explained this had already been bought by a private owner whom requested anonymous(nity) and low profile.


dc

In Malaysia?

The shop owner is discreet and did not disclose the buyer.

dc
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #45 on: May 13, 2011, 09:39:02 PM »
I would like to share my recently acquired Omega Geneve circa 1970 :)
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2011, 09:57:23 PM »
The oldest watch in my collection - Seiko "UFO" aka Yachtman aka Big Eye/Small Eye - Ref. 6138-0010; Circa 1970


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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #47 on: May 14, 2011, 04:54:34 AM »
Sharing my full set vintage watches :D:
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1. 1064 Omega Seamaster 131.018 Cal.601
2. 1970 Omega Geneve 166.0163 Cal.1012
3. 1962 Omega Seamaster 600 135.011 Cal.601
4. 1964 Longines manual wind 2546-370 Cal.370

Sorry for the bad photo quality taken by phone.
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #48 on: May 16, 2011, 08:13:35 PM »
Quote from: mister_lau on May 14, 2011, 04:54:34 AM
Sharing my full set vintage watches :D:
(from left)
1. 1064 Omega Seamaster 131.018 Cal.601
2. 1970 Omega Geneve 166.0163 Cal.1012
3. 1962 Omega Seamaster 600 135.011 Cal.601
4. 1964 Longines manual wind 2546-370 Cal.370

Sorry for the bad photo quality taken by phone.

Wow, guess you are Vintage watches lover, is it difficult to maintain those watches???
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Re: Come and share your Vintage watches
« Reply #49 on: May 16, 2011, 09:26:24 PM »
Have posted this before... :)
Omega seamaster 1962, gold - plated 24 Jewel Automatic Movement, Cal. 552...according to the seller.. ;D
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