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Misc => Member Introductions => Topic started by: gavinx on September 17, 2011, 07:41:15 PM

Title: hello to all..
Post by: gavinx on September 17, 2011, 07:41:15 PM

hello to all! im just newbie who starting to collect watches...just for the entry level for now.  ;D

im looking forward to bring this gem home, Victorinox Infantry Vintage 125th anniversary jubilee edition.. any comments on this watch?? ;D

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: G.MAC on September 17, 2011, 08:05:33 PM

welcome to the forum. Not too sure about the victorinox as am not a familiar with the brand. Have you considered a seiko or an orient since you are new to watch collecting. I think a mechanical watch is a good way to start when collecting watches. If quartz is what you want, then citizen has a few interesting pieces with the eco-drive movement. Just my 2 cents.

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: watchmanu on September 17, 2011, 09:42:03 PM

hi gavinz,

welcome to MWF, maybe you can share some web photos of this grail "Victorinox Infantry Vintage 125th anniversary jubilee edition"
you mentioned.  :Cheers:

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: gavinx on September 17, 2011, 09:56:48 PM

thanks for the warm greet! pic attached per request :thumbsup:

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: takashi78 on September 19, 2011, 06:20:12 AM

Welcome to the forum!

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: Watchnewby on September 19, 2011, 08:46:56 AM

Welcome to MWF, gavinx.
No comment on the Victorinox but from the website, the specs is :
-Swiss-made quartz chronograph movement (ETA 251.272)
-Chronograph with 30-minute, 60-second and 1/10th of a second precision
-Telemeter scale
-Date calendar
-44mm stainless steel case (316L)
-Screw-in caseback
-Water resistant to 100M (10ATM, 330 FT)
-Scratch-resistant, triple-coated anti-reflective sapphire crystal
-Luminous hands and hour markers
-Oversized 30-minute chronograph subdial
-Brown leather strap with cream contrast stitching
-Engraved 125th Jubilee caseback
-“Jubilee Edition” indicated on the dial
-Cream-colored highlights of the telemeter scale and 30-minute chronograph subdial
Picture also from Victorinox website.

IMHO, if you like it, go for it.
(Please note: you do not own a watch to please the people around you, you wear a watch because it PLEASES You! and make you a happy person.)


Edit: To attach pictures.

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: bryankwc on September 19, 2011, 09:45:43 AM

Hello & welcome.
Nice to see more newbies like myself in the forum.  :Cheers:
Take care, Ciao!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: meoramri on September 23, 2011, 01:45:36 PM

Welcome!

Target pieces that pleases your heart. Don't get caught with the other people's dreams and fantasy. Otherwise, you start to buy watches because of what other people say.

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: dpkong on September 23, 2011, 09:49:34 PM

hey.. if you like the watch, go for it.

but personally, i prefer mechanical watches. quartz need batteries to work and these batteries sometimes leak.

maybe you'd want to learn a bit more about the differences before you commit. at the end of the day, it's your watch and your decision.

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: gavinx on September 26, 2011, 08:20:01 AM

hi all, thanks for the warm greet agn!

yeah..i love this watch. initially was sighted it at the official website...i found it is a rare find. cause i walk so many Swiss Army's AD still not able to get it. Some even throw me back a question which model is that, they claimed that never heard it before!

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: Scott C. on September 26, 2011, 12:29:11 PM

Welcome and enjoy your stay ;)

Title: Re: hello to all..
Post by: Watchnewby on September 26, 2011, 02:14:05 PM

Quote from: gavinx on September 26, 2011, 08:20:01 AM

hi all, thanks for the warm greet agn!

yeah..i love this watch. initially was sighted it at the official website...i found it is a rare find. cause i walk so many Swiss Army's AD still not able to get it. Some even throw me back a question which model is that, they claimed that never heard it before!

I guess is that most SA at the AD are not well informed. Or they may be new at the AD.
What I would do is get print-out from the net on the Swiss army model and showed it to them and inquire if that model is available or not.