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To: zeugma
Are you in the mood to sell anything?

I might be. . . I have been toying with the idea of repairing the Longines and putting it up for sale on eBay. Every so often I check the latest price on that model and keep seeing it going up and up. I paid around $500 back in 1968. I probably will sell the Invictas and the Seiko. . . but I've never checked to see how much they are worth on eBay, probably not much. Invictas are heavily discounted on Jewelry TV and the Seiko is an older model. My Stührling was a gift from my girlfriend and is precious to me for that reason.

131 posted on 07/11/2015 12:55:40 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker
Yeah, the Invictas these days use cheap Chinese movements. It really depresses everything surrounding them. Seiko has some good stuff, ablogtowatch recently did a review on a limited edition Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph that was pretty cool, but most of their stuff is quartz driven, which I'm not interested in at all. Longines has some pretty nice models out these days.

One of the things I need in a watch is a rotating bezel, so I'll probably end up getting a diver like the Submariner or something that works similarly. Though I'm not interested in taking it underwater, I've found it's useful when I'm out riding to be able to track how long I'm riding between stops, and a bezel with a time indicator seems to work pretty well for me. I recently checked out some Omegas that would pretty much fit my needs. 

 

133 posted on 07/11/2015 1:29:40 PM PDT by zeugma (The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun)
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