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Sunday, November 9, 2008

#28 Invicta "Lupah Dragon"

I was trying to help my cousin find a watch and I came across this one for him. I swore I wasn't going to buy any more watches because of my new born kid but this one was calling my name. Sorry Wyatt (cousin). This is going to be my last one for a while.

The Lupah has been the best selling watch in the Orient for a while. I have had my eye on these for some time but never really intended on buying one. I was trying to just "watch" it on eBay and accidentally bid on it and won. I am glad that I did because it is simply Fabulous.

Band: Genuine alligator strap w/ivory contrast stitching and quick change pins.

Movement: Swiss chronograph movement
Crystal: Mineral crystal
Crown: Push and pull crown with pushers
Clasp: Double buckle clasp
Case Measurements: 45mm
Water Resistance: to 330 feet - 100 meters

#27 Paketa (Russian) 1947 Polar Sniper Issue

This watch is a real Russian issued Polar Sniper watch. Supposedly it was used by a sniper in WW2. This watch has a 24 hour dial instead of a 12 hour dial. I have no idea why that is cool for snipers but it just makes it a pain to tell time. The watch was produced in the Petrodvortsovy watch factory. This factory was supposed to be a prestigious back in the mother land.

shockproof,
dust protected,
This watch is measures: 36mm - dial's diameter, 39mm - case size, 42mm - case size with crown, 42mm - case tall from lug to lug, 18mm - band size, 8mm - thick

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

#26 Chanel "J12" (Julia's watch)

This is another watch i bought for Julia that she doesn't wear. I actually wanted to get this watch for myself (the man version) but i thought i would probably never really end up wearing it. i don't have that many occasions to wear a white watch.

Anyways this watch is like my black J12. It is made of ceramic and steel. The band is cool because it looks like milky glass or something.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

#25 Mermod Freres 1905

This watch is 103 years old.. I have only worn it a few times because I am afraid to break it. This watch used to be a pocket watch and was converted to a wrist watch. The back of the watch is really cool, you can see the mechanisms clearly through the clear back. This brand went out of production in the early 20's but continued to make music boxes. Mermod Freres was a music box producer and then ventured into watch making in the 1800's. You can see the trumpet stamp on the back of the watch. Mermod Freres has now been acquired and is producing very expensive pieces. The new piece run in the 100ks per watch.

Watch Info:

Case - Stainless Steal & Rose Gold

Off centered second hand

Caliber - ?

49mm wide

Manual Wind
Age - 1905 (Older then anyone reading this)

#24 Russian Pilot Watch, Mid 1940's

This watch will kill you! Very slowly, over time, from radiation poisoning. The numbers and markers are all painted with Iradium. So they should glow for a few hundred more years. This watch was made in the 1940s at the Cheliabinsk watch factory in the USSR for military pilots. The Commies that made this watch hand painted the numbers so I am sure there fingures are just bags of cancer now. I bought it of the Ukraine eBay. It kind of seems weird to wear a watch that was from guy in the Red Army. This watch is almost too big of a watch and looks a little weird on my girl wrists.

Watch Info:

Movement: Mechanical

18 Jewels

Iradium Painted Dials

45mm case

Screw-down Crown

Remember this watch will Kill you.

#23 Alpha "HR Regulator"

I am not sure how many diamonds are actually on this watch but probably enough that it doesn't look to gay. this watch is cool because it has an "open heart" tourbillion. that just means you can see the tourbillion spinning when it is wound. Also the hour, minute and second hand are all separated. this used to be really common on watches pre-1940s. Mostly because they didn't know how to combine the complications.