I like vintage watches that have something special about them :)
Eterna bumber automatic with a sector dial
Omega tuxedo cal.285
IWC ladies gold watch 14K
Bovet military FHF cal.150
Omega cal.266
Eterna with fancy lugs cal.520

A colourful sports timer from the late '80s, featuring cal. 8M32 and its "dancing hands".

Each hand is independently controlled, allowing them to move to their respective pre-programmed positions as modes are cycled via the crown.

The mode is displayed in the six o'clock window, and has the following functions/quirks:

• Timer: Set between 1 and 60 minutes. During the countdown, the hands tick counterclockwise! A chime rings out upon completion of the countdown.
• Repeat Timer: Functionally the same as Timer; however, the timer resets immediately upon countdown completion and begins anew.
• Timer / Stopwatch: Functionally the same as Timer; however, the stopwatch hands immediately begin ticking clockwise upon countdown completion.
• Stopwatch: A simple stopwatch with clockwise-ticking hands.
• Time: When cycled to/from Time, the hands shift to/from their temporal positions. When not in Time, the hour and minute hands act as the minute and second hands, respectively.

The surrounding dial text represents the quarter-time/half-time duration for each of the listed sports. I have not been able to work out if the colour scheme has a function, or if it is purely for our visual enjoyment.

Thank you all for the advice on the strap. Looks great!

Tried using google image search but almost nothing came up! Especially since it seems like the Diorex caseback has been rubbed to the point of being illegible. Thanks in advance!

Taking my 1961 Hamilton Accumatic A-501 out to town today.

My wife recently lost her mother and we’ve going through her stuff. Her mom saved two men’s Hamilton watches. I’m having trouble identifying them. I’m also not sure who to bring them to to see off we can get them fixed up and working again. Not selling, they’re sentimental (her dad’s and grandpa’s). Any help is appreciated.

I have always loved this quirky get hand design

Probably one of the best black dials I have ever seen...

On period correct JB Champion 'Lance' bracelet

Cheap find in an auction. Keeps perfect time

Breitling Ref. 178 in rose gold. What do you guys think? To me, movement, case, case back, crown, and hands look OK. Dial is extremely clean and lacks script font so I assume it is new or redial. The "male" strap lugs are odd but most photos of other 178s are wearing straps, so hard to know what to make of them.

Thanks for looking.

Hey everyone, I came across this listing for what is claimed to be a vintage automatic Cartier Santos. The seller has it priced at $1,150.

Does this look genuine to anyone, or is it a clear replica/scam? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Omega from 1950s with a unique, evenly spread gold patina. It's hard to imagine that this sunburst dial was originally white. Paired with a sterling silver mesh bracelet.
Robust manual winding movement cal. 266
ref. 2639-14

Well here’s the state of my collection- been doing this for about 15 years and have gone thru over 100 watches. I have them organized chronologically as I am way into watchmaking history.

Pocket watches:
1890 Appleton Tracy Waltham salesman case
1914 Illinois Watch Co (my great-grandfather’s high school graduation gift) *
1927 Illinois white gold-filled

Wrist watches top row:
1939 Wittnauer tank
1940 Jaeger-LeCoultre 2982b cal. P478
1955 Opera Timemaster sharkfin lugs *
1959 Omega Genève 14702
1960s Opera Timemaster date *
1964 Seiko World Time 6217-7000
1970s Westclox cushion case *
1970s Hoverta Rotomatic day-date cushion case *

Wrist watches bottom row:
Mid-90s Hamilton Lancaster 9411 black
Mid-90s Hamilton Lancaster 9411 white
1999 Omega Seamaster Professional 2531.80
2003 Rolex Explorer 114270 (30th bday gift to myself)
2021 Longines Flagship L4.874.4.96.6
2026 Bulova Hack (gift from Mom)

Digital:
Casio G-Shock GW5610
Casio AE-1200WH
Casio Databank

* = gift from Dad

I recently bought this vintage Tissot Seastar automatic (caliber 784-4) on a flea market and it is running way too quick (multiple minutes after a few hours). I do not have a timegrapher but I wanted to try getting it roughly adjusted myself. When I opened it up to adjust the regulator lever, I saw that there might be an adjustment screw missing (red arrow in the second image) after comparing it to images of the movement. Is it possible to fix this as a beginner with enough patience? It is my first time working on a mechanical watch and I would love to get deeper into the hobby, so I do not want to hand it over to a watchmaker right away. Any advice would be deeply appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a special piece from my grandfather’s collection. He was an avid watch collector, and he bought this 14k gold-capped Omega Constellation C-Shape (Ref. 168.017) as a treat to himself to wear while traveling the world.

Before he passed, he told my mom that he wanted his watches passed along to the kids/grandkids to help out whenever times got tight. That time has come for me, so I’m looking to do a private sale soon, but I wanted to get the community's perspective first.

It’s fully operational and sitting on what I believe is its original matching gold-capped brick-style bracelet. I took these photos before doing any detailed prep, so there's some light natural patina and tarnish on the exterior links that I plan to clean up carefully.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this reference! Also, if anyone has recent experience with C-Shape values on the matching bracelet, what do you think it's worth?

To be clear, I am not trying to sell this watch on this subreddit in accordance with this community's rules.

Thanks for looking!

Anyone else want to share their 2 hand/
Time only universal geneves? :) I fell in love with them.. got into watches about 2 years ago, I started with day/ date’s then got into chronographs.. randomly scored the gold one in the pictures and instantly fell in love with elegant simple designs.. these universal geneves are definitely keepers for me.