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A rare perk of middle age is seeing the price graf mags are fetching on eBay and stumbling on a massive box in my parents shed. Ker-ching!
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Yep friction bezel although it’s a bit loose to use effectively at the moment.
@cgg yum.
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Wearing another cheap eBay catch today, max patina.
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I love the idea of the Singer team showing up with a book of prototype dials, really surprised they didn’t get destroyed.
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My tastes must be on a two year rotation. It’s nice to daydream that you pop into a quiet charity shop and find one these pieces, not sure I could ever drop the sort of money these things now fetch.
@jv The Seiko and Citizen bullheads are the first that spring to mind although one’s huge and the other tiny. I bought a Citizen on ebay ~ 8 years ago and subsequently learned it was a redial and the case was badly spray painted although it seems to run/set/fly back OK. There are soooo many fakes out there. At least my mistake only cost £90 iirc, even the shitters seen to sell for crazy money now due to the impressive 8110 movement. Every now and again I dig it out and pick some more paint off it. -
Pretty similar, quite a bit smaller though - 36mm Vs 42mm. UG went more for the racing driving angle like Heuer with this model, the name Evil Nina is because it’s the reverse colour way of a watch synonymous with the driver Jochen Rindt (well his model wife Nina - stealth edit).
Another Bazamu image.
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Well not great but they are thin! Less inertia so generally a lower power reserve. The quality of UG movements can be seen at a glance, a nice Polerouter will cost £1.5-2K when they could be snagged sub a grand a few years back.
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And the a pic of the Compax 885103/01 ‘Evil Nina’ because they never appear in this condition.
Photo bazamu on OF -
Hamilton (eBay pics)
Mainly Graphotism - I think I have it from issue #8 to about #30. Then Bomb Alert #1,2 &3, Hold No Hostage #1,2 &3, Over Kill, On The Run, etc
I also bought hardback books as and when I could afford, this out of print Cope 2 sold for £200?!
I found some of those annoying little Banksy books that my sister would give me for Christmas presents too.
A lot of memories tied up with this stuff but I’ve accepted I’m no longer the stoner, skater or a graf artist I was in the 90‘s/00’s and having a shit ton of just stuff is weighing me down. eBay all-the-things!
I’ve got my black books and shoeboxes of photographs well stashed though ;)