That is a beauty SC. Are Orient watches associated with Seiko? I don’t know much about them but I keep seeing them get mentioned on the Seiko and Citizen pages I follow on social media.

BrianO, if you have a chance, could you please drop me an email? Thanks in advance.

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BrianO, if you have a chance, could you please drop me an email? Thanks in advance.

Done.

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That is a beauty SC. Are Orient watches associated with Seiko? I don’t know much about them but I keep seeing them get mentioned on the Seiko and Citizen pages I follow on social media.

Seiko acquired Orient many decades ago.
They allow them to work as Orient.
They make their own in house movements, although from old Seiko designs and plates.
But vastly improve the designs.
Epson makes the cases and bracelets.
Orient is good stuff. Better than Citizen.

Here's my Mako II

Gotta love orange!

That is a great looking watch SC! That orange really pops and looks good. I’m currently the highest bidder on a Seiko diver similar to that but with a yellow dial. I’ve bought something like 10 watches in the past two months so I don’t think I’m going to try too hard to win it....

Is that diver in the Philippines?
I've been wanting a SKX007 with the yellow dial.

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Gotta love orange!

I still need a green and a yellow.

SC, it’s in Florida.

This came in the mail on Christmas even. My first diver, a vintage 38mm Seiko 4205-0155 automatic with manual winding capability. It’s a neat little watch. I’d love to find an orange one but they are rare.

Nice, kz1000. My grandmother worked her whole adult life for Hamilton watch, making watches. From the '30s until she retired in the '70s. I don't know exactly what she did or what she worked on, but maybe it included your watch.

rOgue, does your Laco hack? You got the hand winder, right?

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rOgue, does your Laco hack? You got the hand winder, right?

It does indeed! And it is a hand wound ETA 2801.2 Elabore.

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My grandmother worked her whole adult life for Hamilton watch, making watches. From the '30s until she retired in the '70s.

That, is pretty awesome! In Lancaster?

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My grandmother worked her whole adult life for Hamilton watch, making watches. From the '30s until she retired in the '70s.

That, is pretty awesome! In Lancaster?

Yes, in the old factory. I have a couple of vintage Hamiltons that she gave us. My dad has five or six.

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My grandmother worked her whole adult life for Hamilton watch, making watches. From the '30s until she retired in the '70s.

That, is pretty awesome! In Lancaster?

Yes, in the old factory. I have a couple of vintage Hamiltons that she gave us. My dad has five or six.

I would be so proud of that. Hell, now you HAVE to buy an RGM to get a modern Lancaster watch!

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Originally posted by jhe888:
My grandmother worked her whole adult life for Hamilton watch, making watches. From the '30s until she retired in the '70s.

That, is pretty awesome! In Lancaster?

Yes, in the old factory. I have a couple of vintage Hamiltons that she gave us. My dad has five or six.

I would be so proud of that. Hell, now you HAVE to buy an RGM to get a modern Lancaster watch!

Because I have a couple of genuine Hamiltons, I have less interest in an RGM. One of mine is a '30s or '40s tank watch with a Hamilton handwinding movement. It is worn, with heavy wear on the gold plating. It also needs a major service. The other is a late '50s watch that looks a lot like a Calatrava, in gold, with a Swiss automatic movement. My dad has the real gems. One is the original triangular electric, which is an electro-mechanical watch. It had to be modified as the original battery no longer exists. Also, the mechanism is extremely delicate. He also has two Pulsars, which were among the first digital watches. You had to press a button to see the red LED display.

I do know that my grandmother worked on artillery shell fuses, which Hamilton made into the '60s or '70s. The were basically mechanical timers, so there is an obvious connection to watchmaking. Obviously, during WWII they made more of them, and I think she may have done that work when the war was on. I don't know if she continued to make fuses after the war.

And, as to RGM, my watch dollars have been spoken for for the immediate future.

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The closest I have to an RGM is that he did the overhaul on my vintage Breitling Premier.

I found this at a garage sale. In the original box with the outer paper sleeve. The seller said it was a gift for her late husband but he never opened the package. I need to find the right tool for the back plate, mine won't fit.

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...Design is commemorative of the Swiss "Patrol des Glaciers" - Glacier Patrol Race.

* Patrouille des Glaciers