Reply With QuoteHi there.
Might help to post your budget?
Having a look at my small collection I would like to add a birth year watch to try and round off what I have. As it states in the title my birth year is 89 so I am looking for suggestions as to what fits this criteria. Any recommendations would be really appreciated and I am not fussy with which watchmaker it may be.
Hi there.
Might help to post your budget?
Any watch at any price in production in '89 is pretty broad Tom.
Night need to narrow that down a bit.
What style of watches do you like, what approximate budget are you going to be working with?
Speedy 20th anniversary Apollo edition?
I knew I had forgotten to add something in, I would say budget of up to £3000 and style I'm not sure but would prefer something on a bracelet to be honest.
A first series zenith de Luca would be 88-89 I think,
01.0040.400
01.0042.400
01.0043.400
I feel old.
An 89 Airking I'd say.
Plenty of them about and well within budget.
Yep, me too!Originally Posted by W44NNE
The watch in vogue in 1989 was a Tag Heuer. Ok. Way below your budget but definitely in keeping.
Can someone please tell me the attraction of owning a watch that (coincidentally) is the same age as yourself?
I`ve owned stacks of vintage watches over the years, some much older than me and some around the same age, and some a few years newer. I must've owned a 1958 watch (my birth year) at some point but it simply didn`t seem significant.
Never heard of the 'birth-year' thing till I joined this forum; maybe I`m missing a trick, but I don`t see the attraction.
Far better to focus on buying watches you like IMO, the age should be a secondary consideration.
And how can you be sure it really is the correct year?
Paul
Can someone please tell me the attraction of owning a watch that (coincidentally) is the same age as yourself?
I`ve owned stacks of vintage watches over the years, some much older than me and some around the same age, and some a few years newer. I must've owned a 1958 watch (my birth year) at some point but it simply didn`t seem significant.
Never heard of the 'birth-year' thing till I joined this forum; maybe I`m missing a trick, but I don`t see the attraction.
Far better to focus on buying watches you like IMO, the age should be a secondary consideration.
And how can you be sure it really is the correct year? If I was working on a 60s Omega I could probably make it whatever year you wanted by swapping the bridge which has the movement number stamped on.
Paul
You haven't missed a trick Paul.For me it was simply getting something to put into the collection that came from the year of my birth. I guess you either get that itch or you don't.
Watch collecting is a funny old game.You know that.
Plenty of threads about them including one of mine.
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...rth+year+watch
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You feel old !!!!!!
Tell me about it. My son was born in 1989!
Ian
Difficult to describe. It's not rational (not that is has to be rational, of course).
I have a Bell-Matic from the month and year I was born and it intrigues me (although I can't explain why exactly) to think that it is the same age as me.
How about a Rolex datejust or submariner?
Me too!! Well 39 so not quite middle age yet haha
I would go for a rolex submariner 14060 non date. If you look hard enough you should find one for that money. Good luck pal.
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