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Thread: small vintage goodness! Omega, Fortis, Bulova and others

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    small vintage goodness! Omega, Fortis, Bulova and others

    i just about never wear these, seems a shame!
    must get the square 32mm Cornavin repaired, the second hand fell off in the post ages ago but i really love the style of this watch.
    the Fortis is 30mm, the gold filled Bulova 30mm, and the Kingston Observatory 32mm. it also has a really shiny dial thats a sod to photograph!









    slightly larger are these- worn more often
    9ct Rotary hand wind in stunning nick, C shape Omega Constellation




    let's see your small vintage goodness!
    Last edited by ktmog6uk; 13th May 2020 at 22:22.
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    Rolex 6694




    Sterling silver hinged case




    Smiths



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    Here's my collection.....





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    32mm Waltham A11 from 1944



    With a few others of similar vintage

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    I have the very same Omega




    I dont think its very small though (I think 35 or 36mm) Opinions differ of course.

    This is a little smaller though,




    Smiths for Benson, I think its 34mm case size. Case size can make a big difference though, the Smiths Imperial to the right of this wears a lot bigger.

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    This. It's certainly vintage but the 'goodness' factor is left to the individual to determine! It does work well though and I've never seen another one like it.

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    Well I like it!
    Quote Originally Posted by sish101 View Post
    This. It's certainly vintage but the 'goodness' factor is left to the individual to determine! It does work well though and I've never seen another one like it.

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    Some very nice Omegas there!
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    You'll be hard put to find a man's watch smaller than this at 27.5mm.

    Oyster Centregraph from WWII. Rolex calibre 59.

    These were apparently issued to Canadian airmen.



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    Some of my smaller ones..






















    I have some more but no pics, I can remember that I have a small Favre Leuba, Nivada Antarctic and a few more that are between 30 and 34mm..


    John

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    Bulova accutron 36mm c1972


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    My West End Watch Co Sowar Prima.
    A Swiss watch company owned for 135 years by the same family (with a three year gap when it was owned by a Chinese calculator company, of all things), producing well-made, robust and pretty automatic watches exclusively in Switzerland using ETA (and, very occasionally, Longines) movements.
    I paid £36 for it. It's my dress watch these days. 34mm.
    Screenshot 2020-05-14 at 19.00.23 by Oscar India, on Flickr

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrontierGibberish View Post
    My West End Watch Co Sowar Prima.
    A Swiss watch company owned for 135 years by the same family (with a three year gap when it was owned by a Chinese calculator company, of all things), producing well-made, robust and pretty automatic watches exclusively in Switzerland using ETA (and, very occasionally, Longines) movements.
    I paid £36 for it. It's my dress watch these days. 34mm.
    Screenshot 2020-05-14 at 19.00.23 by Oscar India, on Flickr
    Should add it's worth about a third of the price of the vintage Omega bracelet it came on. :-)

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    Not sure they’re quite small enough for this thread, but all less than 35mm






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    My smallest one which I think is 33mm from memory, might be 33.5.


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    How could I forget this!

    May provide a bit of a nostalgia trip for some here....

    (Weighing in at 30mm)


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    Under 30mm; first watch c.1970 on right, in-house ‘Stop’ chrono from 1941 on left.

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