Happy new year

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Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year!
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Watches made for the Middle East markets

Some of the watches made for the Middle East, exotic and interesting!


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Vintage Glashutte and German watches

These are my small collection of vintage German watches which I have bought in Prague and Germany during my travel. Simple and yet elegant


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Rolex 81806

There are some who question whether there is such a watch called Rolex 81806 Moonphase chronograph. From the net and auction sites, I can find the following records. Produced in 12 examples only, in the 1950's. A simIlar watch is published in 'A time to watch' by J. Zagoory and H. Chan, page 141. On the other hand, there are web discussion who has said that there is no such model.

For me, whether Rolex ever produces such a watch is not important as I am not a dealer. Moreover, unlike Patek Philippe who has records of their past watches, Rolex don't have a clear record of their history and is not interested in repairing and servicing of their vintage watches. Moreover, many of their service centers have poor knowledge of their vintage collection.

For me, the 81806 watch is an interesting watch as it represents a high level of complications (during the 1950s) even though it may not have been produced by Rolex. It is an interesting watch as it as a chronograph function, calendars and Moonphase functions. It's a nice after dinner talking piece! After all, watch collecting is a hobby to bring fun and joy. : ) have fun!











































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Classic watches

Even though the bigger watches and sports watches are in huge demand now, the classic watch continues to have its huge appeal..















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My favourite Moonphase watches

These are my two favorite Moonphase watches, Rolex 8171 officially certified moonphase and the Patek Philippe 3940 perpetual calendar Moonphase. Previously, my favourite is the 6062 oyster Moonphase. However, owing to 38mm, larger size the 8171 has gained much popularity.




















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Nice sites

http://www.interwatches.com/rolex-dials-history



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Collection of Moonphase

I love the moon.
















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Close up shots of Rolex 8171 (from 1953)

Just brought home the 8171 and took some close up shots of the 8171 : )

古董錶：多功能恒動天文台錶、不銹鋼、自動上鍊、男妝腕錶、約1950年、錶徑38mm、Ref:8171、具時.分.小秒針.指針式日期.星期.月份.月相盈虧顯示、原裝銀白色面盤、立體銀白色刻度時標及柳葉形指針、藍鋼日期指針、藍色琺瑯燒製的月相盤、全密式鍍銀機芯、機械律動紋路及魚鱗打磨、17顆紅寶石、雙層藍鋼游絲、專用方格形有補償螺絲合金擺輪、其中有二顆微調快慢螺絲、單向自動上鍊、原廠皮帶、後加透明底蓋、勞力士約於1950年首次研發出多功能覆雜機芯、此款8171型號產量不足1000只、勞力士到目前尚未推出具時.分.小秒針.指針式日期.星期.月份.月相盈虧顯示的覆雜功能錶.




























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Recycling old watches

Saw this interesting logo. People who love vintage watches are really helping the Earth! Keep collecting !


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The search for Rolex 8171

One of the ironies of collecting vintage Rolex is that the failed and unpopular models of the past become the highly collectable watches today. The 8171 was a failure in the 1950s as sales were poor and demand small. I have recently come across a nice vintage 1952 triple Calendars plus Moonphase 8171. The dial has aged evenly and has shown signs of aging, but the dial is all original.
In addition, a couple of weeks back, I have seen two 8171 in a shop, one solid gold with non original dial and one steel with reconditioned dial. Given the fact that the 8171 is a non oyster watch, many of the dials are either reconditioned or aged.
My preference is always on the need for original dial as the 1952 watch needs to have a 1952 dial and not a reconditioned 2011 dial. I have always dream of the 8171 and in the late 1980s, I was offered one but as a young undergraduate, I was unable to afford one. The 8171 is a Large watch at 38mm during the 1950s. In today's standard where larger watches are in the trend, the 8171 still find its relevant and is still a subject of great desire..
Luckily, life is full of hope and dream...

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2012

To those who are always worried about 2012....



Be happy!

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Rolex Submariner with Red Arabic

This is a Rolex 1680 with red arabic wording.

Collection of Rolex

Collecting vintage watches can be an enjoyable hobby. However, it also means having to make sacrifices. For example, in order to collect vintage watches, I will have to forego many other things ( e.g taking bus in Hong Kong instead of getting a car to drive, no buying of fanciful clothes, no fanciful restaurants and simple dinners, etc). However, the joy of finding those precious watches are beyond words. For me, buying these vintage watches is also a form of "forced saving" as currencies tend to depreciate while vintage watches tends to appreciate in prices after several years owing to scarcity.

Very often, I do streamline my watch collection by changing the direction of collecting. One example is that I sold away my entire collection of vintage Omega (all kind of sea master, speed master, constellation, Dynamic, Omega Moonphase cosmic,) in order to focus on vintage Rolex. In addition, I have also sold away my vintage hifi gears, my vintage radio collection, and many collectables in order to collect watches.

After over 20 years of vintage watch collecting (since 1988) my watch numbers have not grown much. This is largely due to my one in one out policy. My current core collections are the Rolex bubblebacks, Prince, 6062, 8171, 6202, 5508, 1655, 1016, red 1680, gilt dial 5513, 6239, 6263, two Breguet type XX, some cloisonné dials watches, military ( jaeger lecoultre, Laco Pilot, Lemania).

Enjoy!

Rolex 8171

I have started a new year with a 8171. Even though this 8171 has an aged dial, it has a very nice original look from the 1950s,,, 

I have spent months dreaming of the 8171 and finally...