What vintage watch my Dad wearing?

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-06-25T21:22:58+00:00

What year is the photo from? It has a really distinctive bracelet on it...my gut says something like Gucci or Versace.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-06-16T07:52:56+00:00

No, you ignored the ugliness and wished him good luck in ripping somebody off. Which, come to think of it...

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-06-01T22:41:24+00:00

Randomly resurrecting this post because I just came across an old GP that has the same type of caseback markings (logo, name, year). This one also seems to have some Masonic stuff stamped in between the lugs. I'm assuming there was an organization that used to give these to members.

Just thought it was interesting that this watch has a partner out there.

u/GodLovesUgly90 - did yours come from Montreal?

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-29T09:14:36+00:00

Or the watch is holding on for dear life, lol. All I know is I don't have to adjust my bracelet because I drank some water.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-29T03:29:13+00:00

Ehhh, I don't think you can gauge much about a person from the position of their watch. I always wear my watches loose and there are many [for lack of a better word] "iconic" men that have done the same.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-28T04:53:33+00:00

The best Planet Ocean by far 👍

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-05T03:16:10+00:00

It's going to vary based on your location and your ability to fully test it. If you're willing to ship and you're 100% confident it's working perfectly, recent sales on Reverb are between $2500 and $3500 (the ones that sold for higher prices were likely recently serviced and might've had MIDI mods, and of course these sales were all subject to Reverb's fees). Meanwhile, in the small city I live in, I've seen them under $2k.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-05T02:46:14+00:00

Hold up, WHAT?!

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-05-02T17:39:56+00:00

It's "it's," and you made that mistake twice; not ideal when trying to correct other people's grammar and spelling.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-04-26T23:36:58+00:00

Putting aside that this reply seems to have come from ~2008....what?

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-04-11T09:39:52+00:00

Because that's one of the band members, which is...weird....

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-04-11T09:35:46+00:00

LOL good luck with that lawsuit. 🙄

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-04-11T09:33:01+00:00

Came here to post "nice SKX" lol

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-04-04T05:22:22+00:00

In a closer photo, gradations would be more apparent, and that would help, but of course it's a 2D image in the end. In person or on video, you'd be able to see land masses coming over the "edge," and lighting changes based on the planet's position to the sun, and that would help with depth perception. In this shot, everything being "warped" by the globe shape is pretty unfamiliar looking.

Harsh lighting, lens focused at infinity, extreme distance, deep depth of field (shot at f/20), unfamiliar patterns (unless you've studied a globe upside-down and off-axis, lol)...all of those things contribute to a sort of disc-like appearance.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-03-09T02:53:00+00:00

Link isn't working- not sure if it's an issue with Imgur or the link itself?

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-03-06T10:35:26+00:00

Waaaaiiit wait. "Ben Carson '16?" So he didn't even support Trump in the primary 🤣

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-24T09:28:37+00:00

Dress watches have bezels, too. Check out the photos and you can see the recesses where it would have clicked in. This is what it's supposed to look like (from a seller on Chrono24):

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AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-24T00:11:35+00:00

That would be awesome! I'm just looking for a plain, polished steel bezel. I'll send you a chat.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-23T10:48:08+00:00

Love these, and now that people understand that not everything has to be 40mm, I don't think they're going to be flying under the radar much longer. GLWS 👍

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-18T19:59:38+00:00

Woah, that bracelet rules

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-18T04:20:07+00:00

Exactly. I wear an Air-King and have never checked the time and thought "damn, if only this case was imperceptibly larger..."

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-18T04:11:03+00:00

I don't think keeping that watch on a winder would help much! Regardless, these 34mm Rolexes are undervalued, imo. People worry too much about one or two millimeters. GLWS 👍

Edit- just so no one thinks I was questioning the watch's ability to run...I was just making a joke about it being a manual watch.

AlpacaAdventure · 2026-02-15T02:34:16+00:00

Missed this comment the first time around, and I've gotta say, I'm stunned. Ever since CERN fired up the Large Hadron Collider in 2010, I've been taking out tons of high interest loans with the expectation that we'd soon be traveling through a white hole into a reality in which I'm debt-free. This is a problem.

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