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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3127557, member: 76194"]I like watches? Not sure whatever gave you that idea. Why I'm only wearing my 1959 Hamilton Thin-o-Matic Model T-501 with a 17 jewel 663 movement inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The back says the hairspring is a "lifetime hairspring". Based on what my watch repair guy told me last time he worked on the movement, the reverse should have really said "Three-lifetime hairspring" as it all looks like it could easily tick tic another 60 years without any issues provided it continues to get proper services when the time is due.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797243[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I wouldn't say that makes me much of a watch guy though, after all, everyone should have at least one Hamie...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797253[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or two</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797251[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or three</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797254[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or four!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I do also have three Seikos, and naturally everyone should have a Casio (or three), and of course there is a Rado Diastar, and a Longines, and a few vintage Soviet/Russian watches....but no, I would not really call myself much of a watch guy. I just happen to like watches and have stumbled into ownership of a few here or there over the years, and unlike most who throw their watches away...I tend to have mine serviced and maintained.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3127557, member: 76194"]I like watches? Not sure whatever gave you that idea. Why I'm only wearing my 1959 Hamilton Thin-o-Matic Model T-501 with a 17 jewel 663 movement inside. [ATTACH=full]797240[/ATTACH] The back says the hairspring is a "lifetime hairspring". Based on what my watch repair guy told me last time he worked on the movement, the reverse should have really said "Three-lifetime hairspring" as it all looks like it could easily tick tic another 60 years without any issues provided it continues to get proper services when the time is due. [ATTACH=full]797243[/ATTACH] Now, I wouldn't say that makes me much of a watch guy though, after all, everyone should have at least one Hamie... [ATTACH=full]797253[/ATTACH] Or two [ATTACH=full]797251[/ATTACH] Or three [ATTACH=full]797254[/ATTACH] Or four!!! Now, I do also have three Seikos, and naturally everyone should have a Casio (or three), and of course there is a Rado Diastar, and a Longines, and a few vintage Soviet/Russian watches....but no, I would not really call myself much of a watch guy. I just happen to like watches and have stumbled into ownership of a few here or there over the years, and unlike most who throw their watches away...I tend to have mine serviced and maintained.[/QUOTE]
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