Tuesday, 31 December 2024

Best buy for the year 2024


There are many great reasons to buy a vintage watch. Every watch has its own story. Over the  years, with every scratch, dent and aging of the dial and case, they have become unique timepieces of their own. These watches you are looking at now, once brought a lot of joy to their first owner with the purchase years ago. And now many years later this vintage watches will continue to bring the same joy to my life.
  

Every year, I shall do a summary of the watches that I have traded away plus those newly acquired. For the year 2024, it has been an interesting journey and eventful years where I reinforced my Rolex Bubbleback series; finetuned my Non Rolex watches plus managed to build a small unique collections of Vacheron & Constantin watches & Mainland Chinese watches & also vintage chronograph watches.

For 2025, I shall definitely slow down the growth of number of watches. Instead, I shall continue to focus on my core collections.

The Rolex 1016 has been fully restored with an new old stock dial.

Rolex Bubbleback ref 2940 from 1946 with a nice history and all original conditions 

Finally added a Rolex ref  4645 square Bubbleback in my collection

Rolex Bubbleback with subsidiuary seconds ref 2764 from 1942


Left: Vacheron & Constantin ref 6694 with Batman lugs and nice gold caliber 1072 automatic rotor. It fits my requirement of having the gold rotor, screw back case and big watch.
Center :Vacheron & Constantin Ref 4996 (Special Gift from JJ)
Right : First automatic bumper movement Vacheron & Constantin

Tudor Big Rose Tudor 7926

Nivada Grenchen depthomatic diver automatic ref. 104 in Tropical white diala dn black dial

White lacquered dial Red flag watches 


Rolex 18k yellow gold ref 6305 Big Bubbleback

海鸥八一钢铁長城表

Vintage 37mm Universal Geneve 18k rose gold watch made for Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia

1920s Cushion shape Vintage Chronografo Escasany Single button chronograph 

New old stock bevelled edge lugs 1920s Early “anonymous” or “sterile” enamel dial chronograph using Valjoux 22 caliber. 

Bovet Mono Rattrapante Chronograph Watch Valjoux 84

Bovet second generation Mono Rattrapante Chronograph Valjoux 84 in 38mm

Traded/Sold Watches:

1. Jan 14 : Sold Vintage Mickey Mouse Watch

2. Jan 22 : Sold Big Bubbleback 5075

3. Feb 26 : Sold spare CWC Military

4. March 25 : Sold Ernie watch

5. May 9 : Sold JLC new old stock steel auto date

6. May 9  : Sold Seiko slim watch

7. May 11 : Sold Silvana steel watch 

8. May 15 : Traded Avia jumping seconds plus telephone dial watch for a Longines Tonneau watch

9. May 29 : Traded a Roger Debuis ashtray for a 1972 Nixon watch

10. May 23 : Zenith square automatic date

11. May 25 : Traded Eska for a Seiko 6138-0040 bullhead 

12. May 27 : Sold a spare Rado Lapis dial watch  

13. May 31 : Traded Omega constellation plus cash top up for a Rolex Bubbleback 

14. June 13 : Seiko Bullhead 6138-0040 

15. June 19 : IWC steel with bracelet

16. June 28 : Omega Constellation 168.005 for VC 4996

17. June 28 : Rolex Bubbleback ref 2940 for VC 4996

18. August 17 : Rolex Bubbleback 5015 Scientific dial

19. August 26 : Tissot Worldtimer

20. September 13 : PP 

21. September 24 : Vintage Citizen watch

22. October 29 : Spare Red flag watch

23. November 5 : Sold Nivada worldtime watch

24. November.5 : Traded Rolex 6082 handwind for a Rolex 6305 Big Bubblebacxk.

25. December 2 : Traded an Orient diver watch for a Chronografo Escasany Single button chronograph.
26. December 10 : Traded a bi-colour 6305 for an 18k gold 6305 Big Bubbleback

Wish Lists 2025:
1. Rolex 1807 or 18078 
2. Rolex 1607
3. Rolex Lapis dial/ Tiger Eye
4. Rolex 5030


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