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Originally Posted by iclick
My vote goes to the vintage 1675.
This one has been a fixture on my wrist for most of the last 43 years. Together we have survived the Vietnam war, three motorcycle wrecks, one airplane crash, and I once shorted the watch to my car battery causing the pit in the bezel ring visible at "4". Case, dial, bezel, hands, and most everything else are all original. Many more stories too numerous to write here. Other watches come and go, but this one will never be sold.
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Great example as to what these watches were made for. You wore the piss out of it for nearly half a century and it just keeps looking better, collecting more stories and history. Very cool. Man, I hope you have a son who will one day love it as much as you have. He will be a very lucky man.