Vintage as daily wearer

[linesiders]

Was working on the Jeep with the kid recently, took the 61 Gilt PCG 7928 off and put it on the seat. But yeh, they get worn.

The ONE concession I do is to wear the watch on a NATO. I drive with hand frequently out of daily driver Truck window. One day while wearing a Snowflake on a C&I, as soon as I brought hand inside truck one of the clasp pins failed and the watch fell to the floor of the truck. Thirty seconds earlier a vintage snowflake would have been run over on the road. Since it is either a NOS 93150 or a NATO.

[formula]

Originally Posted by kwcsports

My 1971 DJ is worn daily with zero worry. Have it serviced regularly, no worries.

Agreed

[Andjwhite]

Wear your watches. It’s what they’re for.

[zapokee]

Originally Posted by Andjwhite

Wear your watches. It’s what they’re for.

Too chicken to regularly wear my 1964 gilt 5513 with puffy lume plots. I'll wear it very occasionally inside the house.

It's a bit like collecting vintage wine with this particular watch - you don't actually drink it, even though that's what it's intended for.

[Andjwhite]

Originally Posted by zapokee

Too chicken to regularly wear my 1964 gilt 5513 with puffy lume plots. I'll wear it very occasionally inside the house.

It's a bit like collecting vintage wine with this particular watch - you don't actually drink it, even though that's what it's intended for.

I hear you, bro. My watches are 5513 late 80s and 16600 mid 90s so it’s a bit apples to oranges.

[Dunnej]

Originally Posted by L.K Johnson

When looking at it, it’s quite sick...a watch that’s been previously been looked at as a toll watch suddenly has risen to a such a value that the wise decision would be to put it in the safe for a further future value increase (especially refs like 1675, 1680, 5513, 1665 etc.)

Air-cooled Porsches, too, sadly... Once the old rich guys decide something is the "thing" there's little slowing down.

I wear my 1675 daily because at the end of the day, in this crazy market, I can sell it for way more than I paid for it no matter how much wear/tear I put on it. These things are still road warriors.