Guns & Watches
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Fishinfool
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Ever notice how finely crafted guns and high quality watches seem to go together? I think a lot of folks who collect quality guns have appreciation for for about any item that shows hand craftsmanship, complexity, and quality. I know that I like old mechanical Nikon & Leica cameras and lenses.
Larry
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At most gun shows there's always a few guys selling antique watches. I picked up a real nice Waltham pocket watch from the 1880's for $100. Keeps great time. GARY.
Jon651
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Just couldn't resist posting this 1907 Bicycle gun (32 Safety Hammerless), with my Grandfathers gold pocket watch from about the same vintage.
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Oh HECK yeah, both.
Great thread! I always thought guns, knives, and watches go together like ham and eggs. Always liked the dive watches myself and have ended up selling some older models of Seiko online. Of course had to buy more.
And Muscle Cars. This one used to be part of the Company Collection that I curated
I think it has to do with fine mechanical things
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RobertJ.
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Many people include fine camera's in that. Precision quality.
vintage hand guns and vintage pocket watches is a good collection, but the watches are harder to repair or to get parts for.
Getting my Crockett on!
My police trade-in 645 in a Galco rig with my for-display-only badge and my 1984 Lucien Piccard Dufonte watch. It keeps great time, although I have rarely worn it since the 1990's.
This would be my real-world, daily carry for quite a while rig. S&W 6946 and a Timex Expedition. Mundane as it gets.
My police trade-in 645 in a Galco rig with my for-display-only badge and my 1984 Lucien Piccard Dufonte watch. It keeps great time, although I have rarely worn it since the 1990's.
This would be my real-world, daily carry for quite a while rig. S&W 6946 and a Timex Expedition. Mundane as it gets.
bmcgilvray
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Here's an era appropriate pair. A '49 Omega automatic with an early '50s .357 Magnum. Both run better than I do.
This post-war Glycine military watch has been my huntin', fishin', hikin', chorin' companion since the early 1980s. Crown was nickel plated when I got it. A $5 pawn shop purchase, I didn't even begin a service schedule for it until I'd had it a couple decades. Been in dust and dirt, in the lake setting or retrieving decoys, and hiked a jillion miles. Has always ticked merrily and remained more accurate than most mechanical watches I have.
How fast can you field strip a 1911? Seven seconds here ... if it's a loosy-goosy World War I clunker.
Take that Glock!
This post-war Glycine military watch has been my huntin', fishin', hikin', chorin' companion since the early 1980s. Crown was nickel plated when I got it. A $5 pawn shop purchase, I didn't even begin a service schedule for it until I'd had it a couple decades. Been in dust and dirt, in the lake setting or retrieving decoys, and hiked a jillion miles. Has always ticked merrily and remained more accurate than most mechanical watches I have.
How fast can you field strip a 1911? Seven seconds here ... if it's a loosy-goosy World War I clunker.
Take that Glock!
Flattop5
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This is a Safety Hammerless .32 dating from 1921. The watch is a relic from the old mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. It still runs and keeps good time! The pince nez glasses honor Teddy Roosevelt, who when he was the Police Commissioner of New York City, specified .32 caliber handguns for his police officers.
John
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Here's a fine example of German precision - a Leica IIIF dating from the mid-1950s. I inherited it from my dad, who used it prolifically during that era.
John
Flattop5
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Re: Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson:
"Among his interests, Anderson lists protecting wild cats, especially those that have been rescued from harsh captivity; cameras, chiefly Leicas;" -- Wikipedia, Aug. 2021. And also Rolex watches, I gather.
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"Among his interests, Anderson lists protecting wild cats, especially those that have been rescued from harsh captivity; cameras, chiefly Leicas;" -- Wikipedia, Aug. 2021. And also Rolex watches, I gather.
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