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scottswatches Wrote:SIHH - I just googled it and found out it starts tomorrow when I happen to be flying to Geneva. Shame it is invite only. How is Rolex not at a watch fair in Geneva? And I own a Omega Geneve and they are not there either?
Congratulation on your nice vintage cal. 89. To answer your question about the watch fair. The are two important watch fairs in the world. SIHH in Geneva and Baselmesse (in Basel of course). The first is only for professionals. There are 16 exhibitors and the exhibition covers 30.000 square meters. There will probably be 12.000 visitors. The Baselmesse is much bigger and open to the public. There will be 1815 exhibitors this year. The show covers 160.000 sq.m. and there might be more than 100.000 visitors. Baselmesse also includes jewelry. SIHH has a lot of the top brands as exhibitors. Some other brands like Patek Philippe, Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Blancpain prefer Baselmesse. I don't know the historical reason for this. JK
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Thanks Soegaard
I was at Basel last year. The biggest choice was what watch to wear! As I prefer vintage watches it was not something I would rush back for.
Definately some interesting pieces, but without prices on display it was difficult to judge the overall watch. I would rather take a walk around London and see more interesting (to me) older watches.
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Telecaster Wrote:Great collection!
The Electronic tuning forks are generally not paid too much attentionto, I'm happy to see that you are.
Re the C89, why do you suspect the case is not the right one?
Curious /Anders
it is 14k not 18k, and at 33mm it is the smallest I have seen - most others start at 35mm. The movement and dial look fine, but I suspect it is a marriage watch. Happy to be corrected though!
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There are no marks on the case, save for a number. No manufacturers marks a all. Doesn't look good for it being a genuine case, but the movement is undoubtedly the real thing
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scottswatches Wrote:There are no marks on the case, save for a number. No manufacturers marks a all. Doesn't look good for it being a genuine case, but the movement is undoubtedly the real thing
OK, then I'm sure you're unfortunately right. Sorry about that.
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Love your electronic IWC's, there's not many around. The strap model is a 3402 from 1972 and the other 3403 from 1973. They both have IWC calibre 150 tuning fork movements,based on ESA calibre 9162. You can see your 3402 in the Vintage Catalog Project,in year 1972. http://www.iwcforum.com/Vintage_Catalogs.html
Leo
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Congratulation on your nice vintage cal. 89.
To answer your question about the watch fair. The are two important watch fairs in the world. SIHH in Geneva and Baselmesse (in Basel of course). The first is only for professionals. There are 16 exhibitors and the exhibition covers 30.000 square meters. There will probably be 12.000 visitors.
The Baselmesse is much bigger and open to the public. There will be 1815 exhibitors this year. The show covers 160.000 sq.m. and there might be more than 100.000 visitors. Baselmesse also includes jewelry.
SIHH has a lot of the top brands as exhibitors. Some other brands like Patek Philippe, Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Blancpain prefer Baselmesse. I don't know the historical reason for this.
JK
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I was at Basel last year. The biggest choice was what watch to wear! As I prefer vintage watches it was not something I would rush back for.
Definately some interesting pieces, but without prices on display it was difficult to judge the overall watch. I would rather take a walk around London and see more interesting (to me) older watches.
The Electronic tuning forks are generally not paid too much attentionto, I'm happy to see that you are.
Re the C89, why do you suspect the case is not the right one?
Curious
/Anders
watch the time...
Last edited: 9 April, 2013 - 19:22
it is 14k not 18k, and at 33mm it is the smallest I have seen - most others start at 35mm. The movement and dial look fine, but I suspect it is a marriage watch. Happy to be corrected though!
Have you opened the watch? By the engravings on the inside you should clearly see if it is marked in a proper way incl the probus scafusia logo.
watch the time...
Last edited: 9 April, 2013 - 19:22
OK, then I'm sure you're unfortunately right. Sorry about that.
/Anders
watch the time...
Last edited: 9 April, 2013 - 19:22
The strap model is a 3402 from 1972 and the other 3403 from 1973.
They both have IWC calibre 150 tuning fork movements,based on ESA calibre 9162.
You can see your 3402 in the Vintage Catalog Project,in year 1972.
http://www.iwcforum.com/Vintage_Catalogs.html
Leo