Thursday, January 3, 2019

Orator vintage watch

This is a late post as I have already given the watch away as a Christmas/New Year's gift to a friend who is also into collecting watches. This is a nice vintage piece that is in great condition and another example of a product of a small company that was among the casualties of the quartz 'revolution' of the 1970s.

Simple dial without any complications of a date or day feature
The red second hand is the most prominent feature of this watch
The case back showing the watch to be anti-magnetic, water resistant, and with incabloc shock resistance
Hallmark showing this watch to be 20 microns gold-plated
I have yet to open the watch and have it serviced but its running well with this movement that was posted by the seller.
This is not a large watch and the 16mm lugs would likely be a turnoff. But instead of finding slim/narrow straps, I opt for 18mm natos like this one I use for other watches.

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