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SkinnyPupp · 03-03-2025, 12:28 AM

I've been trawling the Japanese auction sites for vintage watches, for my first vintage project, and also looking at getting one for my wife as a gift.

You can get some nice looking manual wind women's watches for around $100-150 USD. Men's go for much higher, which shows you who is buying these lol

Some listings say they are working, but who knows. I want to get her something pre-Quartz Swiss, from a brand that she's be familiar with as a normie. Omega is the obvious choice, and there's tons of options from them (second only to Seiko maybe). I'd consider Universal Geneve as well, as they have some beautiful watches from that era, and their brand has not gone down the shitter, more that it disappeared. Personally I'd be fine with a vintage Longines or Tissot or even Movado, but come on. She's not going to appreciate that

Maybe this is just wishful thinking, and only something I should consider with much more experience though. I'll place some bids and see what happens.

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SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,119 Thanked 25,920 Times in 9,111 Posts Failed 1,574 Times in 720 Posts Member's Picture Albums	I've been trawling the Japanese auction sites for vintage watches, for my first vintage project, and also looking at getting one for my wife as a gift. You can get some nice looking manual wind women's watches for around $100-150 USD. Men's go for much higher, which shows you who is buying these lol Some listings say they are working, but who knows. I want to get her something pre-Quartz Swiss, from a brand that she's be familiar with as a normie. Omega is the obvious choice, and there's tons of options from them (second only to Seiko maybe). I'd consider Universal Geneve as well, as they have some beautiful watches from that era, and their brand has not gone down the shitter, more that it disappeared. Personally I'd be fine with a vintage Longines or Tissot or even Movado, but come on. She's not going to appreciate that Maybe this is just wishful thinking, and only something I should consider with much more experience though. I'll place some bids and see what happens.