by Chris Lindquist | Aug 9, 2019 | Collecting, Misc
Note: This watch is currently up for auction on eBay until April 11, 2023. On a recent trip to Montreal I visited the Market St-Michel Flea market and discovered a vendor who had a nice collection of watches ranging from a 1920s Waltham to 1980s LCD models. As I...
by Chris Lindquist | Jul 4, 2019 | Collecting, Illinois
I’ve been aware of Illinois watches, of course, but the brand always represented pocket watches, which have never interested me much. But at the NAWCC national conference last week, I came face-to-face with a wide range of Illinois wristwatches and became...
by Chris Lindquist | Jun 25, 2019 | Collecting, Timex
I bought a lot of 30 broken watches for about 50 bucks off eBay because one of them looked like something I could use for parts. When I got the box home and started digging through it, I found this guy. It’s a Timex Southampton, reportedly one of the rarest...
by Chris Lindquist | May 28, 2019 | Benrus, Bulova, Collecting
Some watches are just must-haves for every collector. Here are my choices. Spend any time searching the web for watch collecting advice… … and you’ll quickly stumble across dozens of articles, videos, and blog posts about “Watches Every Collector Should...
by Chris Lindquist | May 27, 2019 | Brands, Bulova, Collecting
Early in my collecting, a Bulova watch with a little red whale on the black dial caught my eye. I didn’t know anything about it at the time, but some eBay searching quickly uncovered similar models. They were all Sea Kings, and for a while, I thought every...
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