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Here’s another watch I was excited to inherit from my father in law. it’s a Piaget Polo Quartz from the 1980s and I want to get it back into working order for my wife. It’s pretty spectacular to hold in person. Model is 861 C 701.

Rather than try to open the case back, I’m also going to take it to a repair guy in Minneapolis. Hoping it just needs a new battery. Should I have him do anything else to get it in working order or should the message be that ‘less is more’?

Again, never taken a vintage watch to have it repaired or serviced so would love any advice! Thank you!

I was fortunate to inherit this watch from my father in law and just love it. Some basic research tells me it’s a Movado Calendograf / Triple Calendar from the late 1930s to 1950s. That’s about all I know about it so feel free to let me know if you see something else!

It’s not in great shape so I’m taking it to a watch repair guy here in Minneapolis to see what he can do. I’ve never done this before so any advice would be great on what I should have the repair guy do or not do (polish? replace anything? clean?).

I’m excited to see if we can get this working again!

I’m looking for the silver black bay 58. Wa t a good deal on one like new box and papers…

I just discovered that for one year, Omega made their own version of the Reverso. To small for my wrist but pretty damn cool collectible peice:

https://www.chrono24.com/omega/omega-reverso-equinoxe--id44273641.htm

I've been going back and forth between these two for a long time and cannot for the life of my decide what to buy. The correct answer is of course buy both but I am trying to be 2% financially responsible. Both stack up so closely in every way - anyone own either model that wants to give me some flavor?