Baume & Mercier Super Jumbo Chronograph circa 1980's

Before I get ahead of myself...
I hope that folks here also won't mind tolerating some photos of my 'other' obsession To share some of my collection, which is heavily Montblanc influenced, hey I love their pieces :pI purchased a brand new MB 149, the Helmut Jahn Limited Ed. It now holds my Dad's vintage (I use it too!) 149.To this I have the 149 pen holder (not pictured) and ink well by MB.My entire MB collection is listed here for the most part, some pieces are still missing though.bsodmike/gallery2/v/m...nc_Collection/This is a portion of my FP collection:Pelikan M1000 (fine), New DuoFold Centennial, Dad's vintage Duofold Centennial with Marble blue barrel and cap, Montblanc Meisterst¨¹ck Le Grand, the new 149 I got with the Limited Ed. case, and Dad's older 149paring the 149 nibs...oh they are gorgeous!!!Onto my Montegrappas...Got the Turtle Brown last week......and a MB Bohem in Rose Gold that I got a couple weeks back.......LOL...I wonder what I've missed. All the best,Michael.

Got my Promaster E 2100
At last, I got my Citizen Promaster E2100 AV0030-60A, from Erlangen , Germany at a price of 595 Euros. Here is a picture of it, I will post more pics soon...

Today's Featured German Watch Brand...Glashutte Original
from marina.fortunecity.comHistory of Glashutte OriginalGlashutte Original was created in 1845, when the German master watchmakers, Ferdiand Al Lange, Julius Assmann, Ludwig Strasser, Johannes Durrstein, Adolf Schneider, Strasser and Rohde, Ernst Kassiske settled in the region of Glasshutte. These master watchmakers were awarded various gold model at the world exhibition and international competitions, thus creating the foundation and reputation of watching making industry of Glashutte. In 1878, Moritz Grossmann founded the German School of Watchmaking, hence building groundwork for more skillful watchmakers in the region of Glashutte and transforming the region into a reputed symbol of watchmaking excellence. In the beginning of World War II, the watch manufactories in Glasutte was still in the production of military watches for the Navy and Air Force. Later, in the last day of War World II, Glashutte was bombed from the sky and the factories were badly destroyed. The reminding unaffe

a very nice collectors item
The facts"Originally designed for marine chronometers and deck watches in the 1950s, the pocket watch¨Csize 5011 series is perhaps the most accurate series of movements the brand has ever produced, and some were entered into the last chronometer competitions in the 1960s" "The 5011 movement received an award in by the Neuchatel Observatory for being the most accurate chronometer ever.' Some extra details (from the zenith site) Technical dataReferences: 95.2420.5011/21.C723 250-piece limited seriesMovementCalibre 5011K, hand-woundTotal diameter 50 mmThickness 10 mm134 parts19 jewelsCadence of the balance 18,000 vph48-hour power reserveChronometer-certified by the COSCFunctionsCentral hours and minutesSmall seconds at 9 o¡¯clockPower-reserve indication at 3 o¡¯clockThe 5011K movement is old stock dating from the 1960's.The 5011 is a VERY rare movementThe caseSUPERIOR movementLUME

Store your vintage electric watches ??
Hi,I have a vintage accutron that I would like to keep for many years. It is in my little showcase by now, but I do not wear it. So should I take out the battery? If so, would the watch dry out faster because it is not running? Should I let the battery in and change it every two years? What would be my best option?I collected many accutron with the years, but the fact that they are so fragile made me step back. I sold all of them, but I kept my favorite and I can't sell this last one. It's the one made out of wood.Here is my WOODY from 1973And this one shows the red wine color of the dial under direct sun light