Seiko Kinetic Silver Dial Brown Leather Strap Men's Watch SKA619

A few basic questions about vintage watches...
Well, a little background. I don't know much about watches, only have one fairly basic Orient which I wear daily. One day (whilst lurking here) I saw a picture of someone's vintage Omega and loved it. Out of curiosity I looked them up on ebay, and saw that most are actually pretty cheap (I was thinking $1k+, I see a lot going for sub $200).I have a few questions about vintage watches in general before I post in the Omega forum about specific models and such. I guess I'll just kind of list my questions...1. Genuine? I know there are a lot of issues with fakes of newer watches, is this an issue as well with vintages, or would it be fairly easy to tell?2. Service? If a watch is 40-50 years old, I presume it would be smart to get it serviced. About how much does this cost, and how frequently is it actually supposed to be done?3. Durability? Are watches this old durable enough to be worn on a daily basis? Whatever I end up buying will be worn pretty regularly.I'll probably have more questio

Speedmaster 145.022 & 3510.50 on leather
Side by side SpeedMaster 145.002 & SpeedMaster Reduced 3510.50 on black leather straps.Cheers image share

Future of 5711/1A production line
Called my local AD earlier today to ask about delivery time, price and availability for the 5711/1A.Was told that they received one (1) last month, that they have at present a white dial one in stock, and that they cannot confirm availability ever again unless they talk to PP.They very politely refused even to accept a reservation with immediate deposit paid unless they first confirm with PP that the specific model will continue to be produced.They stressed that with the Basel 2014 show coming up, they do not know at all if they will receive again the specific piece. Sounds very strange to me, this is a relatively basic but highly elegant and a unique design of the brand...They asked me to call again next week in order to confirm future availability. Was provided a (very good) price, so keeping fingers crossed that Patek will keep this beauty in the lineup hopefully in a couple of months I can have one (considered gold versions but they are quite flashy for my daily work environment).

SIHH 2015 Launches
they are online ,,, the carbotech looks nicer than i expectedsausage dial fat yellow markersp9000 movement

New addition to the family
Sorry in advance for the long post and the truly, truly pathetic iphone pics. (I actually debated making an incoming thread at all because of the pics, lol.)I got the DD40 in May '16 and its been my daily until last week. I got a call from my AD a few weeks ago and went in to see the SD43. I really liked it but thought that Basel was just around the corner and I was leaning more towards another PM as I love the weight and the feel. I told them to sell it to the next person and it was gone the same day. But... I couldn't get it out of my mind after I left and asked them to keep me on the list for the next one.For some strange reason, I thought that they would get another in very quickly even though it was only the second one the AD has received since it was released. My hunch was correct and they received another just a couple weeks later. Lucky me.Some miscellaneous thoughts in no particular order:1. The 43mm suits my 8 wrist perfectly. 2. The red font wasn't a big deal to me e