Seiko Men's 5 Sports Automatic Watch

Affordable Vintage: the Exactus Squale
It's no small secret that the dive watches of the mid twentieth century held a certain charm that got lost or blurred over the years. Whether a 60's Sub, a O&W Caribbean 1000 or one of the various EPSA super-compressors, they just had personality and style to spare. Thanks to the guys over at Theo and Harris, today we're going to take a quick look at a watch that, despite being a bit of an odd ball, also exhibits these same qualities; the Exactus Squale.To start¡­who or what's an Exactus? Well, that's a good question without a good answer. Searching will reveal very little about the brand other than that their name has appeared on dials of all varieties from generic dress watches to EPSA super-compressors. According to an old print ad that sold on Ebay, the brand's full name was Montres Exactus SA, and they were based in Neuchatel, Switzerland. It would appear, like many other brands of the era, they were contracting out ready-made designs and rebranding them.That brings us to the w

Citizen Aqualand
How many members here have a Citizen Aqualand? If you do, show us some pictures.My watch has accompanied me to the beach, the lake and many great times around the pool!Now is the time to break them out!

Rehashing the Swiss Watch Issue
Sorry to bring this up again. I'm a very new member with many basic questions. For the future, I want my Swiss watches to be Swiss (that is, Swiss parts and assembly). However, I realize I probably can't afford completely Swiss made watches. I've read the previous thread on this subject, but still don't have a good feel for the answer.With the significant $$$s (at least to me) that I do spend for this hobby and my watches, I would really like to stay away from Chinese made parts and assembly, but realize this may be impossible.Today, I buy Tags, Baume & Mercier, and Raymond Weil watches for the most part. These fit my price range and I have a local jeweler to work with. I figure these likely have Chinese parts and involvement to hold prices.Can you smart guys start to identify watches you know (as best as possible), that are completely Swiss made? How do we tell?Conversely, should we start to identify those (as they are discussed) that we know have Chinese parts, but are cla

Identify please...
I've been away for a bit (work has been amazingly busy, so I cannot complain), and got this email today. Staying away has helped me not fall prey to buying anything new for nearly 3 months! Saving for a near grail.Can anyone identify the topmost watch in this ad?? I like the look of it.

Thank you Rikki!! Jocke too
I got the parts list from Jocke's SM300 project, Rikki was kind enough to put it all together for me and did a full service on the movement. I know there are some who feel this is a franken-watch and I'm not going to debate that. If you take a movement from one watch and put it in the case of another, then it really isn't original or even original with replacement parts, it's an amalgamation. So I can't really call this an NOS Seamaster, it's a wanna-be, but it's my wanna be.Didn't want to pay the watchco prices, didn't want to buy a watch I knew nothing about from ebay or watchuseek. Instead I borrowed Jocke's blue print, bought the parts from Otto Frei, and Rikki was kind enough to pull the movement from a vintage Geneva, service it and put it into a brand new 166.0234 replacement case.Here are some before picture: