“Vintage” Micro

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by Joeprez » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:19 am

Ahhh the Chase Durer.... I really wanted one of those years ago.


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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by toxicavenger » Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:24 am

Joeprez wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:19 am
Ahhh the Chase Durer.... I really wanted one of those years ago.


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bro I get emails all the time asking if we can fix them, all of them have had broken crown/tubes. unfortunately no parts are available.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by Joeprez » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:25 am

toxicavenger wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:24 am
Joeprez wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:19 am
Ahhh the Chase Durer.... I really wanted one of those years ago.


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bro I get emails all the time asking if we can fix them, all of them have had broken crown/tubes. unfortunately no parts are available.
There you go... the problem with most micros.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by gr8sw » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:42 am

a few oldies... early XW UDT, an original Raven from Jeff the Watchdude (now with Resco?), a Marcello C Yao/IWW mod, Kemmner Sub and Kazi 1500... POOF! :lol:

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by gonzomantis » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:54 am

A few I still have lurking about.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by Joeprez » Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:26 pm

These were the first micros I got:

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After owning three of these one, how could I not gotten a BB58 when they were announced :)

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by Chocodove » Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:43 pm

My first micro when I got back in the watch game around 2011 was an Ocean 7 LM-3. I thought it was so cool at the time.
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Post by tattoo chef » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:41 pm

gonzomantis wrote:A few I still have lurking about.

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Those Hexa’s were a pretty solid watch. Overpriced when they first came out, but a nice watch otherwise.


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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by justsellbrgs » Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:18 pm

gr8sw wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:42 am
a few oldies... early XW UDT, an original Raven from Jeff the Watchdude (now with Resco?), a Marcello C Yao/IWW mod, Kemmner Sub and Kazi 1500... POOF! :lol:


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nice ones Peter ---- that Raven received a lot of positive reviews - If I recall it just clipped Yao's Kingston in terms of timing. I forgot about Marcello C...... and I also had a Kemmner. I had exchanged several emails with Roland Kemmner. He does/did a lot of the work for Eddie. I know it was mentioned he worked for Fricker, but in communicating with Kemmner I got the impression he "sourced" for Fricker, Eddie, and his own brand. Meaning he arranged the suppliers in Asia and did all the QC.
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by aikiman44 » Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:19 pm

Nauticfish.
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by Chocodove » Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:39 pm

aikiman44 wrote:Nauticfish.
Yes! And something that started with and
“S” that were essentially the same watch with different branding...Schaumburg or something?
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by deepcdvr » Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 pm

tattoo chef wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:38 am
deepcdvr wrote:Can anyone quickly name all the ones in the second pic? :grin:

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Do you still have the chase durer?


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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by aikiman44 » Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:29 pm

Chocodove wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:39 pm
aikiman44 wrote:Nauticfish.
Yes! And something that started with and
“S” that were essentially the same watch with different branding...Schaumburg or something?
That’s it. Couldn’t think of it.
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by ChuckW » Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:09 pm

Last night, I sold my last micro, which probably qualifies as "vintage."

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by bedlam » Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:26 pm

Ocean-7. Never should have sold it.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by aikiman44 » Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:18 pm

Ocean 7 was all the rage back in the day. I went to an 07 GTG in NYC years ago.
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by toxicavenger » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:15 pm

aikiman44 wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:18 pm
Ocean 7 was all the rage back in the day. I went to an 07 GTG in NYC years ago.
i think he is still pushing a few pieces.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by toxicavenger » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:16 pm

damn I forgot about all the marcello's i had. must have been about 15 of them. also boschett i had a few of them. I did unfortunately own a orsa. what a turd.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by toxicavenger » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:17 pm

gonzomantis wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:54 am
A few I still have lurking about.

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damn i don't think you sell anything bro :mrgreen:

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

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toxicavenger wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:17 pm
gonzomantis wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:54 am
A few I still have lurking about.

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damn i don't think you sell anything bro :mrgreen:
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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by BBK357 » Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:43 am

toxicavenger wrote:
Joeprez wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:19 am
Ahhh the Chase Durer.... I really wanted one of those years ago.


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bro I get emails all the time asking if we can fix them, all of them have had broken crown/tubes. unfortunately no parts are available.

Really? That sucks. Years ago I bought one for my buddy who’s a pilot. He still wears it.


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Re: “Vintage” Micro

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Joeprez wrote:
toxicavenger wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:24 am
Joeprez wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:19 am
Ahhh the Chase Durer.... I really wanted one of those years ago.


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bro I get emails all the time asking if we can fix them, all of them have had broken crown/tubes. unfortunately no parts are available.
There you go... the problem with most micros.

Remember the watch used to be worn by the main actor of the show Burn Notice?

Don’t mock Michael western


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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by BBK357 » Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:48 am

Korsbek is what brought me into DWC. Loved it and wish I still had it.
Then I got an Ocean7 lm3v2(?).
Loved that too.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

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aikiman44 wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:18 pm
Ocean 7 was all the rage back in the day. I went to an 07 GTG in NYC years ago.
I had a serious crush on the Ocean7 LM2-AD (analog-digital) watch, but never bit the bullet on it.

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Re: “Vintage” Micro

Post by tmw » Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:34 am

unsub073 wrote:
Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:30 am
aikiman44 wrote:
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:18 pm
Ocean 7 was all the rage back in the day. I went to an 07 GTG in NYC years ago.
I had a serious crush on the Ocean7 LM2-AD (analog-digital) watch, but never bit the bullet on it.
O7 had a good early run. The LM-1 was a great watch and people went crazy for it. There were a few others that were good (lm-2, the lm-1 redesign and maybe a couple of others).

But there was a big falling out with them, and don’t remember what exactly happened. I do remember the 58 click bezel ploprof.

Are they even still around?
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