You influenced me to purchase my most recent collection purchase. I'm not necessarily into vintage pieces but I went for a Revue Kilamanjaro automatic. It is new, old stock from the 1970s. Revue was a sister brand of Vulcain. I will send you a photo
Tim I’ve bought a number of vintage watches going back through the 60’s, 50’s, 40’s & mostly WW1 era Trench watches. To date, touch wood, I’ve not had an issue buying through eBay. They get worn on special occasions & there truly is something special about an old mechanical watch on wrist. 👍🏼😎🇦🇺
Tim. What a beautiful and stunning watch. I am very jealous. You are so lucky to have found such a great looking vintage Vulcan watch. And such a wearable size! Thanks for sharing your new find. Cheers Ron
It's crazy that we have to go way beyond our way to find these relics of masterpieces today, while watch companies are making these in 40mm. Fantastic find!
I have a Vulcain Meteor III that I purchased from a Swiss dealer a little over a year ago. Unfortunately, when it arrived it wasn't working (they assured me it ran when it left their store). It's a beautiful example of mid-century modern, the dial and case in great shape. I decided rather than return it (I got it inexpensive) I would look into getting it repaired. It did take quite a bit of research but I found the movement was a Vulcain-branded ETA Cal. 2472. The Meteor series is a great example of a generally overlooked, desirable dress watch. BTW, Chrono24 estimated it to be ca. 1965.
Looks better and more wearable than a lot of new watches. BTW the radium isotope that they used has a half life of 1600 years, so it's still 'activre', but I believe quite safe unless you decide to eat your watch dial :)
It looks to me much nicer and has more character than the new Vulcain models. As regards size, I recently bought on ebay a joblot of three Kienzle watches spares or repair. These were 32mm watches but the bezel is very slim with a 29mm dial which is bigger than you get on most Seiko 5s and look fine on the wrist. They all had the same fault which was easily fixed.
ostrich leg? What comes next? Chicken wings? Joke aside: the watch is beautiful. It seems to me like an approximation of Vulcain to the Polerouter, but with its own style.
Tim I have always appreciated your videos and that's why I feel obligated to tell you to stay away from this watch. Radium is such an ugly thing and even a little is too much. You can do the research yourself and at the end you won't be wearing it.
@@CasebackWatches Yes you could and that is what I did a few years ago with a watch from the same era. You can't find a cheap one on eBay that will give you a good idea of what you're dealing with and you can use it on non radium watches to make a comparison. In my case it was really scary and I put the watch in an outdoor shed with no further interest in wearing it. It's always good to be informed.
I'm looking more closely at your watch and it would seem to me that you don't have any lume except very small dots at the hour marks that look like tritium and the hands look to be solid dauphin style. I'm viewing on my phone so it's hard to see but perhaps you have nothing to fear. I hope so for you because that's a stunning watch.
