G'Day, Just a quick note to introduce myself, having watched this site for some weeks I am encouraged by the warm, welcoming and expert guidance offered to all.

I am an Australian fan of all mechanical and engineering and find watches as the perfect meld of engineering, artistry and functionality. I particularly love mechanical marine chronometers, just can't find the right balance of price versus budget.

My every day wear is from my favourite contemporary brand, SINN. A SINN UX GSG9. being a diver i love the over engineered, fluid filled, submarine steel beauty. I love it so much we bought one for my son as a marching in present when he commenced at the Australian Defence Force Academy - as an ARMY Officer cadet.


I have just bought a nice Hamilton 992 as a dress watch SN: 1399084 and two Hamilton 4992B watches a 24 hour and a 12 hour version which I plan to turn into a single frankenstein watch. Pending guidance I will seek in later posts.

I will add more images of the pocket watches as replies soon. As well as series of followup questions about the 4992B watches.

Anyway, I have already learned a lot from reading the forums, and hope to make this my "go to" watch site.

Thanks All, Tony

The new 992.

The dial of the 992.

Movement of the new 992

The side view.

The 24 hour 4992B dial

Welcome aboard Tony!! Always nice to hear a voice from Down Under.

Very nice watches.

Steve

Welcome Tony! Nice watches! Best regards, Brad

Welcome Tony, a great start with those Hamiltons. I look forward to your questions.

Welcome Tony, good to have you join us watchaholics....

Don't be afraid to ask any question you may have, the more the merrier...so to speak....

Regards,

Jerry

Welcome Tony,
That Sinn is an absolute beauty, and some great looking Hamiltons too.

Tony, welcome to my home away from home. Caution, this place is addicting. Good place to find fair dinkum when buying.

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

I now need to post an apology on my thread that asks questions about my 4992B frankenstein project.

Thatmust be some sort of record. First material post and I seem to have already committed a Faux Pax with my idea to hack a couple of watches together. Oh well.

Cheers All, Tony