I hate to admit it, but I actually like the infamous Waltham 25 and actually carry it from time to time. How offended are the Waltham fundamentalists in this group and will my membership be revoked for making this admission?

Dana

Even if they don't like it, I think they'll get over it!

We try to maintain a friendly and collegial atmosphere at IHC185, free of personal attacks and divisiveness.

So even if we disagree, we can do so in a polite & respectful manner.

Dana, The members here that are partial to Waltham(both of them) would probably just be amused that you have tagged them fundamentalists.

Shoot there are members here that even like Swiss.

As long as I know there's only (2) of them, I won't be worried about a jihad. I'm glad they didn't make (I hope) a Hamilton 25.

Dana

I don't even know what a Waltham 25 is, if it is a watch & ticks then I would like it.

Tom

It's a reviled 16S with a 17 + 8 jewel Swiss movement and Montgomery dial. It's been known to literally burn the hands of Waltham collectors if touched.

Dana

Hi Dana -

How about posting a picture?

Eric

I would have posted pictures, but my digital camera is on loan to someone else. It's actually a pretty photogenic watch, if you're not too disturbed by the movement.

Dana

So long as It does not need a Battery.

As the American Watch industry was ground to ashes by "foreign competition", some actual Imported movements were sold by the American Brand name watch companies(the latest dumbspeak for that is "outsourcing").

Sadly . . . and alas . . . in the past 20 years while selling out the respectability of our public facilities which are re-named after Beer Brewers, soda pop and cell phone companies instead of famous sports people, so we have given up many of the (used to be) "Made in America" brand names to be prostituted by "offshore" owners (look at Ball Watches! ) who lead the unwary into their clutches to sell them overpriced junk that is "made in switzerland" (the label that says that maybe . . . ) and produced in some slave economy God knows where!?

I almost bought a Waltham 25 once. It was a nice looking pocket watch.

I'll try and get my hands on another camera and put up some pictures. Aesthetically, it's not objectionable, in my opinion.

Dana

Dana, I've seen some of those 25J Swiss walthams go for ridiculous money on Ebay.I don't think anyone on here would look down on you for owning one...how about those Swiss made imitation Hamilton-named imitation RR watches that sell for crazy money.They are made to look like a 992B at first glance.

I also have seen those watches go for large amounts of money on Ebay. I wonder if the folks really know what they are bidding on. I see them listed as RR watches sometimes.

They "take a licking and keep on ticking"

Unless they stop.

I think I paid $75.00 for it a few years ago (before I knew any better) but I have to say it's very accurate and has survived a number of drops and jolts that would have been deal breakers for some of my older (better) watches.

Dana