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WatchFred
PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:21 am 
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No vintage B for the Gallery today, but some of you might enjoy this ?


You might have noticed that I do like some of the bold 1970s designs quite a bit, so the Longines 8229 has been on my radar for a very long time - quite rare, especially the orange bezel version.

Great design, an iconic movement & I just love that ratcheting bezel.

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Really nice watch!!!

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+1, that's terrific. I've never seen a Longines anything like that.
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WatchFred wrote:
No vintage B for the Gallery today, but some of you might enjoy this ?


You might have noticed that I do like some of the bold 1970s designs quite a bit, so the Longines 8229 has been on my radar for a very long time - quite rare, especially the orange bezel version.

Great design, an iconic movement & I just love that ratcheting bezel.

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Nice looking piece Fred

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thank you !

but could you please edit to remove the full quote including the picture links :oops:
- this makes threads, especially galleries VERY hard to read ?
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TomP wrote:
+1, that's terrific. I've never seen a Longines anything like that.
+2. Gorgeous piece. Thanks for sharing, Fred!
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Love it!
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Great piece Fred - and love the orange and blue combination ;-)
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Gorgeous watch! Looks like a nice dome crystal on it? Any side view Fred?

Really great pics as always! And if you take these pics with the iphone also, maybe you can do a detailed tutorial (like how to avoid reflection of the hand holding the phone on the watch crystal) & the mods can make it a sticky in this forum? :D

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Beautiful understated piece Fred.

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thanks, guys !

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Gorgeous watch! Looks like a nice dome crystal on it? Any side view Fred?

Really great pics as always! And if you take these pics with the iphone also, maybe you can do a detailed tutorial (like how to avoid reflection of the hand holding the phone on the watch crystal) & the mods can make it a sticky in this forum? :D


here are some side views; I'll do a small writeup about iPics next week, no big secrets besides a good camera app (camera+), decent light and a little work on good crops and some contrast/shadow correction, especially for black dials (use picasa on the desktop and iPhoto on iOS),

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That looks amazing, can't say I've ever seen a vintage longines

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This vintage watch looks amazing.

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I like it.
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I love the "dial work" of vintage 70's timepieces, and the use of bold colors..ie, Monti Carlo dials of the Tudor Heritage chrono.
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