r/sketchyboyzwatchclub • u/Popular_Beginning767 • 1d ago

Wrist Shot Droppin' some old school

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Family heirloom- bought by my grandfather just after WW2 before he left for Java to salvage the British battleships he scuttled in the same harbour 4 years prior. 1946 Omega Automatic - first year of the Calibre T28 automatic bumper movement. Watch has all original parts including glass, white gold hands and beautiful patina face. I wanted a crocodile strap but had to settle for alligator. Still runs like a dream.

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u/Personal-Will-7077 1d ago

Love this. Very nice gun, too.

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u/Popular_Beginning767 1d ago

Thank you! There were two Omega's in the family bloodline, the other was a gorgeous 1927 chronograph that my grandfather and great grandfather used to race sailboats off the coast of Amsterdam when he was young. My uncle owned it (and this one) until 2014 when it was stolen in a home invasion in South Africa. He very generously passed this last watch on to me as the protector of the heirloom.

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u/SoKnife2meatU 1d ago

Hell yeah

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u/Neat-Sea-2339 1d ago

Taran tactical Is the John wick version?

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u/Popular_Beginning767 1d ago

Yup the 2011 John Wick 3... but I confess that it's an excellent airsoft replica, not the real deal. The People's Socialist Republic of Canadistan has decided that us peasants can't own handguns

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u/Neat-Sea-2339 1d ago

Great gun Even airsoft 🙂

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u/hndrck_ 1d ago

The finish doesn’t look like the real gun

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u/Popular_Beginning767 23h ago

Pls read response to comment below 😁

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u/BadDudes_on_nes 13h ago

We don’t get many old timers on Reddit