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[cornolio]

I've collected Sicura's for some time now and although I am aware of their popularity (after battling on eBay) I haven't seen many mentions within the WUS community.
I thought I would create a post to see who else shares my love of the brand.
Here's my current trio (whittled down collection ):
http://forums.watchu...33&d=1362588528
P.S. - before anyone chirps in with the old "you only like them because of their link to Breitling". I don't collect them for that reason; I collect them because they have an interesting heritage and because they look awesome! (IMO).
Thanks
Matt

[sophier]

Hi Matt, Indeed, on ebay almost every Sicura is offered as Breitling in disguise, and too many believe this nonsense. Unfortunately this makes them more expensive than necessary. One can't deny that Sicura was more successful than Breitling. They earned with low budget watches the money to buy Breitling, and not vice versa. The almost only possible reason for this success is that they best met the (pretty strange) taste of the 70s. Some are even ugly enough to regard them as beauties, and who ever loves this style, can't pass one or the other Sicura despite the relatively high prices. Regards, Roland Ranfft

[Kenn]

I have not yet found a leather bracelet that I like

[uBeast]

I think a nice dark brown vintage leather strap would look good on it.

[gogetit]

I bought a non-running Sicura recently and it's currently with a watchmaker. Hopefully I'll be getting it back tomorrow. I'll try and get a photo up as it's a great looking watch.

[Alex]

I've bought quite a few non-runners and (most of the time) fixed them up and moved them on. If its got the usual EB8800 movement then any decent watchmaker should be able to service/fix. The only movement I've struggled with is the EB8470 because of the lack of parts.

[Pettye]

Yes, turns out it was quite a simple repair. The crystal was also polished and it looks really nice now.

[Vuvial]

I had that model and loved it. Yet another one I wish I hadn't have flipped. I had it on a black leather tropic strap with red stitching.

[daytonaking]

I just popped it on this strap when I got in today. Works quite well but I may have a look for something else during the week. This was a nice find, the watch was just under the counter in an antiques shop. The owner hadn't put it up for sale as it wasn't running and sold it to me for what I felt was a fair price. As much as I love the internet I prefer hunting out watches in the wild so to speak.

[cyder222]

That's brilliant. I think hunting watches in the wild is going up be my next step.

[WatchNut22]

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Love Sicuras!



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