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Old 29 May 2011, 12:17 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by adam78 View Post
Probably just a stamping idiosyncrasy or defect. Nothing terribly unusual. Or maybe a bit was polished off over the years.

cf. my Raleigh, on which the "2" is complete.
I swear it's a "7" on mine with a loupe. Yours is clearly a "2". Mine is identical to the other Oyster here, so it can't be a case of wear. The "1946" engraving is important. It tells me these are '44-'45 watches, so the "7" must be a "2". Very complicated. And a nice bit of history here.

Your serial no. dates to '42, a year or two earlier than the others (assuming the first digit is a 2). I wonder if the convention changed in the latter part of the "2xxxxx" production?
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