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19 December 2019, 02:00 AM | #31 | |
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19 December 2019, 03:15 AM | #32 |
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Ah, okay. Thanks for the clarification. I’ll update when it’s finished or if I have more questions along the way.
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20 December 2019, 05:10 AM | #33 |
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Heres a picture of a Victory with what might be an original leather band....
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20 December 2019, 05:28 AM | #34 |
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24 December 2019, 05:18 PM | #35 |
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Here is an example of a leather band that I find on almost all of the similar watches from that era.
Just found this loose bottom half, today while cleaning. It appears to be unused. If worn they tend to get pretty dark, I don't think the leather is very water repellent. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk |
24 December 2019, 05:30 PM | #36 |
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I think the band that I just posted is a pretty good match to the one that Old Expat had in his illustration.
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24 December 2019, 06:00 PM | #37 |
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There's no way that's original to the watch. It's clearly been cut down to size to fit that smaller lug width.
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15 January 2020, 12:15 PM | #38 |
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I got it back today. This is the finished product, thank you everyone who had input.
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15 January 2020, 12:23 PM | #39 |
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I collect US military vintage watches of this era.
That genuine strap in the advertisement appears to be pigskin. Very commonly used at that time and there are loads for sale even some original NOS ones which are not expensive. I am assuming 16mm lug width? Do a Google search for vintage 16mm pigskin watch band Fantastic little piece! Nice restoration. Crown looks good. Enjoy it!
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15 January 2020, 01:05 PM | #40 |
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That looks terrific (love the red second hand)! Question- the old stories of how Rolex built brand recognition by replacing (for free) watches lost by Allied POWs- would this have been that kind of watch?
One of my grail watches is a WWII era Universal three hand watch awarded to teams at the 1948 Sugar Bowl- similar in style except only twelve hour time. People today like big watches, and snear at less than 36mm as a ladies watch, but there were some tough hombres wearing 32mm watches like this back in the day. |
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I wasn’t sure how it would wear on the wrist being a smaller case but it looks fantastic just as any stainless steel on leather. It’s not a style of watch that’s seen everywhere and I like that. |
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3 January 2021, 03:46 AM | #42 |
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Some photos...
I have photos of my Victory, but I'm not sure of originality of parts. I found it in this state at Goodwill and my watchmaker did the COA on it.
The crown most certainly doesn't match the ads, but oddly enough it matches my co-worker's grandfather's Victory. Probably the replacement of choice by watchmakers. Me and my co- worker never really thought of original style strap, we just put them on these vintage military Orlon straps. P1021176.JPG P1021179.JPG P1021180.JPG IMG-20200715-0705517.jpg |
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