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24 September 2018, 10:43 AM | #31 |
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Very cool!!
She is a bit rough around the edges but will clean up nicely hopefully! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
24 September 2018, 11:08 AM | #32 |
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I had the same reaction when another 7020 thread popped up a few days ago. Such cool and unique piece.
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24 September 2018, 11:26 AM | #33 |
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Excellent! This is gonna be fun! :)
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24 September 2018, 01:18 PM | #34 |
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Well, it wears beautifully, a very standard sized watch. Runs very well, I was able to set the day/date quite easily, no quick set (I had a Rolex Day Date from 64 up until recently). Dates/days snapped around very sharply, in fact better than the recently serviced Rolex Day Date. The Sunday day on the day dial is pretty ghastly, must have stopped on a Sunday for many many years.
Rather annoyingly the serial number has completely worn away. The clasp has an engraving, which reads something like "...name....Love ART EN '71" |
24 September 2018, 01:45 PM | #35 |
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Oh lastly, one of the links in the bracelet is an older style rolled link. It appears to have been roughly added to extend the bracelet. I will have my jeweler remove this as the bracelet is quite long luckily.
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24 September 2018, 02:21 PM | #36 |
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What a great watch. :) Serial numbers? We don't need no steenking serial numbers! :) (movie reference)
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24 September 2018, 02:37 PM | #37 |
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Ha ha, yeah for sure. Correct me if I am wrong but were all of these made in 1969?
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24 September 2018, 02:40 PM | #38 |
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To my knowledge, yes.
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24 September 2018, 05:26 PM | #39 |
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Correction, the serial number is intact. The spring bars were distorted and appear to be about to fail too.
Serial confirmed as 690775 |
25 September 2018, 10:34 AM | #40 |
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Well I was hoping I could get away with wearing it for a few days/weeks before its service. The watch ran nicely all day yesterday. Today however the hands and date/day are stuck but the seconds are progressing...
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26 September 2018, 12:57 PM | #41 |
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Update: The watch seems to stop each day at 10:18, oddly, I am checking the watch in the evening often past that time, when I wake up its has gone back to 10:18. I havent had it opened yet, but I am actually really dreading it. Anyhow, photos of the internals to come this week!
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26 September 2018, 12:58 PM | #42 |
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Also, I have decided to ship the bracelet off to Michael Young for a thorough service. I have a 200USD credit with him, so I might as well use it.
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26 September 2018, 05:20 PM | #43 |
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Keep us posted!
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27 September 2018, 07:53 PM | #44 |
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For that price is a steal.....bracelet is not correct to the watch but you can sell it at the price you got the watch :-)
Here's mine: |
27 September 2018, 08:31 PM | #45 |
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cool nice watch!! do you have more pics?
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8 October 2018, 10:31 AM | #46 |
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Ok - Bracelet has been shipped off to Michael Young.
The next step is to have the watch itself assessed. Hopefully this will occur this week. |
8 October 2018, 09:52 PM | #47 |
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more pics as requested:
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8 October 2018, 09:54 PM | #48 |
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and good luck with refurb......:-)
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9 October 2018, 06:44 AM | #49 |
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wow! I need to find the original bracelet! Very nice, pics thanks!
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14 January 2019, 11:05 PM | #50 |
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Hey I would like to know what bracelet exactly these were sold on? I see them on all types, but if someone has a clasp code or something to go on that would be great.
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15 January 2019, 03:56 AM | #51 |
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Beautiful vintage watch, love the folder band. Wear it in good health!
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