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Old 13 May 2019, 08:29 AM   #1
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Wittnauer Futurama 1000 Double Retrograde

The vintage king of funky dress watches !





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Old 13 May 2019, 10:05 AM   #2
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That's about as funky as it gets! Gorgeous watch.
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Oh that's cool!!
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Very cool
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Old 19 May 2019, 05:56 PM   #5
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Great conversational piece. How old is it and what’s the timekeeping like? Does it fly back exactly on the hour?


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Old 23 May 2019, 10:57 AM   #7
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Great conversational piece. How old is it and what’s the timekeeping like? Does it fly back exactly on the hour?


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Early 70’s, time keeping is kinda slow for a high beat ETA, and I will probably have it serviced soon.

Here is a video explaining the watch.

https://youtu.be/uI52BRZ0J2M
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