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Wot's in the Box - Gambler's Edition

  1. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Today, a chancy, irresponsible purchase from South America - the South Bronx of watch collecting, where one wrong glance will get you redialed and frankened faster than you can say "seventeen jewels unadjusted."

    The usual rules - 20 yes-or-no questions, 1 question per post, to identify the contents.

    Wot's in the Box?
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  2. Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Feb 8, 2014

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    1. Chrono?
    redacted ;)
     
  3. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    1. ...graph. Yes
    2. No

    One question per post please.
     
  4. ulackfocus Feb 8, 2014

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    3) Manual or automatic?
     
  5. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Manual
     
  6. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Two or three registers?
     
  7. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Two register.
     
  8. ulackfocus Feb 8, 2014

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    16 more questions left and we know it's a 2 register manual wind chronograph.

    5) Inhouse movement or generic?
     
  9. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Yes, this is moving along very briskly!

    generic
     
  10. ulackfocus Feb 8, 2014

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    6) Landeron, Venus, or other maker?
     
  11. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    I'll spot you this one...Valjoux
    Furthermore, this company never made their own in house chronograph.
     
  12. Modest_Proposal Trying too hard to be one of the cool kids Feb 8, 2014

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    Sports chronograph or non-sports chronograph?
     
  13. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    What is the difference?

    I shall use it for eggs, pasta, some stuff in the lab, and to time how long it takes my girl to get ready to go out in the evening. (Is that a sport?)
     
  14. ulackfocus Feb 8, 2014

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    8) Is it a Breitling?
     
  15. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    Nope.
     
  16. blackwatch wants tickets to the HyperBole. Feb 8, 2014

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    9) Nivada Grenchen
     
  17. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Feb 8, 2014

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    La Morenita Coffee ;)
     
  18. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    not that either. One usually finds more classic brands in South America...say those that enjoyed their heyday in the 1940s and 50s rather than 60s and 70s.
     
  19. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Feb 8, 2014

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    That makes me go faster, but not quite the same thing!
     
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  20. MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Feb 8, 2014

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    S.A. is the land of Ulysse Nardin. Yes, that's a question.