33.3 incoming

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I've been going further back in time with my collecting the last 18 months or so. I'd kind of played most out of what I wanted and which was achievable for me from the 60's and 70s and it had been getting harder and harder to find nice 50's Constellations and Seamasters to add to my collection, which has left me focusing on some of the larger case references of the 1940's.

This wonderful CK2393 with cal 33.3 has just arrived to me a couple of days ago in a trade deal with one of our respectable members @MtV and I thought it well worthy of a small post of its own. It's a true survivor and has just had the Rolls Royce of services to get it to how it's looking today, this as Matt had originally sourced it a few months ago as a bag of bits, not knowing whether it was fully complete or not...



The ref 2393 has a very striking case design with a thin bezel, short, hard angled lugs and olive pushers which works really well both on and off the wrist.



The dial is really weathered and to my eyes the definition of wabi-sabi: imperfect but beautiful 馃グ Copper, grey and red...TBH not my go to combination for a watch dial...but somehow it just works!



I'm real happy with this one and it fits in extremely well with my small collection of 40's chronos 馃榾

 
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Definitely worth shouting about. Congratulations!
 
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That aged beautifully. Really nice, great looking piece for sure!
 
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What a gorgeous chronograph! 馃グ
Must have been really satisfying to restore the parts into a working watch 馃憤
 
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Fantastic watch and a spectacular dial. I think that Omega/Tissot/Lemania chronographs had some of the coolest dials during this period. Lots of unusual tones. Thanks for sharing!
 
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Wonderful catch. I like these weathered dial more than perfect ones tbh
 
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Great to see a post from you Chris and congratulations! I hope to be posting an update on mine in a few months!
 
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STOP THE CONTEST! That has to be the coolest vintage watch I鈥檝e seen in the past year. Congrats!
 
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I love the radium hands and the patina is for sure adding up here - even though I'd like to see this dial in factory condition for comparison.
Assume this patina looks better 馃榾
 
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Wow there is something incredibly beautiful about this watch, a real keeper!
 
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So happy it turned out as well as it did and it landed in the right hands. 馃榾 Enjoy, Chris. And thanks in return for one piece out of your collection that鈥檒l find its way to me soon - hopefully after a service with a less Rolls-Royce-y price tag.
 
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Sheesh!! What a beauty and definitely agree about the Wabi Sabi quality of the dial, it鈥檚 wonderful!