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jerryct
路Recently acquired this Angelus Dato 12. The caliber 255 was the first big split date movement created. These are normally found with chrome case but patience paid off and I finally found one in steel and in an incredible condition.
The quirky thing about these is that it is unable to jump from 31 to 1. People back in the 1950s still haven鈥檛 figure it out. So the date will go up to 39 before jumping back to 1!
So I also have been reading up on big split date movements and know there are two others namely Venus 221 and Venus 216. Does anyone know which one was the first watch movement that was able to jump from 31 to 1?
The quirky thing about these is that it is unable to jump from 31 to 1. People back in the 1950s still haven鈥檛 figure it out. So the date will go up to 39 before jumping back to 1!
So I also have been reading up on big split date movements and know there are two others namely Venus 221 and Venus 216. Does anyone know which one was the first watch movement that was able to jump from 31 to 1?
