Up for sale is this rare Certina DS-2 Chronolympic with a Valjoux 72 movement. If you have questions that are not answered in the description below, just send me a PM or ask in the comment section. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- WATCH Certina DS-2 Chronolympic -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- SPECIFICATIONS Movement: Certina 29-052 (Valjoux 72) Ref. No: 8501 300 Serial No: 72 3 *** Year of production: 1968 Case diameter: 42.5mm ex. crown (45mm incl. crown) Crystal: Acrylic / plastic Distance between lugs: 20mm -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ HISTORY The watch was purchased by the original owner and appears to be untouched. This model was only produced for 2 years and is, as mentioned above, equipped with a much sought after, Valjoux 72. For those who do not know the Chronolympic series, this is a nice place to start: https://www.vintagecertinas.ch/en/chronolympic/ -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ TECHNICAL CONDITION The watch seems to be in good technical condition considering the service history is unknown. It has been inspected and cleaned by a watchmaker 6 months ago. Chronograph / Complications reset as they should. Measured time deviation is roughly +- 10sec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COSMETIC CONDITION See pictures for description. The dial and hands are very good condition with a lovely patina. The case has some dings after a long life of diligent use. The case can of course be polished, but I have chosen to keep this untouched All parts are original set apart from crown that appears to be a service part. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ OTHER The watch band is original for Certina DS / DS-2 -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ PRICE The price: $2000/£1500/€1700 excl. shipping net to me. The watch and the seller are located in Norway for those who want to meet F2F. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFERENCES I have tons of references on norwegian and swedish sales/watch forums, but Im still pretty fresh on this forum.