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Poor man's Orfina 7750 - let's document as many varieties as possible!

  1. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    This thread has been developing exponentially to document as many variations on the Orfina 7750. Appartently this watch design has been licensed or otherwise released by a ton of brands few people have ever heard of. I couldn't find much on the fora documenting these, so I thought I'd dedicate a thread to it here.
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    Just stumbled across this weird specimen. It looks like it has the dial, case, hands, and movement of an Orfina 7750 Porsche Design and a tachymeter scale on the rehaut similar to the Heuer Ref 12. I've tried to do some research on Cresy as a brand, but have come up with nothing. Has anyone here heard of Cresy, and its provenance?
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  2. Badwolf Dec 9, 2019

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    I believe I’ve seen a few versions of this watch, I guess they were ordered with different branding. I’m sure I’ve seen a LeJour.
     
  3. Badwolf Dec 9, 2019

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  4. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    Arctos were in on it too, apparently
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  5. gefmey Dec 9, 2019

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    The 7750, or its clones has probably been put in more brands of watch than almost any other movement. I've always been a sucker for them.
     
  6. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    The list goes on: Tourneau and D&W (Danny & William? Don & Wally? Dirk & Winston?)

    Imma change the subject on this thread, to document Orfina 7750 varieties. So keep 'em coming!

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  7. gefmey Dec 9, 2019

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    Is that Tourneau a 7750, looks like a 5100
     
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  8. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    Well spotted. Indeed, The Tourneau would not qualify as it's outfitted with a lemania 5100. For the longest time I didn't realise that the Orfina "Porsche Design" was equipped with a Valjoux 7750 while the Orfina "Military" had a Lemania 5100 under the hood...
     
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  9. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    Incoming:
    - Croton
    - Meister-Anker
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  10. jaspers Dec 9, 2019

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    The variety of Orfina 7750 lookalikes is a gift that keeps on giving. Here's another one—Titus:
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  11. Badwolf Dec 9, 2019

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    I’m sure I saw a Breitling somewhere, possibly eBay
     
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  12. fbf Dec 9, 2019

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    mine.
    Appears to be the "same" watch
     
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  13. gefmey Dec 9, 2019

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    I'm partial to the pvd cases like that one. Always a favorite.
     
  14. bassem abadan May 28, 2020

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    hi, LeJour World timer ,7750 ....
     
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  15. JimInOz Melbourne Australia May 28, 2020

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    Didn't Gallet punch out a couple of these?

    Or is my memory er........what was I saying?
     
  16. bassem abadan May 28, 2020

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    Cadet Wold timer,blue faced is twins brother ref 9500 ,M.R.P.S.A case
     
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  17. l8forbaja Dec 6, 2023

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    Reviving an old thread with this Arabic date one
     
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  18. Thommas Dec 6, 2023

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    Seemingly unlimited variations of these... Here's a couple I found.

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  19. S.H. Dec 6, 2023

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    Most of these have cheap cases, a step or two down from an Orfina or Sinn 144. The Tachy scale is actually part of the case (not a separate rehaut) and the scale is directly printed on the metal :confused:. I've seen a few, including some example for the French military.

    A black example I had:

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