Annapolis
·Realize this is a better question for the Military Watch forum, but their mods are taking forever (it's been days) to confirm my membership, and since folks here were so helpful with advising re: my Omega purchase (I went with a 135.011 which should arrive Thu or Fri!) and seem generally knowledgeable about watches, I figured it can't hurt to post.
This is my Waltham FSSC-88-W-800, the Navy version of the Army's A-11. I know basically nothing about the provenance of this specific watch, nor whether it's all original and/or service-worn or a cobbled-together Frankenwatch of parts bought separately; the latter, in particular, is what I'm hoping to get more insight on. Does this look legit or like something that's been rebuilt, painted, etc? I'm pretty sure the hands have been re-lumed, but that doesn't seem to be a huge turnoff to some collectors. Ultimately I'm looking to sell this and I'd like to be knowledgeable and entirely honest about what I'm selling. I have no eye for this sort of thing whatsoever.
Thanks in any event!
This is my Waltham FSSC-88-W-800, the Navy version of the Army's A-11. I know basically nothing about the provenance of this specific watch, nor whether it's all original and/or service-worn or a cobbled-together Frankenwatch of parts bought separately; the latter, in particular, is what I'm hoping to get more insight on. Does this look legit or like something that's been rebuilt, painted, etc? I'm pretty sure the hands have been re-lumed, but that doesn't seem to be a huge turnoff to some collectors. Ultimately I'm looking to sell this and I'd like to be knowledgeable and entirely honest about what I'm selling. I have no eye for this sort of thing whatsoever.
Thanks in any event!