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SOLD Five 3-handers watches job lot - Bake Sale for Bill

  1. Lonestar insert Schwartz joke HERE Jun 28, 2019

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    Dear OF

    I think we all know by now that Bill can use all the help we can offer :)

    For your kind and magnanimous consideration, please find a swiss-made watches job lot for sale.

    1- Mirexal Superautomatique
    36mm ex-crown Automatic Swiss Made watch, very nice blue glossy dial. Case is stainless steel and has mirror finish and I have no idea if that's original or not but it does look pretty cool! The watch runs but has not been timed the stem cannot engage the day/date setting somehow. Probably a quick fix, and if like me you never set the date anyway, who cares! lovely caseback with a cool elephant and "Gmikron" logo. 18mm lugs, NOS Corfam strap that unfortunately has a bit of rash on the lower half, but totally wearable and very nice presence.

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    2- Wemalux Manual Wind

    34mm ex-crown. I believe this is chromed, and most of what looks like pitting on the case is actually wrist cheese (yeah... I know...) and cleans up easily. Very nice tropical dial, interesting "arrow" hour markers, nice dauphine hands as you can see. The watch runs but has not been timed, and I'm thinking the rub (?) marks on the dial are old and not related to hands currently rubbing the dial. Would look killer once cleaned. Head only, 18mm lug size.

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    3- Onsa Manual Wind
    32mm ex-crown. Another chromed case I think. Very nice dauphine hands and a red running second hands that POPS on the black dial with golden branding and second track. Seriously patinated hour indices. Runs, but has not been timed. 17mm lug size, mounted on a "crocodile veritable swiss made" period burgundy strap.

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    4- Rodania Winnetou Manual Wind
    Very pretty 31mm case, looks chromed to me as some of the underlying layer is showing through in some of the edges. Interesting silver sunburst dial with dagger hour markers and hands, T-swiss-made-T, nice bright and readable. 16mm lug size, runs, but has not been timed. Head only.

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    5- Nivada Manual Wind.
    34 mm stainless steel ex-crown. I bought this watch for the cool case and dial, which i'm thinking might be a redial by the way, as it is pristine killer - without a swiss-made writing anywhere... the colors are great and the matching red dial writings and blue and red hands really make this watch stand. The bad: I over-winded it once and it hasn't run since, which is a shame because it's a cool little one. Brand spanking new 18mm wide double-ribbed black strap, would look killer with a blue strap with red stitching for instance.

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    I honestly am not too sure what to ask, these are typically not the kind of watches you'd find on OF but they're actually pretty cool and I know a few of you who like the smaller, off-the-beaten-paths 3-handers such as the first four. The fifth one can probably be fixed for cheap and make a nice summer beater to be worn with slacks and a white t-shirt!

    How's $100 shipped to western Europe, $110 to the US, $120 to the RoW for all 5 watches sounding like? If you want to throw more in, go ahead be my guest and help further a fellow watch collector who had an accident... All proceeds will go to Bill's gofundme!

    Get well soon @watchdaddy1 - you have OF sending you positive waves from around the world!

    Thanks all :)
    Paul
     
    Edited Jun 28, 2019
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  2. Lonestar insert Schwartz joke HERE Jun 29, 2019

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    Ohpf thanks to the generous offer from a gentleman in the US :)

    Thank you OF for the good karma, and all the best to Mr McTheny!

    Paul

    Edit: now SOLD as the money was sent directly to Bill's GoFundMe. Thank you K., And get well soon @watchdaddy1 :)
     
    Edited Jun 29, 2019
    noelekal, Sidnos, Jonatan and 3 others like this.