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From THIS would you take the leap? I did.....

  1. TexOmega Aug 6, 2016

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    listing pix

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    who'd be brave enough to buy?

    Post your own examples.
     
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  2. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 6, 2016

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    I might. First thing I would do is try to see what we have here.
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  3. redpcar Aug 6, 2016

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    Pop the hood. Let's see what's inside.............
     
  4. TexOmega Aug 6, 2016

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    first I washed it through photoshop

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  5. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Aug 6, 2016

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    Auction photo before
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    I can never get this one to photograph nearly as well as it presents. Markers are fiery mirror bright gold and the hands are much brighter. The dial is a pleasing hue. Unexpectedly turned out to be a favorite.
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  6. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 6, 2016

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  7. TexOmega Aug 6, 2016

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    And this is how it showed up, a nice Pilot's watch.

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    I've read and been told one way to roughly date a chronograph is by the start numbers on the scale, 400 would be early. This has a inscription dating to 1942, but who knows when the watch was produced, I would say late 30's to early 40's.

    Kay gave this to Art.

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    Black dial with gold/copper markers/numerals/track and powered by a Venus cal 170 circa 1942.
     
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  8. TexOmega Aug 6, 2016

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    Here's a contemporary......not mine, from the Web.....described as from the '30's.

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    And a Breitling from the era that sold for $3500

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  9. TexOmega Aug 6, 2016

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    Anybody make out the name on the dial?

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  10. Edward53 Aug 8, 2016

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    This is the puzzle from hell! The last letter but one looks like an L, but I'm not sure if the "serif" isn't a reflection or wear to the dial. Could it be NICEUX? It's the only thing that seems to fit, though I can't find this word on the Net in any relevant context.
     
  11. Vitezi Aug 8, 2016

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    It looked like "NICELY" to me, but I could not find a listing in Mikrolisk.
     
  12. wsfarrell Aug 8, 2016

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    Same here.
     
  13. redpcar Aug 8, 2016

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    +2. NICELY
    What does it say on the movement?
     
  14. TexOmega Aug 10, 2016

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    Nothing on the movement

    I too saw NICELY or maybe NICERY but nothing fit for an English company, I was thinking another language might be the answer.

    17jewels is the only writing

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    and the back

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  15. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Aug 10, 2016

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    Engraving's a bit unclear. Does it say:

    KAY TO ART
    '42
     
  16. TexOmega Aug 10, 2016

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    yes, mentioned above
     
  17. noelekal Home For Wayward Watches Aug 10, 2016

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    Hah! No discernible memory left. I read that earlier but forgot about it.
     
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  18. redpcar Aug 10, 2016

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    Venus movement. You have that going for you..........
     
  19. TexOmega Aug 11, 2016

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    Yes, Venus 170. Functions like budda.
     
  20. Vitezi Aug 11, 2016

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