How modified is this Vulcain Cricket 304001?

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Tetsuya

·May 2, 2024

I've come across this Vulcain Cricket (ref: 304001) and can't find any records of this dial with this case (series 2 and I believe it is chrome plated with a stainless steel caseback) and movement. I'm fairly sure the hour and minute hands are aftermarket –– aside from them, wondering if anyone has come across something like it.

 

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jjen

·May 2, 2024

the pictures of the dial are terrible but it looks ok to me. I can't tell if the dial is lumed. the hands look like radium, could be original if the dial is radium. but again hard to tell from these pictures

 

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ibis888

·Jun 18, 2024

I recently acquired this Cricket, no markings on the caseback. Gold plated with a stainless caseback, but the case design looks similar maybe?

 

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MaartenF

·Dec 9, 2024

ibis888

I recently acquired this Cricket, no markings on the caseback. Gold plated with a stainless caseback, but the case design looks similar maybe?

If there is no marking on the case back, the watch is probably imported in the usa

 

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bardamu

·Dec 11, 2024

Numbers on the back are a case serial number I think, not a ref.
Hour and minute hands are wrong I'd say, I agree.
This is mine, no lume:

 

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MaartenF

·Dec 11, 2024

The first series of the Cricket had serial numbers on the back starting with a 4. The holes in the case back were openings. The second series had reference numbers on the back starting with a 3 and round openings.