Reminds me of one of my favorite lines that resonates with all of us "collectors": Somebody pease make sure not to let me wife sell the items from my collection for the prices I told her I paid for them.
Thanks @Zuke ! What is the otrher strap you mention ? I will post pictures some time, yes - the watch was passed on by my father who bought it in 71, at the beginning of his medical studies. A great chrono for a doctor !
Great news, I received the strap from Bulang & Sons, and it looks great ! See some quick snaps below, I'll post more when I get a chance to take better pics. Thanks @Zuke and @Baz9614 for your input. Does anyone know what was the original (catalog) price for this watch when it came out in 1971 ?
Thanks for all the kind words. It's a little strange that this thread is seeing some new replies. I started this thread in 2016, seems so long ago. I still have the A3817 and one of the A3818s. I'm actually wearing the A3817 right now so I just took a quick pic (looks like I need to update the date).
I have an extract of a 1969 catalog (the A3818 is not shown as it came in 1971-1972). An A386 cost 590 swiss francs and a A384/A385 cost 560 swiss francs (nowadays 1 swiss franc = 1 USD). 50 years ago USD was much much stronger.... so it is hard to compare