As all good watch stories start, I've been after one of these for a while. My search was greatly helped by Anders @Northernman, who I can't thank enough. I looked at quite a few, but you know how it goes, overly restored, too expensive, unoriginal or just plain faked. Anyway here it is waiting to be serviced, a new strap and glass and hopefully it'll be good to go.
Nice catch! I did not see the fixed bars was missing, however on these watches they are easily put back. Basically just stainless steel rods pushed in as the lugs are drilled originally. On mine it helped when removing the Bonklip bracelet.