Foo2rama: what fabulous knowledge and a fantastic explication, thank you everso much. And yes, it does make sense and it will certainly be relevant a I continue to look about.
I have actually received the picture of the inside cover... Unfortunately it appears it wasn't a typo. It says
145022-74 ST, not 76. The watch really does seem to be a Bitsa...
The Seller told me he had aquired the watch from a friend who had bought it from the original owner back in the 90s. There's no paperwork to speak of, aside from the Archive Extract, so there's no trace. I guess anything could have happened during services and so on, as you rightly say...
I think this all boils down to the fact that this watch probably isn't the one for me. Unless there is some way to justify this as an acceptable purchase? (But for curiosity's sake, knowing what you've all pointed out, what would you expect to pay for this particular watch?)
I'm not a collector, but I feel that if I'm only going to do it once, it may as well be for the right piece.
And thank you everyone for all of your knowledge. I hope you won't mind me popping back in the future if I find something else. This has been an insanely useful learning experience!
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