New arrival! 165.024

td69

Congratulations! Among the 165/166.024 SM300 bezels, I personally love this B-type style fonts most and it is the hardest one to source in mint condition. The 1506/16 combo is sweet.

ndgal

Yes. The case sides and inner part of the lugs should be brushed along with the center section of the bracelet and end links.
The rest should be polished.

It is bad? Kinda, but there are definitely much worse examples out there.
This watch is overall very attractive and all original down to the end links.
I would not try to correct it, because the only way to do so (properly) is with a polishing wheel...
I would leave it as is.

ndgal

It is bad? Kinda,

Dsplash

Hi!
I finally put my hands on the 165.024 I dreamt of! I won it in an auction (probably overpaid it with those incredible buyer’s premium charges..) but the patina really « spoke » to me! 😁

I just received it and have nothing to open the caseback but from the (awful) auction pictures, it’s a 165024-64 HF case.
The extract dates it to 01/66 and the 1506/16 bracelet is etched 3 64.
I really have trouble assessing its level of polishing as my other 166.024 is a CB case and they look pretty different side by side.
Under UV light, everything (insert, dial and hands) light up and fade as awaited (and similarly). The dial, black is quite deep compared to my other one, and looks almost shiny

The pictures are far from amazing but daylight is falling quickly and the sun stayed hidden all day!

Davidt

Looks great overall.

Regarding the polishing, is the crown side of the case as bad as it looks on picture 4, or is it a combination of bad lighting/angle?

Based on that picture alone someone's certainly had a good go at it. The 2oclock side looks like the profile may have been altered (again this may well just be the angle of the picture).