anyone know anything about Ofair? Never heard of them but found an interesting watch by that company

Here’s the watch. What’s interesting is the inscription on the caseback. Dial says Debra crown Benrus and back Ofair with a Felsa 699

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Certified-Chronometer-Felsa-699-Permutator-w-Power-Reserve-Recent-Service/183665696429?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=ac2a2ff65ca24c17ac58211c1f70e78d&pid=100675&rk=1&rkt=15&sd=183665696429&itm=183665696429&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:e2f8f69b-2704-11e9-9f47-74dbd180c803|parentrq:aef89cc21680ab67371f418affe0dd1e|iid:1Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

It is hard to determine the lineage of a mongrel. and therefore to believe a supposed “pedigree”. Sounds to me like the attributions on the case back are full “Ofairl”!

 

True but it seems like a lot of work to put that on the back and wear it out just to fool someone

 

Well, if you like the watch and believe the virtues emblazoned on the case back, buy it if you are comfortable with the price. The Felsa 690 family (not necessarily including this Felsa 699) were made in the millions. I probably have a dozen or so of the 690-692 models in my stash. They were a good, honest, 1950s movement that were an early bi-directional winding automatic. But the staining on the perimeter of the rotor on the subject watch tells me the rotor has been dragging on the under side of the case back. And had the watch been serviced in 2017 as the seller claims, I would suggest that staining would not show so prominently.