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·This watch came up for an auction a while ago,
and reading that it was a 105.012, I let go of everything that I was doing,
closed my door, and took a deep breath…This reference is one of my favorite ones!
At first glance, the obvious thing was the damaged bezel, so not a good start.
But then I started to look a little closer on the few pictures that were available,
and suddenly my Do You Like The Watchometer lit up Bigtime!
The dial, lume, case etc looked very promising!
But superhard to assess with the pictures.
I contacted the curator, and ask for more pictures and info.
A one owner watch (according to him), from an estate.
No service history, and no servicemarks.
He was very helpful and I got lots of pictures.
Serial nr 2495xxxx, and with production June 1967.
Stepped dial, applied metal log, wide spaced T, chronohand with the drop end.
The dial was a PITA to asses since the crystal was scratched, but it looked very very nice!
Lumeplots had a lovely color and nothing missing.
The bezel…lots of chips/missing paint and the carrier ring had som dents and scratches.
But I had to look past the bezel, these are possible to change (if wanted...).
The case was very defined with sharp edges, and the brushing intact.
Single step caseback with a nice engraving and step.
A1 24 tooth crown and the lovely short and fat pushers.
The very very scratched crystal had the old narrow logo.
The movement looked very clean, with nice screw heads.
Looking (for hours..🙄) on the pictures and comparing with other 66 HF´s,
I thought that this watch was very nice.
The quality of the dial and the lumeplots, the case/caseback etc looked amazing!
There were some small dings and scratches on the case/caseback, but nothing that stood out.
There was of course the possibility that the lume had been touched up,
but zooming in and out (for hours again😁),
I could see the aging, the uneven texture and some small dirt spots.
The hands had matching color, with some slight aging to the lume.
All of the above pushed my Watchometer to - I MUST HAVE THIS WATCH!
And guess what - I won the auction!
Once I had the watch in hand, I looked at it with a loupe, and then used polywatch, and now I am Very Happy!
I actually ran the pictures from the auctionhouse after my purchase to a dear Forumfriend.
We have an ongoing chat regarding the quality of dials and lume.
And he had a hard time regarding the lume…but he did like the watch!!
This one will be going to Simon Freese for a full service, cleaning and a polishing to the crystal.
Attaching pictures after my gentle polishing (there are still lots of deeper scratches).
Enjoy the pictures, and please do comment (I really really hope that I am correct with the lume…)!
Cheers!
and reading that it was a 105.012, I let go of everything that I was doing,
closed my door, and took a deep breath…This reference is one of my favorite ones!
At first glance, the obvious thing was the damaged bezel, so not a good start.
But then I started to look a little closer on the few pictures that were available,
and suddenly my Do You Like The Watchometer lit up Bigtime!
The dial, lume, case etc looked very promising!
But superhard to assess with the pictures.
I contacted the curator, and ask for more pictures and info.
A one owner watch (according to him), from an estate.
No service history, and no servicemarks.
He was very helpful and I got lots of pictures.
Serial nr 2495xxxx, and with production June 1967.
Stepped dial, applied metal log, wide spaced T, chronohand with the drop end.
The dial was a PITA to asses since the crystal was scratched, but it looked very very nice!
Lumeplots had a lovely color and nothing missing.
The bezel…lots of chips/missing paint and the carrier ring had som dents and scratches.
But I had to look past the bezel, these are possible to change (if wanted...).
The case was very defined with sharp edges, and the brushing intact.
Single step caseback with a nice engraving and step.
A1 24 tooth crown and the lovely short and fat pushers.
The very very scratched crystal had the old narrow logo.
The movement looked very clean, with nice screw heads.
Looking (for hours..🙄) on the pictures and comparing with other 66 HF´s,
I thought that this watch was very nice.
The quality of the dial and the lumeplots, the case/caseback etc looked amazing!
There were some small dings and scratches on the case/caseback, but nothing that stood out.
There was of course the possibility that the lume had been touched up,
but zooming in and out (for hours again😁),
I could see the aging, the uneven texture and some small dirt spots.
The hands had matching color, with some slight aging to the lume.
All of the above pushed my Watchometer to - I MUST HAVE THIS WATCH!
And guess what - I won the auction!
Once I had the watch in hand, I looked at it with a loupe, and then used polywatch, and now I am Very Happy!
I actually ran the pictures from the auctionhouse after my purchase to a dear Forumfriend.
We have an ongoing chat regarding the quality of dials and lume.
And he had a hard time regarding the lume…but he did like the watch!!
This one will be going to Simon Freese for a full service, cleaning and a polishing to the crystal.
Attaching pictures after my gentle polishing (there are still lots of deeper scratches).
Enjoy the pictures, and please do comment (I really really hope that I am correct with the lume…)!
Cheers!
enjoy it.
