Anyone care to guess what happened to it?

In the meantime I’ll message the seller to find out.

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May be it was run over by a car.

 

It’s just the camera angle

 

Nothing that can't be fixed with a little heat and a hammer.

 

I am guessing the owner had a habit of chewing the lugs with his teeth to soothe his anxiety

 

Nah no car - I posted a Longines previously that had been run over by a car.. much less specific mangling on that one.

Anyway, guess we’ll never find out because they got it this way.

 

The dog tried to eat it.

 

Nah, just a ...um, chew toy

 

I'm surprised that the caseback looks relatively unscathed. Probably the damage was done with the back off?