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timeismoney
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Good eye! The crown is obviously not original. Is it hard to source a matching correct rose gold crown? Just curious.
 
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timeismoney timeismoney
Good eye! The crown is obviously not original. Is it hard to source a matching correct rose gold crown? Just curious.

Not impossible, but very difficult. For this one it would be a Z-in-Star, 5-6 mm in diameter. It would look something like the crown on this cal 135 (you want impossible, try finding a correct replacement crown for a cal 135, with its freakishly large tap size of around 1.2 mm. Inconceivable!)

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adam78
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Wow, thanks for these warnings. I might go to see it anyway, but I am much less excited. 😒
 
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Wow, thanks for these warnings. I might go to see it anyway, but I am much less excited. 😒

I think it's a nice watch in the $2k range. The crown, meh. The wonky star bugs me a little, but only really bugs me if it's a sign of a redial... don't think so... it's more the perception of photographic deception that bugs me.
 
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Not impossible, but very difficult. For this one it would be a Z-in-Star, 5-6 mm in diameter. It would look something like the crown on this cal 135


They can be found but they're bloody expensive.

I snapped up three 5mm rose gold crowns about 18 months ago for £150.
 
LouS
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USD400 to 700 with an independent watchmaker. You'd probably still come out well ahead of Zenith-branded Primeros.
 
JohnSteed
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Great, thanks for that LouS. I'll check the threads if recommendations there for one.
 
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Seems this may need a [complete?] overhaul. Wondering what that may cost, approximately?


Well, the seller said he'd been offered $750 and turned it down and prefers to let the auction run it's course.
 
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... with 26 bids so far and about 23 hrs remaining, price is $811
 
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That's the same watch as stiggy has, correct? Is that a replacement crown?

Yes and yes. Buy and hold.
 
JohnSteed
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Oh. S long term plan to improve, like picking up the correct crown?
 
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I think the right crown on this one is the one that's not hard to find. The 4pt star?
 
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Yes and yes.

Thanks!

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Buy and hold.


Working on it - just waiting for the seller to reply to my message.
 
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Best of luck, Dennis....


Thanks. Lou knows how long I've been considering an EP. Every time I dip my toe in the water, some squirrel distracts me though….
 
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