Sold as a manual winder, but was originally designed as an automatic? Now THAT I have never seen! You are saying the watch was also available as an automatic, but that if the automatic winding parts were added to the subject watch, the watch would not work? Pray tell, why?
This image of a Revue T46 from the Ranfft archive bears only a faint resemblance to the watch you are calling a T46.
http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&2&2uswk&MSR_T46
The one in your post has the train bridge milled to accommodate the auto wind works. The Ranfft image isn’t milled. The one in your post has the milled steady pin to accommodate the auto winding. The Ranfft image isn’t milled there. Yours shows the modified barrel bridge, and the jewel for the lower pivot of the final auto wind drive gear. The one in the Ranfft image has a different barrel bridge, and no accommodation for the lower pivot of the final drive gear in the auto wind mechanism. I can see what you meant when you said the watch wouldn’t work f you added the auto wnd system. That seems to be because it totally wouldn’t accommodate the auto wind system, period.
Just bought this for my husband, will be his first auto. Looks familiar don't you think? Its supposedly nos. Looks immaculate, but will only know for sure once I get it.
I'm hoping he loves it, but if he doesn't it might just find it's way into my collection (does that make me a terrible person?!? )
Also thanks for all the revue pics, I'm really enjoying the earlier dials, just stunning! They seem to be in such great condition (or is that just from a really good clean up?)
This is one of a couple of watches from my father and was wondering if it was worth getting it cleaned up and serviced.
Very nice watch! He better be happy😉 T56 in-house movement is a funky beast https://mitka.co.uk/2018/12/14/repair-revue-calibre-t56/
Thats a great watch!! Your father had very good taste👍
I managed to remove the back (carefully) and here is the mechanism.
The back is inscribed but almost indecipherable and not worth posting an image.
Other than waterproof, antimagnetic, stainless steel, and swiss made there is an inscription beginning with an upward pointing arrow, 7323 followed by A. Is this a serial number or does it have any other significance?
