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  1. jimmyd13 Apr 18, 2018

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    https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-linkhttps://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...aign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

    Oooh, that's a long link!

    This one popped up on my notifications today and I'm struggling to see past that bezel. I genuinely laughed. But as I looked closer the dial and hands looked right for a 165.024. The case isn't bad. I hate the chip on that one lug. I've seen that crown on these but more usually it's slightly domed ... which is, or are both, correct?

    I started thinking it was a joke and I'm ending up thinking it's got promise as a project. At £5000 it's too much but at £4000?

    Thoughts from the hive mind?

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  2. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Apr 18, 2018

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    At first glance that bezel does not look right at all.
    Digits too small, crooked plots.
     
  3. jimmyd13 Apr 18, 2018

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    I think it's someone's first shot at rebuilding the insert ... if it is a first try, it's better than mine would be. But beyond that ... i'm starting to like it.
     
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  4. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Apr 18, 2018

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    I think it supposed to look more like this type "B"

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  5. Dash1 Apr 18, 2018

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    Of course the bezel is very wrong, but the dial is quite attractive and I suspect retains its original lume. Nice to have the security of the extract as well.
     
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  6. kox Apr 18, 2018

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    That's the first 165024 bezel, Marc...."A" type, not "B" :p

    The OP watch should look like my left one below (with type three bezel)....normal non subreference 165024 HF, which is in line with a january 1967 production. And yes the OP crown should be slimmer. Not a bad example besides that bezel.

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  7. esspee1200 Apr 19, 2018

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    Hand drag appears to be on dial. But overall, dial looks like in decent shape considering that a lot of these dials are ‘moldy’ with a greener lime patina.
     
  8. Dash1 May 2, 2018

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    Anybody know the hammer price?
     
  9. jimmyd13 May 2, 2018

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    Searching both the-saleroom and the auctioneer's own site, there doesn't seem to be a published result. We need to hope someone attended or saw the auction and can recall.