IMO you have very little chance of finding a loose solid gold case. The reason so many movements and cases get separated, and perhaps why you have the former rather than the latter is that the high price of gold has meant many cases were scrapped, leaving thousands of orphaned movements and dials left over. I note your dial is solid gold. If yours was mangled by a scrapper, perhaps they missed this rather crucial point else that would be in the crucible too.
IMO you have very little chance of finding a loose solid gold case. The reason so many movements and cases get separated, and perhaps why you have the former rather than the latter is that the high price of gold has meant many cases were scrapped, leaving thousands of orphaned movements and dials left over. I note your dial is solid gold. If yours was mangled by a scrapper, perhaps they missed this rather crucial point else that would be in the crucible too.
He’s talking about the case style, the ref number you’ve listed is known as the C shape. How are you certain your dial is from that ref case?
just looking into this a little further.
Except from Desmond's blog - with the same dial configuration, it could be an integrated case style. (I always think of these references as being from early seventies but the serial of the movement fits for '69)
If so, there would be a hell of a lot of gold in the case and bracelet - worth a pretty penny on the scrap pile.
