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kreyke
路Speaking as complete layman, the numerals are identical to my 1940 Eterna and are certainly Bauhaus influenced 馃榾
Nice watch!
The UG x Benrus Skychief mystery
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Duchene1
路It is indeed a smaller face the bezel does turn in fact freely pulling the crown out the arms move so as to set time the buttons also work nothing appears to be stuck it is just not operating
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Duchene1
路Duchene1, what are the dimensions (diameter) of the watch? From the pic it looks quite small, like 32/33mm (excluding crown)?
Is the movement still working and the chronograph functioning (a part from obviously needing a service)? Is the bezel rotating freely? I cannot see the pointer that should be present in these bezels.
If the dimension is indeed 32/33mm and considering the relatively poor condition of the dial it will have a very limited market appeal, as it will considered too small and also not well preserved enough. That being said it is indeed true that it is an interesting watch and the set makes it interesting, but only to hard core collectors as oppose to people that buy to wear and/or buy to speculate.
Me for istance I could be interested as a collector item, but I would never wear it
I guess that best way would be to put it on Ebay and see what it does.
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Duchene1
路This is really cool. Look at the old lettering in typeset
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GuiltyBoomerang
路I would wear it in a heartbeat 馃槈 Great find!
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Duchene1
路Im not interestrd in ebay sales. I would like very much to trade it for a more practical watch I could wear.
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GuiltyBoomerang
路D Duchene1Im not interestrd in ebay sales. I would like very much to trade it for a more practical watch I could wear.
Well I'm sure plenty of members will be able to help you out here if you had a rough idea as to what you were after...though I believe you will need to ask one of the admins for the ability to post a thread in the Sales forum.
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Duchene1
路Last discussed here.
I found another one. Identical, save red chrono seconds hand and import code that appears to start with a Z, possibly ZX - I can't make out the last letter. Case measures ~32mm.
Here's the intriguing part. Caseback is engraved with a pilot's name and 1939. I was able to track the guy down in the news archives. Benrus presented him with a Sky Chief.
IMO, the dial has been retouched.
Thoughts?
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Duchene1
路Last discussed here.
I found another one. Identical, save red chrono seconds hand and import code that appears to start with a Z, possibly ZX - I can't make out the last letter. Case measures ~32mm.
Here's the intriguing part. Caseback is engraved with a pilot's name and 1939. I was able to track the guy down in the news archives. Benrus presented him with a Sky Chief.
IMO, the dial has been retouched.
Thoughts?