Thoughts about a possible birth-year purchase ('77 1022 cal).

Would need to negotiate the price down considerably if I went for this (listing is for >800!) but I'm curious to see if your eyes notice anything I've missed. I'm still honing my skills here.

I think I might see a missing screw, and I'm having trouble locating/comprehending the regulator. Listing says it's keeping accurate time. No stated service history, which is also a factor in cost here. The cosmetics don't bother me much as long as everything looks original.

I'd probably sell off the bracelet immediately to recoup at least a tiny bit of $, as I'm not a bracelet person.

These are the only movement pics supplied; there are other pics of the bracelet and case, but I'm mainly interested to know people's thoughts about the mechanism itself and the dial.

This particular watch—Before I’d attempt to negotiate price, I want to be aware of any conspicuous problems. (Or just walk away from it if there are too many problems.)

Though if the 1022 is notorious in general, I’d be curious to hear about that too.

To be clear, I don’t think I’d pay more than $450 or $500 for this, so if the seller is totally inflexible it’ll be a pass. I’m kind of testing my own skills here too.

Just checked: the seller doesn’t provide any background on service so I’d have to ask...