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Syrte
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Is the case gold plated? Can’t really see with the reflections.
I had the privilege to try on a watch which has some common features.... courtesy of its owner who goes by «Passion66» on Instagram. It was purchased at major Geneva auctions— and I seem to remember from reading somewhere here in 2017 that the solid gold one was valued at around $15k?

Of course solid gold would be worth more than gold plated. Still that gives you an order of magnitude.
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Syrte Syrte
Is the case gold plated? Can’t really see with the reflections.
I had the privilege to try on a watch which has some common features.... courtesy of its owner who goes by «Passion66» on Instagram. It was purchased at major Geneva auctions— and I seem to remember from reading somewhere here in 2017 that the solid gold one was valued at around $15k?

Of course solid golid gold would be worth more than gold plated.
Best regards
The case is mostly stainless steel. The lugs appear to be gold capped over stainless.
 
Syrte
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Then maybe the person you want dealing with it is someone like Rebecca Struthers in the UK, who’s an award winning master jeweler who is also a watchmaker. Not sure she does that kind of work, but maybe she’d know people in the US who would?
I’ll be curious what happens to it,
Cheers
 
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Anyone know the approximate year of this watch?

Need the serial on the caseback to date it, but I assume it’s 40s

The case reference will also tell you the material, if it’s gold plated will start with 4.....
 
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Wonderful watch. I'd say that creating 1 lug while you have 3 examples should not be a big issue.
 
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lovely ref. congrats for this find! of course you've to fix it.
 
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I would like to know the case reference on this one. The Sala archives pic was a 2XXXX meaning SS. This one is plated I guess, although hard to tell what is going on from the pics?
 
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Gave it a light polish on the case and crystal. Some more photos before I send it off for some surgery.
 
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Gave it a light polish on the case and crystal. Some more photos before I send it off for some surgery.

Matt:

Good luck on the work! All of us have our fingers crossed for you. 👍

Bob
 
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looks amazing, best of luck ! I can't tell, are those lugs gold plated or solid gold? Rose or yellow?
 
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looks amazing, best of luck ! I can't tell, are those lugs gold plated or solid gold? Rose or yellow?
They are solid rose gold. I found a goldsmith, who specializes in watch cases. He didn't seem to question me too much, said he could do the lugs for around $350.
 
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They are solid rose gold. I found a goldsmith, who specializes in watch cases. He didn't seem to question me too much, said he could do the lugs for around $350.

Looking forward to seeing the results!
 
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That is a beautiful dial, it’ll be awesome getting it back so it can be worn with pride.
An aside - why are the 3,6 & 9 second markets on the sub-dial specifically marked with a line?
 
bgrisso
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telephony scale.....track intervals on phone calls................those are minutes not seconds........................😉
 
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Yes, of course, thanks. Should’ve written minutes but haven’t had a coffee yet 😵‍💫 Good for timing an egg boiling as well, or maybe 3 eggs one after the other...
 
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