sympathetic redial possible in this case? I hate to lose that dial furniture.

 

this is interesting as a historical piece. anyone seen one before? fixed lugs make me think military use, but not finding any other examples online.

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Cool double signed and cheap too!

 

I thought Altesse was the name of the model?

 

Don't bid all at once, fellas. This one's mine.

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I couldn't force my fingers to bid, even if I wanted to...

 

Why make an ugly 80's watch, like all the others, if you can make an awful one?

With UG even the bad taste is superlative...

 

Apologies if these are newbie questions...

Are those cracks on the underside of the lugs?
And is it normal for the worn pushers to look yellow as in the pictures?

Thanks!

 

You are right. It's a jewellery store out of Paris.

http://altesse.com/fr/la-maison

 

Now there's a seller who's wondering why their number of watchers tripled overnight.

I really like the way that the underside of the lugs curve although, of course, I imagine they're invisible in daily use.

 

Well, you never know... look at the Nina prices 5 years ago :0

 

Look at stainless steel prices of Polerouters today:



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To be fair, the seller has described it as heavily patinated and for spares and repairs, so either someone wants the chocolate dial, the parts or it’s just market exuberance and where it is these days...

 

Finally, Polerouters matches their fair prices...

 

I mean the case it good and the dial Is crazy! It's so hard to find a nice condition Polerouter, so only seems fair!!

 

Have you looked at the bidding?

 

seems fake bids + item relisted

 

exactly. Luckily nobody here thought they were reaching their fair price and actually decided to bid enough to beat the shill bids...