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Vintage Lecoultre Chonometre, Thoughts?

  1. Modest_Proposal Trying too hard to be one of the cool kids Aug 9, 2014

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  2. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Aug 9, 2014

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    I think it's the real deal. Auction is no longer.

    Apparently, someone else thinks so also.
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  3. ulackfocus Aug 9, 2014

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    Color me skeptical of the dial's originality - but not all the way to doubtful. Something looks off about the SWISS MADE and the north / south crosshair.

    Neat hacking feature, huh? Looks like Death's sickle.
     
  4. NT931 Aug 9, 2014

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    Is this a cal P478/BWSBr? Looks like the one in this picture, though the seller's picture is too blurry to see anything to the right of 'P478'. If it is, then its truly a chronometer.

    Hmm, was this a E168 Geophysic? The pictures in Zaf Basha's book show a dial with just arabic '12' and '6', but apparently there was a version produced which had crosshairs, and arabic 3,6,9,12, plus crosshairs. The description in the link above seems to fit this watch, which would make this a rather rare crosshair vintage Geophysic, according to another source, but it may also mean that the hands are wrong.
     
  5. initialjh Aug 9, 2014

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  6. initialjh Aug 9, 2014

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    oops... here a link to the re-edition.

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  7. Gavin It's the quiet ones you have to 'watch' out for. Aug 9, 2014

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    No PayPal. That's going to deter at least me from bidding even if it's all authentic.