Who knows what it will be..

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With some luck I stumbled upon this oldie.
only the crystal has been discoloured and it runs but needs a service馃榾.
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Spillman cased Mulco chronograph with inverse pushers hiding a Venus (173?) movement?
 
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I was thinking about a Valjoux 22 and hoping for Mulco or better馃榿. I haven鈥檛 seen radial Arabic numerals before on any Spillman Chrono.
You are right about the Spillman case and inverted pushers.
Why do you think Venus?

It has been advertised for more than a month with 11 views total, this one has been waiting for me::psy::.
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I was thinking about a Valjoux 22 and hoping for Mulco or better馃榿. I haven鈥檛 seen radial Arabic numerals before on any Spillman Chrono.
You are right about the Spillman case and inverted pushers.
Why do you think Venus?

It has been advertised for more than a month with 11 views total, this one has been waiting for me::psy::.

It's not a Venus 173 ... I was spiralling, but I have one next to me and the subdial positions are all wrong (upper watch in the photo), but the movement below is a good fit. Shame that's only marked "24" and isn't a Valjoux 24.

OK - scratch that. I can't upload photos from my phone ... haven't been able to do that for a week or more now. I'll edit with a photo in a few ...

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Most if not all that I have seen of this spillman chrono are supplied with a Valjoux 22(with the exceptions of a few UG鈥檚 and a bovet).

I have a feeling that I completely miss your point馃槵

And isn鈥檛 that Venus 173 shown missing its column wheel?
 
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And isn鈥檛 that Venus 173 shown missing its column wheel?

That's a173 on the left and my unchecked movement on the right
 
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OK - the mystery movement seems to be a Landeron 151 .. now, back to yours
 
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I would ask the seller to remove the crystal a provide some nice pics from the dial and movement etc. 馃榿
Dont麓t understand your game so far, sorry
 
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OK - the mystery movement seems to be a Landeron 151 .. now, back to yours
馃榾 thanks for your input!!

your chronograph suisse has a discoloured crystal too, are there any sollutions for getting it back to clear?
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I would ask the seller to remove the crystal a provide some nice pics from the dial and movement etc. 馃榿
Dont麓t understand your game so far, sorry
that wasn鈥檛 possible thanks
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the seller wasn't able to do those things and for the price I payed I couldn't care less

Ok, so huge congrats on this one and very exited to see what it really is 馃憤
 
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馃榾 thanks for your input!!

your chronograph suisse has a discoloured crystal too, are there any sollutions for getting it back to clear?
Stick a new glass in there. I've never found anything that cleans these up. My guess is it's decades of smoke and tar mixed in with UV damage and God knows what else.
 
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Ok, so huge congrats on this one and very exited to see what it really is 馃憤

Cheers馃榾 can鈥檛 wait!

Stick a new glass in there. I've never found anything that cleans these up. My guess is it's decades of smoke and tar mixed in with UV damage and God knows what else.

馃憤 Thanks! New crystal it will be.
 
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This thread is like watching your favourite tv show. I鈥檓 hooked!! Can鈥檛 wait to see what happens next.
 
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This thread is like watching your favourite tv show. I鈥檓 hooked!! Can鈥檛 wait to see what happens next.
Love the caseback too. I'm quite sure that it is a great Catch.
Thanks guys! Not much news right now, package is in some sort of postal limbo馃檨 for the last two days.
Maybe it will be delivered tomorrow maybe not.. we鈥檒l see馃榾
 
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In the mean time i could educate myself on how to remove the stem from the movement.


This must be the screw(see picture). Is it like with an omega 861 that i don鈥檛 need to fully drive the screw out of the socket?? Just 1.5 turns?
 
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And it has been delivered!

And I鈥檓 at my brother in law鈥檚 wedding, would have liked to wear it today
I hope I鈥檓 able to collect it tonight and update with some hi res pictures tomorrow