Finally won one on the bay within my budget.
After buffing it out, the case has no wear through on the gold filling that I can find. There are the scratches.... Even the brushed finish below the chevron is still there.
The case is 14k gold filled and this one has the 21 jewel 719 movement. The hour and minutes dials are in good shape, with just a bit of yellowing on the minute one. The hour disc is white as snow. It runs and sets great. I put it on a suede period strap, mostly because that is what I had that fit ; )
I did order a new crystal, as the current one is a bit clouded and buffing only removed a bit of it.
The only issue is that the hour and minutes are off by just a bit, but it will have to wait in rotation for a trip to the watch tech.
After buffing it out, the case has no wear through on the gold filling that I can find. There are the scratches.... Even the brushed finish below the chevron is still there.
The case is 14k gold filled and this one has the 21 jewel 719 movement. The hour and minutes dials are in good shape, with just a bit of yellowing on the minute one. The hour disc is white as snow. It runs and sets great. I put it on a suede period strap, mostly because that is what I had that fit ; )
I did order a new crystal, as the current one is a bit clouded and buffing only removed a bit of it.
The only issue is that the hour and minutes are off by just a bit, but it will have to wait in rotation for a trip to the watch tech.