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Author:  nichos [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:56 am ]
Post subject:  navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

I have the navitamer since I bought it in 1962 at the duty-free shop of RAF station in El Adam, some 50mls in the desert south of Tripoly.

I used it for years in the Persian Gulf, Sudan, Nigeria, E.Africa & the Med.

Can anybody direct me to where I could buy the tiny hand of the left circle, total hrs? which stupidly lost on one of the many cleaning jobs I did to it.

The two stopwatch buttons's underside are corroded/holed slightly from prespiration salts, crop-spraying chemivals, fuel, sand & what else, & the stopwatch is inoperative perhaps for same reason.

It needs professional servicing, but it will be left to successors.

The watch otherwise works & keeps perfect time, & pity, as it is manual, it has to be rewinded every 24hrs.

Not bad really after 48 years!.

Sorry for the poor images.

PS EDIT:- the lost tiny hand is the bottom one, total hrs.

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Author:  Roffensian [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

Very nice, and great to have the history from new, it sounds lik it has some tales to tell.

As you say it needs some servicing / restoration and if it hasn't been serviced (as you suggest), I really would at least have it serviced before using it - the oils will have long ago dried up and running the watch will be causing wear to the parts that could get expensive.

Author:  nichos [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

How true, thanks for the caution, perhaps should let it rest..

I only run it once a year or so for an hr or two, to circulate things as I did lightly lubricate it with a mist a couple of times since it retired.

Author:  chronodeco [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

Contact me if you are interested in having it restored. I can probably find the hand and the pusher caps need replacing. Thanks, Craig

Author:  nichos [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

thanx chrono, any chance of buying myself those two parts?

very relactant to send it away. .....nick

Author:  chronodeco [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

I won't sell my hands outright - I don't have many. You can buy the pushers from:
http://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/4/660/725.aspx
in the UK. I believe the threads are 2.3mm and the caps are 4.0mm.
Good luck changing those. Craig

Author:  nichos [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

Thanx Craig.

Author:  onewatchnut [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: navitimer 806 967059 1962 lost a tiny hand

chronodeco wrote:
Good luck changing those. Craig

Good luck, indeed!

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