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Kurt will obviously know for sure, but it doesn't look right to me, I don't recall seeing anything like that before.

ultraspooky bezel, but the whole case is spooky, too. my only 18k piece is a 769 where the case design is 1.1 the same as the SS version, the lugs on this one do not look correct, do they ?

the bezel here has no resemblance whatsoever to any SS bezel I have seen on pictures or in reality.
Kurt, I hope it is ok to add a picture from your wonderful Navitimer history page for comparison ?

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Is the back cover of these watches stainless steel? Appears that way in the pictures. If it is stainless I can't remember ever seeing a steel piece marked 18k so the pictures are probably just making it look stainless, right?

vintage wrote:

back covers are also 18K Gold , hard to photograph the true Gold colour

Yes, its correct and typical of solid 18K Gold 806's of that era as the cases were made by an independent gold smith

do you know what this one went for, Yaffle ?

Author:	vintage [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:13 am ]
Post subject:	18k 806
Not having seen one of these recently, is that outer bezel correct? Looks like a different shape than the beads of rice and other later styles I've seen. http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t= ... 8&rid=2177

Author:	Roffensian [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:23 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Kurt will obviously know for sure, but it doesn't look right to me, I don't recall seeing anything like that before.

Author:	Kurt B [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:57 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
No unfortunately not, I know close to nothing about 18 K Navitimers, but it looks spooky to me, not a watch I would pay top $ for. / Kurt B Roffensian wrote: Kurt will obviously know for sure, but it doesn't look right to me, I don't recall seeing anything like that before.

Author:	WatchFred [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
ultraspooky bezel, but the whole case is spooky, too. my only 18k piece is a 769 where the case design is 1.1 the same as the SS version, the lugs on this one do not look correct, do they ? the bezel here has no resemblance whatsoever to any SS bezel I have seen on pictures or in reality. Kurt, I hope it is ok to add a picture from your wonderful Navitimer history page for comparison ? Attachment: forums.timezone.com screen capture 2011-3-23-15-49-30.jpg Attachment: people.timezone.com screen capture 2011-3-23-15-42-2.jpg

Author:	Dracha [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:26 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Yes, its correct and typical of solid 18K Gold 806's of that era as the cases were made by an independent gold smith here's mine

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Author:	WatchFred [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:00 am ]
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Author:	Kurt B [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:24 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Watchfred, I can see that you took the picture of the bezels from my article on TimeZone, please use use this link in the furtre if you want to read the article, as this one is constantly being updated http://vintageure.dk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=109 / Kurt B WatchFred wrote: ultraspooky bezel, but the whole case is spooky, too. my only 18k piece is a 769 where the case design is 1.1 the same as the SS version, the lugs on this one do not look correct, do they ? the bezel here has no resemblance whatsoever to any SS bezel I have seen on pictures or in reality. Kurt, I hope it is ok to add a picture from your wonderful Navitimer history page for comparison ? Attachment: forums.timezone.com screen capture 2011-3-23-15-49-30.jpg Attachment: people.timezone.com screen capture 2011-3-23-15-42-2.jpg

Author:	vintage [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Is the back cover of these watches stainless steel? Appears that way in the pictures. If it is stainless I can't remember ever seeing a steel piece marked 18k so the pictures are probably just making it look stainless, right?

Author:	hardrockminer [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:16 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Afaik you can't put a steel back on a gold case because of the difference in hardness and associated wear.

Author:	Dracha [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:34 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
vintage wrote: Is the back cover of these watches stainless steel? Appears that way in the pictures. If it is stainless I can't remember ever seeing a steel piece marked 18k so the pictures are probably just making it look stainless, right? back covers are also 18K Gold , hard to photograph the true Gold colour

Author:	vintage [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:07 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Dracha wrote: vintage wrote: Is the back cover of these watches stainless steel? Appears that way in the pictures. If it is stainless I can't remember ever seeing a steel piece marked 18k so the pictures are probably just making it look stainless, right? back covers are also 18K Gold , hard to photograph the true Gold colour I thought so. Beautiful Navitimer!

Author:	Yaffle [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:51 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Quote: Yes, its correct and typical of solid 18K Gold 806's of that era as the cases were made by an independent gold smith Excellent Dracha. Lovely Navi. Thanks for sharing. For reference here are a couple of the earlier 806's in solid gold. http://superlativetime.com/product/brei ... circa-1962 http://superlativetime.com/product/18ct ... g-aopa-806 I handled one of these and the lugs were hollow!

Author:	WatchFred [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:41 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
do you know what this one went for, Yaffle ? http://superlativetime.com/product/18ct ... g-aopa-806

Author:	Yaffle [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:49 am ]
Post subject:	Re: 18k 806
Quote: do you know what this one went for, Yaffle ? Sorry I don't.

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