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Anybody used a seller called

Orange County Watch Company.

They have this for sale but has been 'bought' several times recently.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Mens-SS-B ... 286.c0.m14

Are they reputable?
Is the watch genuine?Says bezel is missing but can't se where from. HELP!

Your thoughts please.

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Never dealt with them, although I've obviously seen them around.

The watch is interesting. Serial number dates it to 1967, and it's not a 765, I believe it's a 7656 like this - http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/171/ ... 736ft3.jpg

You can now see why there's a missing bezel.

Here's what makes it interesting - it's a great insight into the way that a frankenwatch is assembled. Whoever put this together thought it was a 765. 765 was powered by a Venus 178, and that's what they put in it (an old one by the looks of it). Unfortunately for them this isn't a 765, the 7656 is powered by a Valjoux 7736.

As far as the hands are concerned, looks like whoever did it had some spares lying around - they are all completely different, and as you can see from the link above, inconsistent with the right thing.

Leave well alone.

Shame that, I liked the look of it.

But thanks for the info.
This place in invaluable when you are in the market for an old Breitling!

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