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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.

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.

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.

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

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S. Craig Bergsma

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

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

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

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S. Craig Bergsma

Thanx Craig.

Good luck, indeed!

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