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Here's a small tip of the veil lifted of a watch that yearned for a good cleaning and some repairs

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

Oooooooh!

Bet that's gonna be just a little nice. Cruel teaser.

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Dave

That's beautiful Rene, show us more!

Very nice. Unusual export code stamping on that movement too.

impeccable and interesting. well done, Rene !

Do we have a "rubbing hands in anticipation" emoticon?

thanks All !



After doing some research I found info from Bill (in Sacramento) on other fora that the first (other) known WOG stamps were from 1947 so I am going to take this as original , the serial also dates it to 1947

Craig said it had '40 years of crud' on the case , the pushers were even stuck by it ! and still the original mainspring and by looking at the movement , dial etc I have little reason to believe this isnt OK
It did however needed a repair because the date did not automatically advance at midnight and by reading Craigs comments it looks like it never could have worked properly ?

Question from me , Has anyone seen these hands before ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

I too read somewhere that WOG stamping started in 47, if not mistaken was Fred who mentioned it.

Also came across a Venus 1946 movement signed WOG here (Venus 175 movement from 1946 Chronomat signed both 'BREITLING' and 'WOG')
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f39/breitl ... -9103.html

Don't doubt that it's original Dracha, just looked like an unusual stamp - maybe just variations because they were hand operated machines. The upside down stamping certainly indicates early, but it does look different than Alan Trott's (which I doubt is 1946).

Those hands do look familiar, although not convinced that they are all correct for the model.

Rene, same as Roff, hands are absolutely familiar but not what I would expect on a Datora.

Our dear friend Michael has a Datora V195 w/ similar hands http://www.chrono24.com/en/all/venus--- ... 4&tab=pics, but this one has so many question marks that you would probably not use it as a reference. will keep looking.

A question, what year did the stick hands change? I find it quite hard to read the time with them since get confused with the date and chrono hand. I have seen later ones with dauphine hands which I guess was for better readability though for looks I prefer the stick hands.

Rene, the watch looks beautiful, did you receive it yet? If so some more pictures needed:)

Cruvon , I havent received it yet but it might get mailed out today

and I cant quite make out the hands in the '46 catalog , maybe someone has a larger pic ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

nope, we all share the same pics until a valued forum friend finds the time to dig out his catalogue copy to rescan ..... (hint intended )

edit: and do not forget NEVER SET THE CALENDER BETWEEN 10pm an 2AM !

you're the 2nd person telling me that !
I will try to remember

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

Cool, can't wait to see more pics of it.

The hands in that 46 catalogue definetely look like stick hands like on my watch though would love a better scan too.