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Hey

I have been looking in a lot of threads, and have fallen in love with the vintage navitimers.. I wouldn`t be a collector, I would wear it every day, so I am trying to find a cheap 1st navitimer. I don`t care if everything isn`t original or it have had service, or have some sign of it have been used.

I found this one, I know you can`t see the movement which is why I am asking if this is a lottery ticket: http://jewelry.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=5121&lotNo=60137



To my untrained eye this picture isn`t so bad, but if you click on the link, and then scroll down to the bigger picture ( same size as the one I posted here ) and click on that you will see how much wear and tear there is.

Will anyone guess how much it would be to give this an overhaul so it would look good on my arm ?

In general do vintages require service more often than new watches ? Just as old cars

Thx.

I'm not sure that a gold plated 806 would be my choice of a one watch daily wearer to be honest. If you are buying it solely on price then you may be better off buying a 15 - 20 year old contemporary piece (if not a Navitimer) rather than this. It's going to have no water resistance and the gold will wear. Servicing will likely be cheaper than a modern piece, although I'm not going to guess on this based on one picture, but you may need to service it more often.

This piece has multiple issues, not least a very amateur relume job and some non original parts. It's from 1959, not the 60s.