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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 18:22:09 GMT -8
This is a Favre-Leuba Sea Rader 36000. It is auto winding, has auto(quik set) date and is all original, including the bracelet. The dial and hands are perfect. What you see are some really small blemishes on the crystal. The clasp on this thing has an extra 4mm of spring travel so you never have to adjust it for when your wrist swells. I have an additional 1/2" of extra links for it but just never got around to installing them. Why? you say? Well even though the movement sings along at 36000bph, the cannon pinion is loose and the hands ether don't move or they drag slowly. Apart from a servicing and restaking the cannon pinion, this one is almost ready to go. I'm not going to tackle this one and I don't know if the price of a service from one of our gurus would cost more than I could get for it on ePay. Anyway, just thought I'd take it out, capture some pics and show it off before it goes back in the box.
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Post by HiBeat on Jul 20, 2017 19:17:02 GMT -8
Thanks Pete. Those are great, venerable 10 bps movements. Kind of shocked there is an issue.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 19:33:53 GMT -8
Thanks Pete. Those are great, venerable 10 bps movements. Kind of shocked there is an issue. It's probably fairly common with watches that have to have the hands rotated completely to change the day setting. Still it's not really that difficult to fix.
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Post by pip on Jul 21, 2017 4:22:09 GMT -8
I'd imagine mike_B will be drooling over that one pretty soon. As am I to be honest, it's a beauty.
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jul 24, 2017 8:35:09 GMT -8
Really cool piece, Peter!
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Jul 25, 2017 16:37:54 GMT -8
Like every other Bell-Matic... Thanks Pete. Those are great, venerable 10 bps movements. Kind of shocked there is an issue. It's probably fairly common with watches that have to have the hands rotated completely to change the day setting. Still it's not really that difficult to fix.
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Post by Mike_B on Jul 26, 2017 9:24:14 GMT -8
That it's a thing of beauty ! What a stunner. How can it possibly just sit in a box 😜
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Post by TonyT on Jul 26, 2017 11:32:49 GMT -8
A real gem! How does it look on the wrist?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 18:00:23 GMT -8
A real gem! How does it look on the wrist? Tony, I can't find the picture I had of it on my wrist but basically it takes up roughly the same real estate as the SKX007 diver. It looks bigger than it is because of the shape of the dial and case. It fits fine on a 6 3/4 to 7 inch wrist.
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Post by tiananmen on Jul 26, 2017 18:09:57 GMT -8
Beautiful. Post a wrist shot!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 18:22:14 GMT -8
Beautiful. Post a wrist shot! Yeh, I guess I should
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