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Lets see your vintage watches
- Thread starter murklemark
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I don't know how that one is built.If anyone knows a better way to keep that tension spring in place I am open to suggestion. It lifted the insert after I took the bezel off to brass it.
@NCRich ?
It has the wire spring like the 6538. We had a wrestling match to get it back on and I eventually won
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Eunomians
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Golden Space-Age beauty humming along very very accurately since 1964
Controlled aesthetics back then were quite unique and extraordinary.
The mechanical electric hybrid movement is still historically something to shake a stick at - it still offers deadly precise time-keeping.
Controlled aesthetics back then were quite unique and extraordinary.
The mechanical electric hybrid movement is still historically something to shake a stick at - it still offers deadly precise time-keeping.
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Avanti76
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Avanti76
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EBay, mostly US, like this one.
This is Pulsar P2 1974, obviously gen.
But rarely Functional and usually requires repair. Also condition is seldomly perfect and glass gets chipped easily.
If lucky it is only the quartz to replace.
Worst case is ESD damage , you can forget repair.
Otherwise it could be wirebonds which broke on the main IC.
Wire bonds can be repaired (if not over molded or glued) but it requires some material and steady hand. 50% chance of succes.
P2 LED module are less easy to repair then P4 ones (later model, non dot led display).
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Latest 6239 project returns from a week-long repair job. Both the chrono minute and second hands were resetting to zero, plus or minus 1-2 seconds. Also, swapped out the 7835 bracelet for this gorgeous Rolex ostrich strap that I bought off eBay for $87. (Yes, that was in 2011, but that was lucky cheap even back then!) The tang buckle is also genuine, and there actually are minor differences to the rep buckles available in most places.
Dunno if this qualifies as vintage, but it’s not modern
