I got lucky with the Grana. Chris Herbert (before he set up Finest Hour) was selling a full set. The Grana was still available so I snapped it up. And a fine example it too.
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I got lucky with the Grana. Chris Herbert (before he set up Finest Hour) was selling a full set. The Grana was still available so I snapped it up. And a fine example it too.
I think you could be right about the lead seal. Even when new, WWWs were at best water resistant compared with today's standard. I wouldn't be surprised if this Longines had spent 50+ years buried in...
er...not exactly:
https://i.imgur.com/ysohLk6h.jpg
Fortunately the watch made it's way to John Senior who made a fine job of restoring it. In John's own words:
It was a struggle to get the...
This is the prettiest. imho.
https://i.imgur.com/X91CFzyh.jpg
It didn't look so good when it was found buried in a Welsh field by a guy using a metal detector! Above photo was taken on the...
This one has the best movement. IWC caliber 83:
https://i.imgur.com/SH2Z6slh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/t1gjsxAh.jpg
This is the difficult one to get but by no means the best of the 12. There's just not that many of them:
https://i.imgur.com/sE0jqWlh.jpg
I wouldn't want to buy a ready made full set. The thrill of the chase is most of the fun of it.
The rarest is the Grana. You'll be looking at £8K for a good one, maybe more. The IWC is probably...