That I like.
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Lo and behold, it was the Poljot Okeah I had purchased a month ago! Even though it arrived on a new mesh strap, I promptly fitted it to a vintage rolled steel beads of rice I had sitting in one of my many watch boxes! What do you think of the match?
That I like.
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Refreshing and interesting. Is 1 crown for winding the chrono and the other for timekeeping?
P.S. bonus points for the telemeter!
I really like these and have been tempted many times.
The beads of rice looks better than a mesh but I think these look great on a grey / green canvas strap.
Enjoy the watch.
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The crown at three is for winding and setting the time
The crown at nine is for the bezel.
Nice! Bought from Russia or elsewhere?
Now I'm on eBay. Just looking...
Heavens, don't tell my wife!
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Inside is the standard Poljot 3133 manual chronograph, built from the tooling of the old Valjoux 7734.
(internet photo)
Here is the box that came with my Okeah:
Looks great on the BOR bracelet , very nice indeed .
The rotating inner bezel is marked 1 - 12 so clearly for a second time zone, probably useful in a country with 11 time zones. But what is the red scale for? It goes from 1 to 10 1/5, so not a telemetre scale in miles or kilometres and I can't read the word to the left of the 12.
Always liked these, beads of rice suits it so well. One day maybe.
A very nice combo. I would be inclined to brush the bracelet back abit to match the watch.
That's just me, as I don't do bling.
Lots of threads on WUS, inc :https://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/ok...e-4001202.html
The dial is always the biggest giveaway (badly applied lume, subdial colouring, spacings etc) but the lack of a stamped (NOT etched) caseback also used to be a giveaway, although saying that it does look like someone has recently produced/procured a stamp and is knocking out casebacks. At the moment I'd say probably 95% of the vintage Okeans sold on eBay are fake with the ropiest ones coming out of Ukraine.
Here's my biggest tip: if it's under £500 it's definitely fake. If it's over £500 it's probably fake :D
im not keen on the bracelet at all but the watch itself is interesting.
nice. i remember getting on on ebay once for $50 - those were the days