Reply With QuoteGreat little curiosity.
Wonder how he cut it ? Fine toothed bandsaw ?
Browsing eBay on Sunday and saw this listed and figured it was a cool object to have on the watch shelf so put a bid in and ended up winning it for considerably less than I had expected.
Love the cross section so you can really see the way the case back, gasket, crystal, crystal retaining ring, bezel ring and insert. Loving that plexi dome too.
Case probably dates to mid 70's. Going to make an acrylic display box for it and mount it on a nice piece of wood.
Last edited by paneristi372; 6th May 2021 at 18:49.
Great little curiosity.
Wonder how he cut it ? Fine toothed bandsaw ?
That is excellent. How was it listed, as an exhibition piece etc or a promotional item that would have been used to help sell the watches back in the day.
Those bevel edges are nice and sharp
We’ve seen worse listed as running original watches ;)Originally Posted by Wallasey Runner
Cool thing.
This is well cool I love it
Brilliant, love it and right up my street.
Oddities like this are really interesting.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Very nice item to own.
I'm sure you could send it into Rolex for a service with the claim you'd dropped it.
"A man of little significance"
That’s very cool.
A bit of polywatch will get rid of those marks
Fascinating that - thanks so much for posting!
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Not quite sure what to say about this.....Erm..
I'd suggest not wearing it in the shower! :D
Very cool! Surprised how thick that plexiglass is.
Does the bezel still operate ?
That is seriously cool.
If you get bored please let me know as it would be a great compliment to my 9411
Seen some odd things on here but that takes it, in a good way. Fab catch
At first I thought, OMG what has someone done to that! Then I sussed it out a bit more and realised what it actually was. My eyesight really is very poor!
It’s a very cool thing indeed, which I do hope you share some photos of, once you’ve finished your little project.
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Cool thing. I suspect WR is slightly compromised though..
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That’s ace! Thanks for sharing.
Cool.
Surprised how thick the crystal is.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Even the crown has been sectioned by the look of it.
Nice find BTW.
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Looks amazing!!
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Fascinating, although of course the 9411/0 is a date sub, so it would have originally had a top hat crystal with a cyclops, not a fully domed crystal.....
And those lug chamfers are massive
Dave
That's very cool, and reminds me of the open heart Curta demonstration models.
Image from curta.li
source: private collection Switzerland
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
The return of the ‘Butcher of Rye’?
Thread update.
Managed to get a period Tudor marble watch stand, popped it on a Nato strap and bought an acrylic display case off eBay. Very pleased with the overall look.
Picked up a nice Rolex writing pad in a nice case too. My display shelves are going to need an extension soon!!
Great, love it. Something I’d buy.
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That’s is very smart.
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