COMING AT YOU IS THIS MEGA SEXY LATE 60s OLLECH & WAJS VALJOUX 92 POWERED YACHTING CHRONO WITH SOME ABSOLUTELY WILD PATINA. SIGNED 3X
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CASE: HEFTY SOLID STEEL 20TM DIVER CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS STUD MEASURES A LARGE 38.5mm ACROSS BEZEL NOT INCLUDING CROWN(REPLACEMENT) BY 45.5mm LUG TO LUG. THESE CASES WERE DESIGNED BY OLLECH AND WAJS AND USED BY SOME OTHER BRANDS AS WELL, BUT ITS ONE OF THEIR DEFINING LOOKS. I JUST LOVE THOSE THIN STICK LUGS WITH THE FACETS ON THE INSIDE WHICH LOOK SO COOL. CHECK OUT THAT HANDSOME ROTATING STEEL 12 HOUR TACTICAL GMT BEZEL. NICE BI-DIRECTIONAL ROTATION WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FRICTION. THE LUME PIP EVEN HAS ITS LUMINOUS MATERIAL LEFT IN IT.
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DIAL: THIS PATINA MAMA-MATTE BLACK BEAUTY IS SERIOUSLY STUNNING. ALL THE TEXT IS CRISP. LOVELY PATINA ON THOSE LUME PLOTS. THE ORIGINAL HANDS HAVE HELD UP AMAZINGLY OVER TIME WITH JUST A FAINT HINT OF PATINA. CHECKOUT THE WILD PATINA ON THOSE SUBDIALS. I GOTTA SAY, IN THE DIRECT SUN THAT AGED WEATHERED LOOK IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. THE BEST PART OF THIS DIAL IS THE RED/BLUE/WHITE YACHTING TIMER IN THE MINUTE TOTALIZER WHICH STILL LOOKS FRESH AND BRILLIANT DESPITE THE AGING PROCESS OF THE REST OF THE SUBDIAL.
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MOVEMENT: THIS SEAFARING BEAUTY IS POWERED BY AN OLLECH & WAJS SIGNED GILTED VALJOUX 92. THIS MOVEMENT IS QUITE COLLECTIBLE BECAUSE IT UTILIZED THE COLUMN WHEEL TECHNOLOGY WHICH MAKES RESETTING THE CHRONO SUPER CRISPY. ALL FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY AND WATCH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME. I WILL NOTE THAT THE CHRONO RESETS A 1/2 MILLIMETER FROM ZERO BUT PRETTY MUCH LINES UP BETWEEN THE 2 LUME MARKERS AT 12 SO YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE IT(JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT IT OUT)
- THIS SKIN-DIVER IS MOUNTED ON A SUPPLE DARK BROWN 18mm STRAP WHICH LOOKS SUPER RUGGED AND HANDSOME. OLLECH AND WAJS WAS ONE OF THE FAMOUS SPORTS BRANDS OF THE 60s SUPPLYING PIECES TO MILITARY PERSONNEL AND PX SHOPS AT MILITARY BASES DURING VIETNAM. THESE HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME CLASSICS AND ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THIS CHRONO IS THE PEFECT MARRIAGE BETWEEN FLIGHT WATCH AND DIVE CHRONOGRAPH WITH A TWIST OF YACHTING TIMER THROWN IN FOR ALL YOU YACHT-ROCKERS OUT THERE!!
