FOR SALE IS A GROOVY PAUL GARNIER MINU-STOP PARKING METER TIMER IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
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CASE: CLEAN CUSHION GOLD PLAQUE CASE MEASURING 34mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN AND PUSHER. CROWN AND PUSHER ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR IN THE PLATING.
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DIAL: OH HELL YEAH!!! ONE OF THE MORE ICONIC DIALS OF THE TIMES. I JUST LOVE THE LAYOUT OF THESE WITH THAT HALF MOON DISPLAY WHICH SHOWS THE ELAPSED TIME WITH LARGE WHITE NUMBERS ON A BLACK ROTATING DISC. THE SUNBURST SILVER DIAL IS IN MINTY CONDITION AND I LOVE THAT COLOR CONTRASTED WITH THE BLACK OF THE TIMER FUNCTION. REALLY SHARP AND CLEAN APPLIED GOLD/BLACK MARKERS LOOK AWESOME PAIRED WITH THOSE STEEL STICK HANDS.
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MOVEMENT: THIS WELL MANNERED BUREN RUNS ON A CLEAN DUROWE 17JEWEL GERMAN MOVEMENT WITH FLYBACK STOPWATCH FUNCTION WHICH RESETS THE TIMER. THE TIMER IS ALWAYS RUNNING ON THESE BUT SETS BACK TO "0" WITH THE TOP BUTTON. THIS ONE HAD BEEN RECENTLY SERVICED BY THE PREVIOUS COLLECTOR AND IS KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND THE TIMER FUNCTION WORKS CRISPLY.
I'VE GOT THIS COOL DUDE MOUNTED ON A STITCHLESS OSTRICH GRAIN STRAP WHICH LOOKS MIGHTY DEBONAIRE ON THIS FELLA. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUIRKY ODDITIES OF THE 60s WHICH REALLY IS FUN TO HAVE IN YOUR WATCH COLLECTION. THE MINSTOP WERE DEVELOPED TO TIME HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD YOUR CAR PARKED IN A SPOT WITH A PARKING-METER. THE DESIGN MIMICS THAT OF A PARKING METER, AND IN MY OPINION IS A REAL COOL LOOK. I ACTUALLY FIND IT TO BE QUITE FUNCTIONAL AS A COMPLICATION FOR ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THESE AND A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY COLLECTOR....ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
