LEGENDARY~ATLANTIC RECORDS VALJOUX 7733 BLUE EYE'D PANDA~SERVICED

LEGENDARY~ATLANTIC RECORDS VALJOUX 7733 BLUE EYE'D PANDA~SERVICED

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ALL YOU LOVERS OF ROCK HISTORY AND LORE.....GET A LOAD OF THIS!!  FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A LATE 60s BLUE EYE'D PANDA PRODUCED BY JP PINGOUIN FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS AS A PROMOTIONAL GIFT TO EXECS AND TALENT.  JUST IMAGINE, IT'S 1968-1969 AND THIS WATCH IS HOB-NOBBING WITH THE LIKES OF LABEL HIT-MAKERS.....LED ZEPPELIN, ARETHA FRANKLIN, CREAM, CROSBY STILL AND NASH, AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS.......SO COOL. THIS VALJOUX 7733 IS RECENTLY SERVICED AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. 

 

  • CASE: CLASSY LARGE CHROMED CASE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.  SHE MEASURES A SUBSTANTIAL 37mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 45mm LUG TO LUG.  NO WEAR IN THE CHROME ON THIS ONE AND THE CASE IS IN UNBELIEVABLE UNPOLISHED AND SHARP CONDITION.  THERE IS A MINOR SCRATCH ON THE TOP OF THE BOTTOM LEFT LUG AND A FEW TINY NICKS HERE AND THERE, BUT OVERALL THIS THING LOOKS PRACTICALLY UNWORN.   CHECK OUT THOSE ULTRA SHARP FACETED LONG LUGS.  I JUST LOVE THE WAY THIS ONE WEARS.

 

  • DIAL: THIS PULSATIONS DOCTOR'S DIAL IS THE EPITOME OF 60s SEXINESS.  CHECK OUT THAT HEAVY HEAVY SUNBURST SILVER FINISH WHICH IS MARVELOUS AT EVERY GLANCE.  I LOVE THOSE ELECTRIC BLUE SUBDIALS WHICH CREATE THAT SHARP PANDA LOOK AGAINST THE SILVER BACKDROP.  THOSE FACETED APPLIED STEEL MARKERS LOOK MEGA GROOVY MATCHED WITH THOSE CLEAN STEEL STICK HANDS.  YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT CHERRY RED CHRONO SWEEP HAND WHICH IS TOTALLY SWINGIN'.  IT'S THAT ATLANTIC RECORDS LOGO IN BLACK, THOUGH, WHICH STEALS THE HEART AND GRABS THE IMAGINATION.  

 

  • MOVEMENT: THIS CHRONO IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7733 SIGNED JP PINGOUIN(AS WELL AS THE CASEBACK).  THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT ASSEMBLED AND SUPPLIED MANY MOVEMENTS AND CASES FOR LEJOUR DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.  THIS WATCH WAS JUST RECENTLY SERVICED AND IS RUNNING LIKE A TRUE SESSION MAN.

 

THIS BLUE EYE'D PANDA IS MOUNTED ON A MATTE BLACK GLOVE LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS ULTRA SUAVE ON THIS CHRONO.  THE MIND RUNS WILD THINKING ABOUT WHO MAY HAVE HANDLED THIS WATCH.  I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THESE WERE GIVEN OUT BY THE COMPANY TO RECORD EXECS, SESSION MUSICIANS, TALENT, AND DISC JOCKEYS DURING THE TIME PERIOD WHEN ROCK AND SOUL MUSIC WAS LEADING A CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA.  ATLANTIC/ATCO WAS ONE OF THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING RECORD COMPANIES OF THE DAY WITH THAT SAME LOGO STAMPED ON SOME OF THE MOST CLASSIC ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.  IF YOU ARE A ROCK MUSIC OBSESSIVE(SUCH AS MYSELF) AND LOVE CLASSIC VINTAGE CHRONOGRAPHS, THEN YOU MUST HAVE THIS WATCH IN YOUR COLLECTION.  ON ITS OWN, THIS IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF A CLASSIC PANDA DIAL'D CHRONO, BUT THE ADDITION OF THE ATLANTIC RECORDS CONNECTION MAKES THIS ONE A WHOLE LOTTA-LOVE.