FOR SALE IS A GROOVY BUREN MINI-STOP PARKING METER TIMER IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL STICKER ON THE BACK.
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CASE: CLEAN CUSHION GOLD PLAQUE CASE MEASURING 37.5mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 43.5mm LUG TO LUG. THE ORIGINAL FACTORY BRUSHING IS FULLY INTACT ON THE CASE. THIS THING LOOKS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN WORN. 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 CHAMPAGNE DIAL IS IN EXCELLENT 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. ORIGINAL CRYSTAL HAS SOME VERY VERY MINOR SURFACE SCRATCHES WHICH CAN BE EASILY BUFFED OUT.
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MOVEMENT: THIS WELL MANNERED BUREN RUNS ON A CLEAN DUROWE 471-4 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. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT WATCH IS KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND THE TIMER FUNCTION WORKS CRISPLY.
I'VE GOT THIS COSMIC MOUNTED ON A VINTAGE NOS SHARKSKIN 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
