FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A SUPER TOUGH LATE 70s LEJOUR 7000 PASADENA IN REALLY NICE SHAPE.
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CASE: LARGE AND IN-CHARGE PVD COATED SOLID STEEL CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS SPORTY GUY MEASURES A NICE 41mm ACROSS CASE NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL CROWN BY 43mm LUG TO LUG. SUCH A SHARP AND NO-BULLSHIT DESIGN WHICH WEARS COMFORTABLY. LOOKS LIKE THE TIP OF THE CROWN MAY HAVE BEEN TOUCHED UP AT SOME POINT WITH SOME BLACK PAINT, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY NOT VERY OBVIOUS. PVD IS IN REALLY NICE SHAPE ON THIS ONE WITH SOME MINOR DINGS ON THE BEZEL AND SOME WEAR TO THE CROWN AND BACK OF THE PUSHERS.. THIS THING IS A TOTAL TOOL.
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DIAL: THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DIALS OF ALL TIME. SO MUCH DEPTH AND DETAIL YET SO STARK AND MILITARISTIC. I LOVE THAT SEMI-MATTE DEEP BLACK DIAL WITH THOSE PIE PAN SUBDIALS. I LOVE THAT HEAVY SLOPED TACHY SCALE, AND THOSE GROOVY WHITE HANDS. THAT TANGERINE SWEEP HAND ADDS A NICE POP OF COLOR TO THIS OTHERWISE 2-TONE FACE. THE ORIGINAL FLAT GLASS CRYSTAL IS SCRATCH FREE AND CLEAR.
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MOVEMENT: THIS LEJOUR IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7750 AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST STURDY CHRONO CALIBERS EVER MADE. ALL FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY AND WATCH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME. THIS WATCH CAME FROM A COLLECTOR WHO CLAIMS IT WAS SERVICED BACK IN 2016.
- THIS LEJOUR IS MOUNTED ON A SPORTY THICK BIG HOLE TROPIC STYLE STRAP WHICH PAIRS AWESOME WITH THIS BRUTE. THE FRENCH BASED WATCHMAKER, LEJOUR, HAS GAINED A CULT STATUS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO THEIR SPORTY DIVER, MILITARY, AND RACING STYLE 70s CHRONOGRAPHS WHICH OFTEN SHARED THE SAME CASE AND DIAL DESIGNS OF HEUERS OF THE SAME ERA. THIS IS A REALLY NICE EXAMPLE AND, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE BEST VALUES OUT THERE IN THE VINTAGE WATCH MARKET.
