FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A RARE AND WILDLY FUNKY WABI-SABI DUGENA AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH RUNNING ON THE FAMED TENOR DORLY 1369 CALIBER
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CASE: GARGANTUAN TONNEAU RECTANGULAR CASE MEASURING A PORTLY 36.25mm ACROSS CASE NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 46mm LUG TO LUG. WITH A THICKNESS OF 14mm THIS THING IS A TOTAL BEAST AND IS LIKE WEARING A BRICK ON THE WRIST. I WON'T TRY AND SUGAR COAT THE FACT THAT THE CHROME PLATING HAS SOME SEVERE WEAR. HOWEVER, THE LOOK IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.....LIKE A PROP FROM MAD MAX: BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME. IT HAS THE FEEL OF AN OLD INSTRUMENT THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME SHIT AND IS A TOTAL SURVIVOR.
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DIAL: DESPITE THE WABI-SABI ON THE CASE, THE DIAL IS IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION. I LOVE THAT SUNBURST GREY BACKGROUND WITH THE "DRUNKEN PANDA" LAYOUT OF THOSE MATTE BLACK SUBDIALS. ALL THE HANDS ARE IN IMPECCABLE CONDITION WITH THE TRITIUM LUME ON THE MINUTE/HOUR MATCHING BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE CUSTARD TONE ON THE DIAL MARKERS. THE DATE AT 9 IS A NICE QUIRKY TOUCH.
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MOVEMENT: THIS GROOVY DUGENA IS POWERED BY THE CLASSIC AND VERY RARE TENOR DORLY 1369 AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH CALIBER. THIS MOVEMENT WAS PRODUCED IN THE EARLY TO MID 70s TO COMPETE WITH THE VALJOUX 7750 AND THE BUREN MICRO-ROTOR CAL. 11,12, AND 15. THIS ONE IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING TIME. ALL CHRONO FUNCTIONS WORK AS THEY SHOULD AND RESET TO ZERO PERFECTLY. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT WATCH IS DEMONSTRATING STRONG AMPLITUDE ON THE TIMEGRAPHER
- THIS DUGENA IS MOUNTED ON A HAND-MADE BIG HOLE SUEDE STRAP WHICH LOOKS KILLER ON THIS BEAST. EVERY SERIOUS CHRONOGRAPH COLLECTOR NEEDS A PIECE WITH A TENOR DORLY CALIBER IN THEIR LINEUP. WITH ITS STRANGE DIAL LAYOUT AND FUNKY PROPORTIONS, THESE WERE SOME OF THE WILDEST CHRONOGRAPHS TO EMERGE FROM THE 70s. THIS ONE COMES TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY. WITH ITS AGED CASE AND TOUGH LOOKING DIAL, THIS PIECE MEANS BUSINESS.
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