FOR YOUR EYES ONLY IS A SEXY MID 60s CLEBAR/ZODIAC VENUS 178 COLUMN WHEEL CHRONOGRAPH IN AWESOME CONDITION
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CASE: CLASSY ALL STEEL CASE IN EXCELLENT AND UNPOLISHED CONDITION. SHE MEASURES A SUBSTANTIAL 36.7mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 46mm LUG TO LUG. THIS BEAUTY IS IN SERIOUSLY SHARP SHAPE. LOOK AT THOSE CRISP LINES ON THE CHAMFERS OF THOSE LUGS. THIS THING IS SUPER SLICK. THIS IS DEFINITELY A VERY TRANSITIONAL CASE WITH THE PILL PUSHERS AND THE SNAP-BACK CASE. SHE WEARS NICE ON THE WRIST DUE TO THAT LONG LUG TO LUG.
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DIAL: SIMPLY STUNNING. THIS SILVER SUNBURST DIAL IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION. I TOTALLY DIG THOSE DEEP DISH SUNKEN SUBDIALS WHICH REALLY HAVE ADD A NICE DEPTH AND 3-DIMENSIONALITY TO THIS DIAL. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SINGER DIAL WHICH WAS USED BY BOTH HEUER AND ROLEX FOR THEIR CHRONO MODELS OF THE SAME ERA. DEFINITELY HAS A STRONG HEUER CARRERA LOOK TO IT. DIAL HAS SOME VERY MINOR AGE BLEMISHES BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT. HANDSET IS ALL ORIGINAL AND THE AGED TRITIUM NICELY MATCHES THAT ON THE DIAL LUME PLOTS. THE TACHY SCALE IN BLUE IS A NICE TOUCH.
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MOVEMENT: THIS CHRONO IS POWERED BY THE FAMED VENUS 178. THIS WAS THE WORKHORSE MOVEMENT MAINLY USED BY BREITLING IN THEIR NAVITIMER MODELS. SUCH A FANTASTIC COLUMN WHEEL DESIGN. THE CHRONO ACTION ON THIS ONE MIGHT BE THE BEST OF ANY VINTAGE I'VE EVER HANDLED. SUCH PRECISION AND SNAPPY FEEDBACK. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN, BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN RUNNING LIKE A DREAM FOR WEEKS OF ON/OFF WRIST OBSERVATION AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME.
THIS HEUER SLAYER IS MOUNTED ON A CLASSY SOFT AND SUPPLE LEATHER STRAP WHICH LETS THE DIAL DO ALL THE TALKING. CLEBAR WAS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WTH ZODIAC WATCHES AT THIS TIME, AND THERE IS ACTUALLY AN IDENTICAL MODEL THAT ZODIAC ALSO PUT OUT. THESE ARE SUPER RARE AND YOU DON'T SEE THESE OFTEN. THE DIAL ON THIS ONE DEFINITELY SHARES SOME DNA WITH THE MUCH PRICIER AND HARDER TO OBTAIN HEUER CARRERAS, BUT I HAPPEN TO DIG THE CASE ON THIS ONE MUCH BETTER. IF YOU'RE A VINTAGE CHRONO GEEK OR A PURVEYOR OF SUPER COOL STUFF, THEN YOU NEED THIS CLEBAR IN YOUR COLLECTION.
