FOR SALE IS A STRIKINGLY HANDSOME AND SUPER THIN ROTARY VISCOUNT GENTS DRESS WATCH FROM THE 60s IN SPLENDID CONDITION.
CASE: EXTREMELY SHARP STEEL CASE MEASURING A LARGE 35mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 42mm LUG TO LUG. SUCH A GORGEOUS AND WELL FINISHED PIECE WITH THE MIRRORED TOP AND THE VERTICALLY BRUSHED SIDES AS SHOWN IN THE PICS. THIS WATCH IS SUPER THIN AT ONLY 8.75mm INCLUDING THE DOMED CRYSTAL. THE LUGS ON THIS HAVE A COOL AND SUBTLE SHARP INWARD SLOPING DESIGN TO THEM AND ARE RAZOR SHARP AND CRISP. THERE ARE A FEW HAIRLINES HERE AND THERE ON THE TOP OF THE CASE, BUT THIS LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN HARDLY WORN.
DIAL: MINIMALISM AND SIMPLICITY DEFINED. GORGEOUS SATIN SILVER DIAL IN MINT CONDITION WITH THOSE ELEGANT CROSS-HAIRS. THOSE LARGE APPLIED GOLD MARKERS AT 12/9/6/3 HAVE A VERY "JAEGER LECOULTRE" ASTHETIC ABOUT IT. AND, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THAT NAME...."VISCOUNT". IT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE WORN WITH A MONOCLE AND A TOP HAT.
MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 17 JEWEL SWISS MANUAL WINDER WHICH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND RUNNING FLAWLESSLY. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN, BUT THIS ROTARY HAS BEEN BEHAVING LIKE A CHAMP OVER A WEEK OF ON/OFF WRIST OBSERVATION.
WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A SUPPLE CARAMEL SUEDE STRAP WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY COMFORTABLE DAILY WEARER. THIS ROTARY VISCOUNT IS AS CLASSY AS THEY GET AND HAS A NICE LARGE WRIST PRESENCE DUE TO THAT THIN BEZEL AND WIDE DIAL.
