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GRIZZLY~MID 60s GOLD NIVADA ANARCTIC AQUADATIC

GRIZZLY~MID 60s GOLD NIVADA ANARCTIC AQUADATIC

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FOR SALE IS A TOTAL SURVIVOR MID 60s NIVADA AQUADATIC ANTARCTIC IN VERY COOL VINTAGE CONDITION. 

 

CASE: STUNNING GOLD PLAQUE ANTARCTIC CASE WITH ROBUST SCREW-BACK MEASURING A NICE 34.5mm NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 42mm LUG TO LUG. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CASE DESIGNS WITH THOSE SCULPTED/FACETED LUGS WHICH ALMOST RESEMBLE FANGS. YOU SEE VERY FEW OF THESE IN GOLD, AS MOST OF THESE WERE STEEL. THE GOLD IS IN REALLY GREAT INTACT SHAPE WITH SOME MINOR THINNING TOWARDS THE LUG TIPS. SOME WAR SCARS ON THAT SCREW-DOWN STEEL BACK, BUT OVERALL THIS THING IS IN TIGHT CONDITION. IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE CLASSIC AND DISTINGUISHING SPORTS WATCH CASES OF THE EARLY TO MID 60s.

 

DIAL: THIS ONE IS LIKE A FINE AGED TREASURE WHICH HAS JUST BEEN EXCAVATED FROM A SUNKEN PIRATE SHIP. I JUST LOVE THE PATINA ON THIS ONE. SUPER COOL CHAMPAGNE LINEN DIAL WITH GOLD MIRRORED MINUTE TRACK. EVEN PATINA AND TONING THROUGHOUT WHICH EXUDES SWASHBUCKLING SWAGGER. THOSE ARROW FACETED MARKERS ARE TOO COOL FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. AND...I INTENTIONALLY SET THE DATE FOR THE 6th, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT KILLER "OPEN 6" DATE WHEEL MAGNIFIED BY THAT INTERNAL CYCLOPS. ALL TIED TOGETHER BY A DEADLY SHARP DAUPHINE HANDSET. 

 

MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 21 JEWEL ETA BASED CAL.2452 AUTOMATIC. THESE WERE EXTREMELY ROBUST MOVEMENTS FOR THE TIME. THIS ONE WAS SUPPOSEDLY RECENTLY SERVICED BY THE PREVIOUS COLLECTOR, AND IT'S RUNNING TIP-TOP.

 

WATCH IS MOUNTED ON AN ALLIGATOR GRAIN STITCHLESS LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS FANTASTIC ON THIS OLD PIRATE.  THESE NIVADA ANTARCTICS OF THE 60s WERE ON-PAR WITH THE OMEGA SEAMASTERS AND THE ROLEXS OF THE ERA.  STURDY PIECES MADE FOR ADVENTURE. THIS IS A GREAT EVERY DAY WATCH WHICH CAN EASILY DRESS UP OR DRESS DOWN FOR ANY SITUATION. 

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