FOR SALE IS A NEAR MINT EARLY 70s HELBROS DAY/DATE AUTOMATIC IN SPECTACULAR NEAR MINT CONDITION.
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CASE: SEXY AND SNAZZY 1 PIECE SOLID STEEL CASE MEASURING IN AT 36mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN. CASE IS IN ORIGINAL AND UNPOLISHED CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR DINGS TO THE FRONT OF THE BEZEL BUT IN OTHERWISE SHARP SHAPE. THIS ONE IS REALLY ALL-DIAL WHICH LETS THE DIAL DO ALL THE TALKING. THIS WATCH IS INCREDIBLY THIN FOR AN AUTOMATIC(8mm INCLUDING DOMED CRYSTAL) WHICH MAKES THIS LIGHT AND DRESSY ON THE WRIST.
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DIAL: GORGEOUS MINTY MATTE SILVER DIAL WITH THIN APPLIED STRIATED STEEL MARKERS. I LOVE THAT SUNKEN "FINENESS" MEDALLION AT 12 WHICH REALLY LOOKS CLASSY. IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT DAY/DATE WINDOW AT 3. ORIENT MANAGED TO SQUEEZE BOTH DISCS INTO THE SPACE OF A NORMAL DATE WINDOW WHICH MAKES FOR A COOL DISPLAY. IT'S FUN TO SEE THE 2-TONE SILVER/BLACK READOUT UNDER THE CYCLOPS OF THE ORIGINAL CRYSTAL. THAT "PICKET FENCE" STYLE HANDSET REALLY TIES THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER. VERY ELEGANT, INDEED.
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MOVEMENT: THIS GENT RUNS ON THE HIGH GRADE 35jewel IN-HOUSE ORIENT 3991 CALIBER WHICH WAS(AND STILL IS) A MARVEL FOR THE TIME DUE TO ITS SUPER THIN PROFILE. DATE FUNCTION IS SEMI QUICKSET BY ROTATING TIME BETWEEN 8PM AND MIDNIGHT REPEATEDLY TO ADVANCE DATE. DAY FUNCTION IS NOT QUICKSET. BOTH DAY AND DATE FLIP CRISPLY AT MIDNIGHT. I WILL NOTE THAT THE DATE READOUT IS VERY SLIGHTLY ASKEW IN THE WINDOW BUT IS DEFINITELY FULLY WITHIN THE FRAME AND READABLE.
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE ORIGINAL MARUMAN MILANESE BRACELET WHICH SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ANY WRIST SIZE. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE GENTLEMAN'S WATCH. WITH ITS THIN PROFILE, THIS ONE COULD EASILY BE A DRESS WATCH, AND WITH ITS MORE MODERN SIZE, IT COULD ALSO SERVE AS AN EVERYDAY PIECE. THIS IS JAPANESE REFINEMENT AT ITS "FINENESS"
