FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A SUPER TOUGH 70s LEJOUR 7000 PASADENA IN NICE SHAPE.
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CASE: LARGE AND IN-CHARGE PVD COATED SOLID STEEL CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS SPORTY GUY MEASURES A NICE 41mm ACROSS CASE NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 43mm LUG TO LUG. SUCH A SHARP AND NO-BULLSHIT DESIGN WHICH WEARS COMFORTABLY. I'M NOT 100% SURE IF THE PVD WAS POLISHED OFF THE BEZEL TO REVEAL THE STEEL UNDERNEATH, OR IF THIS IS SOME RARE VERSION, BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL 2-TONE LOOK. THE PUSHERS ALSO LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE REPLACEMENTS AS THEY ARE EVER SO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER . THE CASE IS PRETTY SHARP ON THIS ONE. THERE ARE SOME SCRATCHES ON THE CASEBOOK BUT NOTHING EXCESSIVE.
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DIAL: THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DIALS OF ALL TIME. SO MUCH DEPTH AND DETAIL YET SO STARK AND MILITARISTIC. I LOVE THAT SEMI-MATTE DEEP BLACK DIAL WITH THOSE PIE PAN SUBDIALS. I DIG THAT HEAVY SLOPED TACHY SCALE, AND THOSE GROOVY WHITE HANDS. THAT TANGERINE SWEEP HAND ADDS A NICE POP OF COLOR TO THIS OTHERWISE 2-TONE FACE. THE ORIGINAL FLAT GLASS CRYSTAL HAS 1 OR 2 MINOR SCRATCHES BUT IS OVERALL VERY CLEAR.
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MOVEMENT: THIS LEJOUR IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7750 AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST STURDY CHRONO CALIBERS EVER MADE. ALL FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY AND WATCH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN ON THIS ONE BUT HAS BEEN RUNING GREAT FOR DAYS OF OBSERVATION ON MY PART.
- THIS LEJOUR IS MOUNTED ON A SPORTY TAN MINIMALIST STRAP WHICH LOOKS EXTRA RACY. THE FRENCH BASED WATCHMAKER, LEJOUR, HAS GAINED A CULT STATUS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO THEIR SPORTY DIVER, MILITARY, AND RACING STYLE 70s CHRONOGRAPHS WHICH OFTEN SHARED THE SAME CASE AND DIAL DESIGNS OF HEUERS OF THE SAME ERA. THIS IS A FUN EXAMPLE AND ONE OF THE MUST-HAVE STAPLES FOR A VINTAGE WATCH COLLECTOR.
