FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A SEXY MID 1960s ELGIN ALL STEEL CARRERA STYLE REVERSE PANDA CHRONO IN AWESOME CONDITION.
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CASE: CLASSY ALL STEEL CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SHE MEASURES A NICE 36 NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 43mm LUG TO LUG. THIS ONE WEARS REALLY NICE AND HAS A SOLID FEEL ON THE WRIST. MOST OF THESE ELGINS WERE CHROME OR GOLD PLATED, SO IT'S RARE TO FIND ONE OF THESE WITH A SOLID STEEL CASE.
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DIAL: WHAT A LOOKER!!! THIS GORGEOUS BLACK REVERSE PANDA DIAL IS THE GOOD STUFF. THIS WAS A DIAL STYLE WHICH WAS VERY POPULAR IN THE 60s AND HAS BECOME QUITE COLLECTIBLE. I LOVE THOSE WHITE SUBDIALS WITH JUST THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF AGED PATINA GIVING THIS ONE A NICE VINTAGE FUZZ. CHECK OUT THAT RED COUNTDOWN SEGMENT ON THE MINUTE TOTALIZER. ULTIMATE CONTRAST IS ACHIEVED WITH THOSE BLACK SUBDIAL HANDS AGAINST THE LIGHT SUBDIALS MAKING THIS VERY LEGIBLE. YOU GOTTA DIG ALL THE AGED TRITIUM ON THIS DIAL AND THOSE DAGGER STEEL HANDS. THE CITRUS CHRONO SWEEP HAND IS THE TOPPER ON THIS PERECTLY EXECUTED FACE.
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MOVEMENT: THIS ELGIN IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7733 TICKING UNDER THE HOOD. ALL FUNCTIONS WORK PERFECTLY AND WATCH HAS BEEN KEEPING TIME. I ACQUIRED THIS PIECE FROM A COLLECTOR WHO HAD IT SERVICED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
THIS SPORTY BEAUTY IS MOUNTED ON A TAN HIGHLY TAPERED VINTAGE STYLE LEATHER STRAP HAND MADE BY RUEWATCHES. IN MY OPINION, THE ELGIN PANDA AND REVERSE PANDA CHRONOGRAPHS OF THE 60s ARE AS ELEGANT AND HIGH QUALITY AS THOSE PUT OUT BY HEUER AND BREITLING. THIS IS A CLEAN EXAMPLE READY TO WEAR AND IS SURE TO BE A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT AS THESE PIECES BECOME MORE RARE.
