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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 439064, member: 5833&quot;]There&#039;s a very good chance it could be made to run &amp; even keep time well.&nbsp; My jewellers has done a brilliant job at this for me a number of times, including with one that had been declared no longer reparable decades ago.&nbsp; Sometimes all old watches really need is to be cleaned &amp; regulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fractured crystal may be more of a problem than the watch mechanism.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how hard/easy it is to get replacements.&nbsp; At least the face has not oxidized &amp; discolored.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I have bought the watch cheaply, which is always the case with me, I have found what my jeweller charges to get one going again is not exorbitant.&nbsp; But I&#039;m wanting the watch for my own use, not for resale, which makes a big difference to the calculation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours seems to carry the same info except I don&#039;t see Made in USA, so wondering whether that means it is earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any marks on the bracelet?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m among the few crackpots who love them I guess.&nbsp; And I love mechanical because they don&#039;t lead to the need for disposing of all those little batteries.&nbsp; This thread made me pull out one I had restored, a little rectangular, deco style ladies watch, Gruen, to see how it&#039;s doing.&nbsp; At the moment running &amp; keeping perfect time.&nbsp; Will see how it does over the day.&nbsp; I have too many watches or too few wrists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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