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<p>[QUOTE="shamster, post: 9824487, member: 85821"]It arrived hours ago - what a massive example! And even larger in reality as the conical bezels are very high.[ATTACH=full]489801[/ATTACH]</p><p>However, problems are expected when you deal with auction house, tho not a big deal. I noticed this hallmark which is not mentioned by them, and I researched about it finding out this would mean 9ct gold? As all other Capucine crosses I found has a minimun purity of 14ct I simply assume the same for this one. But, okay, afterall, it's less than 30 pounds per gram.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]489802[/ATTACH] </p><p>Also this bezel seems to coming out a bit, but not loose, shall I worry about it falling off? Not sure how they are fixed to the back, there's a dot in all bezel backs, looks like a screw fitting to me?[ATTACH=full]489803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]489804[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="shamster, post: 9824487, member: 85821"]It arrived hours ago - what a massive example! And even larger in reality as the conical bezels are very high.[ATTACH=full]489801[/ATTACH] However, problems are expected when you deal with auction house, tho not a big deal. I noticed this hallmark which is not mentioned by them, and I researched about it finding out this would mean 9ct gold? As all other Capucine crosses I found has a minimun purity of 14ct I simply assume the same for this one. But, okay, afterall, it's less than 30 pounds per gram. [ATTACH=full]489802[/ATTACH] Also this bezel seems to coming out a bit, but not loose, shall I worry about it falling off? Not sure how they are fixed to the back, there's a dot in all bezel backs, looks like a screw fitting to me?[ATTACH=full]489803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]489804[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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