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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 251264, member: 25"]<i>By the way just for information, how can you say the watch is of decent quality</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The jewel count is typical for an automatic watch of average quality. I can't be sure of my reading of the dial but it looks like 21 jewels, it really does help if inscriptions are copied our for us old half blind but experienced people.</p><p>The whole Swiss watch industry was making decent quality watches in this price bracket at the time this was made. It is reasonable to assume this is one of them. Otherwise it is not really distinguishable from many, many other minor brands (which usually used a few generic movements from ESA.</p><p>If working these watches (generically speaking) are quite popular today as they are reliable accurate and a bit retro. </p><p>Values depend on condition and are broadly the same for any make except the premium ones.</p><p>Get a couple of spring bars and a leather strap and you are good to go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 251264, member: 25"][I]By the way just for information, how can you say the watch is of decent quality[/I] The jewel count is typical for an automatic watch of average quality. I can't be sure of my reading of the dial but it looks like 21 jewels, it really does help if inscriptions are copied our for us old half blind but experienced people. The whole Swiss watch industry was making decent quality watches in this price bracket at the time this was made. It is reasonable to assume this is one of them. Otherwise it is not really distinguishable from many, many other minor brands (which usually used a few generic movements from ESA. If working these watches (generically speaking) are quite popular today as they are reliable accurate and a bit retro. Values depend on condition and are broadly the same for any make except the premium ones. Get a couple of spring bars and a leather strap and you are good to go.[/QUOTE]
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