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  • 11-04-2019 9:00am
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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    Mother in Law dug this out of the attic, think its 50's or 40;s 14k gold in parts. Not sure what it is. Wibbs help anything worth salvaging, it runs fine and keep reasonable time.

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    Charles Ingles
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    Could be a Harrison Lesser, if it is this time next year you'll be a millionaire


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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    Charles Ingles wrote: »
    Could be a Harrison Lesser, if it is this time next year you'll be a millionaire

    Oh really let me take that name down......:)

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    Wibbs
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    Bulova made some nice watches FG. If gold in colour they're mostly gold plated. A good judge of whether a watch is solid gold or plated is the caseback. If it's steel, it's almost certainly plated. Solid gold watches will have a gold caseback.

    It's a nice little survivor. I'd say more 30's 40's than later going on the style and size. At that time men's watches tended to be much smaller than today. Other than specialised tool watches, actually worn by divers/pilots rather than worn in boardrooms, most men's watches didn't get large until the 1970s(and that was often down to the new quartz movements being larger because of the tech of the time), they shrunk back down again in the 80's. The dinner plates on the wrist of today are more a 21st century thing. If I'm asked about getting into vintage watches one of the first things I tell guys is the sizes are generally not fashionable today. Great for women getting into vintage stuff though.

    It wouldn't be worth much financially FG, maybe a hundred quid or so, but a nice little watch.

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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    that was exactly my thoughts on it, amazing that it still runs, too light to be solid gold alright. One for the watchbox I think.


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    Trigger Happy
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    It would look great with a bit of a clean up though. If it has any sentimental value I would be getting it serviced and the case cleaned.


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