Although the automatic movement runs strong and keeps accurate time the date wheel doesn’t roll over. Given this and considering the movement’s unknown service history a complete overhaul is required. This seldom seen vintage 1970’s Revita is an example of a watch that in my humble opinion looks markedly better in person. It has a…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – Although. The date and time can be set without issue and the crown can be wound the seconds hand will only run for several seconds at a time. Given this and considering the movement’s unknown service history a complete overhaul is required. This seldom seen vintage 1970’s Kelbert big crown diver, which…

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The manual wind movement does not run as the crown is fully wound. The time can be smoothly set. At a minimum a complete overhaul is required. This seldom seen vintage 1970’s Andre Bouchard diver has under the heavily damaged crystal a lovely but not perfect glossy black dial. The lume, which remains fully intact…

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Although the automatic movement loses about 3 minutes by the end of its approximate 37 hour power reserve period and the date wheel rolls over as it should the crown/stem is temperamental. While the crown/stem connection is solid it’s difficult to pull the crown out to set the time. And when the crown is pushed…

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The ETA 2472 automatic movement loses about 3.5 minutes by the end of its approximate 41 hour power reserve period. Although the screwdown crown unscrews and screws back down without issue and the time can be smoothly set it winds with some tension and occasionally skips (doesn’t always want to engage the stem/movement). When setting…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – The manual wind movement with semi-quickset date function will only run briefly when the time is being set as the crown cannot be wound (likely indicating that the mainspring needs to be replaced). Given that the movement does not run as it should and considering that it has likely never been serviced…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – although the automatic movement keeps accurate time over an approximate 38 hour power reserve period the date wheel is finicky as it will manually roll over but gets hung up when trying to do so automatically on its own. Given this and considering the movement’s unknown service history a complete overhaul is…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – The AS 1701 automatic movement does not run. The roulette date wheel rolls over as it should, the time can be set without issue and the non-screwdown crown winds smoothly. The bezel rotates too freely. At a minimum a complete overhaul is required. This seldom seen vintage 1960’s Nastrix, who was an…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – While the movement runs strong it loses about 12 minutes by the end of its approximate 38 hour power reserve period. Additionally the bezel does not rotate, likely due to gunk buildup underneath. Given that the movement runs slow and considering its unknown service history a complete overhaul is required. This seldom…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – Although. The movement tends to run for several seconds to several minutes at a time after the crown is wound and then spinning the watch face down on a flat surface, the movement does not run consistently for any extended period of time. The longest I’ve observed the movement running consistently was…

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