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My newest but oldest speedy
Mine is a year out compared to Grahams, and unfortunately not my year of birth (1960) but lovely non the less. Disconcerting though that it's 44 years old, and younger than me!!!
Hope you like the pics
Hope you enjoy these, I'll try another time to show it with a MK II I have, for a nice comparison
All the best
Tim
My newest but oldest speedy
Mine is a year out compared to Grahams, and unfortunately not my year of birth (1960) but lovely non the less. Disconcerting though that it's 44 years old, and younger than me!!! Hope you like the pics Hope you enjoy these, I'll try another time to show i...
Tim, great watch, but are you aware that the centre sec hand is incorrect?
the hand you have comes from the 145.012(the assymetric) from 1966. very common problem it seems. dont know why, but perhaps they get damaged easily. the way to tell it to look at the bottom end of the hand and compare it to mine. yours is fatter and flat...
I see
Hi Graham, I see what you mean. Would be interesting to know why it may have been changed though? The tritium seems to match very well between the dial and hands. I mentioned to you by PM that my second hand had a slightly different location for the lozen...
Good eye, Graham . . .
. . . is it probable that the entire handset has been replaced at some time? I can't tell much of a difference in age between the various hands . . . curiously, Art