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Welcome to the Futurematic Club!

I was wondering when you will going to pull the trigger. It seems like eons since we exchanged e-mails on these babies.

Nothing like starting out with the 14K grail, is there?

I have one example of both types and they are my most accurate automatic watches in my small collection. For the forum, here are my examples:

Porthole cal. 817, gold-filled case:


Twin sub-dials, cal. 497, also gold-filled:

Welcome to JLC, Jeff. Almost like Lay's Potato Chips (and vintage Heuers), bet'cha can't have just one!

Enjoy,
gatorcpa

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