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I cannot confirm the serial number is that until its here but it was described as Carrera 1153, grey dial, Cal 12.
I dont want to be any trouble, so am hoping its a replacement movement - the alternative sounds like much more work for someone!
Rich
: 148 would make it very early Rich, quite possibly putting it into
: 1969 along with Arno's Chronomatic. The hands look like third
: execution (the second execution has the same design but are only
: wide enough to cover the single hour markers, whereas those look
: a bit wider) so will have been replaced some time along the line
: - nothing to worry about, hands corrode and are replaced all the
: time. It would have originally had hands like those in Jan's
: example.
: If it really is Cal 12 rather than 11 then that either means the
: movement has also been replaced or throws all the theories about
: how long the Cal 11 and 11i were in production into the nearest
: wastebin! That serial and movement combination would mean only a
: handful of months rather than the year or so we have been
: surmising...
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