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Great watch Jeff.
I'll admit the "Fisher" addition to the dial spoils it for me a little - I'm firmly in the pure and unadulterated camp when it comes to adding anything to the dial, whether it be a retailer or some commemorative emblem, like the Indy or Volvo Carreras. There's not a lot of space for it on a Carrera 12 either, so it ends up prominently placed above "Carrera" (and not quite centred above it, as Arno pointed out when we discussed this watch before). Points here go to Abercrombie & Fitch for putting their brand around the top of the 12-hour register on their branded Carrera 12s, which is a bit more subtle.
Couple of interesting points inside too. All looks straight with the movement:
but what happened with the "unadjusted" text? Looks like they just missed filling it with the gold paint!
And the turning inside the caseback is unusual too. Most I've seen have a more or less circular effect built up with the individual circles:
Whereas Jeff's new watch has them more in diagonal rows (borrowing the seller's eBay photos for this and the movement shot above, hope that's ok with them):
I think these are probably hand-turned and what we're seeing here is someone's individual "style" in creating them, i.e. person X does concentric circles, whereas person Y likes to do them in lines. Pretty interesting really and only enhances the individuality of each watch too.
So a great buy Jeff and for a decent price too, even with the late sniping, given the condition of the watch.
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