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Re: The Real Orange Boy
In Response To: Grail just arrived ()

Hi Stewart - I did the double take when I saw that picture and more than happy for you to post it here. I dont know who, how or when the "Orange Boy" name was coined but I always believed it referred to this example - the 1163 Autavia. Mine was an early addition to my collection and I soon realised that it is the hardest to find of the three 1163 variants with matching colour hands and hour marker accents i.e. Siffert (blue), Bell/Viceroy (red) & Orange Boy (orange). In my example and in others that I have seen, the orange fades to yellow especially on the hour markers so to get one that is still bright orange on the dial, markers and hands and matching intensity then you are doing well. I look forward to your pictures.
regards
Paul
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