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Re: Strong Result for Early Carrera 1158 S
In Response To: Re: Strong Result for Early Carrera 1158 S ()

: Finding a "Tachy at 3" bezel wouldn't be too hard, but
: finding the polished gold hands wouldn't be the work of a
: moment! Still the watch is nice as it stands, and those details
: are more anachronisms that outright incorrect. If the buyer is
: amongst is, we'd be happy to know the serial - this is only the
: second watch we've found from this batch of 1158s.

Mark, the polished gold hands should match a dial with no onyx and markers with single black stripe.

Here we have the double stripe hands and double stripe markers, all is correct to me.

You also know how parts can be different in such a reference, because they were not for standard mass production.

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