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Re: Hands are Awful
In Response To: Hands are Awful ()

:
: the hands and needles (on the recorders) are
: awful . . . no Autavia ever used anything
: like these.

: also -- it appears to be missing the blue
: "accents" on the dial.

: Jeff

And, the minute markers on the outer register seem too long, the bottom ones even extend into the date window. It also is marked outside the outer register at 6 with "T Swiss T" which I don't think was ever present on auto Autavias.

Then there's the movement --

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