: What a beauty. I love the color combo, had it once.........Congratulations. True classic......Joseph.

A Watch And A Story...

: ¡natch!

: A Watch With A Story...

: It all started out quietly enough... Last
: summer I was crusing eBay looking for items
: of interest, and nearly simultaniously two
: 73663's up for auction at the same time. The
: first one, which ended first was located in
: the US but had an Omega Crown, the second
: one was located in New Zealand, but looked
: correct. So I waited and watched the first
: Autavia go for well over $800 and gridded my
: self for the bidding frenzy I was sure to
: occur for the Kiwi example.

:

: I was pleasantly surprised when the auction
: ended and I was high bidder and my cost
: including sending payment and shipping came
: to $560. So I sent off the funds and waited
: for delivery.

:

: Well the watch arrived, with a strap that was
: too small to fit my little sister! I mean,
: this watch has 20mm lugs and it had a SHORT
: 18mm wide strap with the hole nearly worn
: out two holes from the tightest position. In
: addition, the watch had an inscription on it
: as shown above. In addition the pushers on
: this watch were corroded to the point where
: the understide of the pusher stems were
: about the same color of the Statue of
: Liberty before it's 1985 restoration! While
: the watch could be set, and ran good, and
: kept great time, the pushers were not
: operational.

: So it would seem to me that a lady purchased
: this watch too wear while exercising, and
: possibly swimming. The watch was in pretty
: good condition except for the bezel and the
: pushers. So I sent off the watch for service
: to Pro-Time. I don't know for sure, but I
: suspect this watch was likely sent up for
: Hans' gentle ministrations, and came back to
: me in fine form. In the meantime, I
: purchased a proper period bracelet for this
: watch from Jeff Meyer via another eBay
: auction. At this point the watch is better
: travelled than I have been the last five
: years with trips From New Zealand to Chicago
: to New Jersey to Han's and back again... By
: the time I got the watch up to snuff I had
: more in repairs and the bracelet than I did
: the watch did originally, but it keeps good
: time and is a flavor I like: White dial with
: three black sub-dials.

: So the story on this one is incomplete... The
: question remains who is/was Mary Legried who
: once lived in Madison Wisconsin. Madison is
: the home of the main campus of the
: University of Wisconsin, perhaps the lady
: was an athlete or coach? I don't know. I
: once heard of a watch collector who only
: collected watches with inscripions on them
: and then he researched the people who owned
: the watches and the history of the
: inscription. It is an interesting story and
: mystery. Perhaps if I get really bored some
: day I may put some time into it...

:

: I hope you all enjoyed this watch's story, so
: far. Who knows where or when it will end?

: -- Chuck

:

: Chuck Maddox

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