Moldy Mechanical Machine of the Month: January 2015

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Re: Mort's Moldy Mechanical Machine of the Month: January 20

Post by eddiea » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:44 am

AS1920 movements (A. Schild) made hi-beat movements in the very late 60's and early 70's for several companies like Lucien Piccard, Hamilton, Mido (and your Aquastar Grand Air), bulletproof , excellent accuracy.
Your Hamilton 631 looks is the "divers" model? (not completely sure) if it is , that's the collectors choice model ...
Great review Don, it is a very special watch.
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Re: Mort's Moldy Mechanical Machine of the Month: January 20

Post by Mortuus Fakeuus » Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:03 am

eddiea wrote:AS1920 movements (A. Schild) made hi-beat movements in the very late 60's and early 70's for several companies like Lucien Piccard, Hamilton, Mido (and your Aquastar Grand Air), bulletproof , excellent accuracy.
Your Hamilton 631 looks is the "divers" model? (not completely sure) if it is , that's the collectors choice model ...
Great review Don, it is a very special watch.

An excellent question regarding which is the diver version; I went over the case and case-back with my loupe, but there is no notation as to water resistance of the watch. However, the case-back is pretty worn, making it very difficult - if not impossible - to read the engraving in many places, so the question remains unanswered for now. My watchmaker does have a very strong reading scope, so I'll see what he has to say. In the meantime, many thanks for your bon mots about my review, Eddie. 8)
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Re: Mort's Moldy Mechanical Machine of the Month: January 20

Post by Mortuus Fakeuus » Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:08 am

Ocean wrote:Very nice review Mort. Not sure about that nato.

Thanks very much, Mr. O! It's interesting that there don't seem to be any middle-of-the-road feelings when it comes to the NATO strap; folks seem to either love it or hate it... :)
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