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Suggestions Please, for this "28800 Special"
In Response To: FREE !! :) ()

OK, team => => => So what are the suggestions for this 28,800 VPH "Special"?

Should I:

  • try to match Sandra's, which seems to be the real thing? Love the look of this one, with the orange details, white chrono second hand and the black date disc!
  • go with a standard looking Autavia 1163MH, appropriate for the period in which these prototypes were probably made?
  • mix and match some favorite elements to create a true "special", perhaps emphasizing "legibility" of the time-of-day and chrono second hands . . . perhaps the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) got it right, with the black dials and the bright white hands . . . is this a good look for this "Special" or
  • leave it pretty much as it is, or try to make it into an earlier "Siffert", that would be period-appropriate for the 28,800 project?
So who wants to donate some components for this "special" . . . case, dial, hands, etc . . . maybe this becomes a community project!! But first we must decide what to do with it!!

Jeff

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: Great decision Jeff !

: FREE... yes free of fear at certain points in life, why not !? Can
: it get any better ?... You will for sure enjoy listening to this
: movement and as you say, you also have a Siffert to complete for
: not a truly crazy price...

: As Victor Hugo said in "Les Miserables"... "To die
: is nothing; but it is terrible not to live."... so enjoy,
: enjoy this small unusual things.

: Cheers

: Sandra

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