It has really been a struggle to get this watch...I agreed the purchase with Bootsy two weeks before the London Summit & Arno's auction and it finally arrived on Christmas Eve...a combination of a part being required for the movement, the weather and then the weather again delayed it terribly.

Then...the hunt began for the correct strap...after Abel suggested a 22mm strap I found a NOS 'Big Hole' Tropic for it in France...I think this one has always been on a strap as there are no marks on the case to show it has ever had a bracelet on it...and then I had to wait some more and be patient as I'd bought it over the Holidays!

But...today the Tropic arrived (which fills the lugs very well)...so it is finally ready...the dial is a little spotted and the bezel has some wear but the case is very nice and unpolished which is the most important to me...despite its size it wears very comfortably...and the way the light catches the star-burst graining is amazing on the wrist!!

John