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Re: for experts: heuer silverstone 5100 vs. 5012

Calibre 11 talks about Poor Man Silverstone with 5012! ;-)

NOS 1000 series, if have purple wax on case, are not nos!
Are put together!
Purple wax is used by Lemania for stock case of warehouse. All these watches with wax on case, omega too, are put together!

So, if yours got wax on case, are put together...
I'm sorry.

Look at this Bullhead: a clear example of put together with spare parts ;-)

and this silverstone lemania with purple wax is another example of put together

So, with a 5012 and purple wax on case, I'm sorry, but your watches are put together.

: just to add both watches are nos, even with purple wax on case
: ....so i strongly believe these watches have
: never been serviced.

: so for me its in line with the findings on chucks and caliber11
: pages.

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