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<\/a><\/p>\nAbove is a quick and dirty ‘before’ shot of them. \u00a0From left to right, a Caravelle hand wound watch from 1969, then a Timex Automatic from 1973, and finally a Lucerne De Luxe from some unknown time, probably late 60’s to mid 70’s.<\/p>\n
They all need bands, but relatively polishing of crystal and cleaning. \u00a0All run and \u00a0keep good time.<\/p>\n
Movement wise, this is what I have found so far:<\/p>\n
The Caravelle has a Citizen DP11 17 jewel hand wind movement. \u00a0The photos is not my own, but from an identical watch sold on ebay.<\/p>\n
The Timex is a simple, no jewel, pin lever watch, 31 series, from 1973. \u00a0Identical to my other Timex, sans the date feature.<\/p>\n The Lucerne has a 1 (one) jewel Swiss movement, the Baumgartner 866 aka BFG 866. \u00a0 Apparently these were very popular movements for fashion watches back in the 60’s and 70’s that wanted to say Swiss Movement, but wanted to keep the cost down. It is a low beat, pin lever with a single jewel on the balance wheel. \u00a0 Again, this is not my actual movement, but looking inside revealed the exact same movement and a name Basis ZZ. \u00a0Don’t know what that means, but that is what it was stamped. \u00a0It was also immaculate, which is pretty remarkable the watch is only dustproof.<\/p>\n Went to a local vintage store (my secret) and picked up 3 new watches! Above is a quick and dirty ‘before’ shot of them. \u00a0From left to right, a Caravelle hand wound watch from 1969, then a Timex Automatic from 1973, and finally a Lucerne De Luxe from some unknown \u2026 Continue reading <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>by <\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"