Horological Meandering

Does anyone know about the Favre Leuba Twin Matic (cal. 269) watches? They only show up for sale on occasion. The movements are the automatic version of the common Favre Leuba 253, the double barrel handwind movement with full balance bridge. All of them say Duomatic on the movement. About a month ago someone sniped the final bid on this one I was after... it looked in mint shape, and I love the blue-grey dial colour - reminds me of a sun-bleached Rolex bezel colour. Is anyone familiar with the movement at all? Is the auto winding mechanism the same as the joint JLC-GP-FL-Zodiac one that was out in the 60s/70s? Also, does anyone have ideas for a good place to look for one of these?

Anyway, here was the one I missed out on

I have a number of old Favre Leuba watches, but later movements than you seek cal 11xx series. I assume you are aware of the pitfalls of Indian sourced redials or watches whose movements have been corroded in humid climates, even with original dials. I have had good luck with watches sent from Quebec, some of which may have started out in China. My acquisition technique is no more complicated that an auction site saved search and putting in a generous (these are not expensive) bid when I see the one I want. Note that F-L used its model names somewhat loosely - the name on the dial is no guarantee of the movement inside, and that is not because parts were swapped.

Ginger

Thanks Ginger. I have a similar acquisition technique. What do you look for in your FL collection?