I’m thinking about storing the G.F. bracelet and swapping a strap. This is what designed with the help of AI. What do you think? These were 2 others but perhaps a bit to matching Here’s the leather I was thinking:

E853 & Q5e

I have enough watches so it’s only drop add at this point. Would you sell this E853 To buy this And if you did it would likely be straight up. Thoughts? Not asking what I should do but what you would do and why.

The predecessor E853

Off again! Pun intended and Go 🦅

If I am not mistaken, your watch dates from 1967 (serial number 1052XXX). This would be quite unusual for an E853 as indeed very few were produced after the introduction of the Memovox Auto Date aka E855 in 1959. E853 are typically in the 700XXX to 800XXX

After a number of years of inactivity and evolving tastes, much to the credit of this forum, 2024 became a year of change. As anyone who has ever collected vintage timepieces will know, change can only result from opportunities. And this is particularly t

This model predates the E855. It’s 37mm, it’s a bumper 815 movement, with a no date dial. It was replaced by the date function bearing E855 (obviously a useful complication at that time) the E853 as a result was a more limited run, with the black dial bei

been polished at some point as it was a standard activity in a service. So some polishing is of course expected. The black dial is one of the rarest variants. The E853 is much rarer as the production run was only two? Years. Obviously adding a date was a