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A Black Friday Success Story
Nov 24, 2017,09:29 AM
You have to be a rabid Vachonista to recognize the significance of this watch, but I've been hunting one for a decade and finally this week - success!
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Here is a bit of the backstory; V&C replaced their bumper-winding automatic with a full-rotor unidirectional winder in 1954, which featured a very unusual for them sub-seconds indication. Two models were offered; a snap-back and this more desired waterproof screw-back. Only 36 examples of the latter were made the first year. This piece from 1955 coincided with the Manufacture's bicentennial celebrations.
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In 1956 the movement changed again, for a bidirectional-winding full-rotor with central seconds, and the sub-seconds automatic disappeared forever :-( As I said, this model has been on my radar for years. Having seen less than a handful, and passed on a couple that weren't quite right, it was very gratifying to find a nice, original example. I'm still buzzed!
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