| Pan American Official [message #4947] |
Mon, 26 January 2015 16:32  |
Columbus
Messages: 3
Registered: January 2015
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Model name :Official
Type :Pan American
Period/date :1940
Gender :Gents
Case Maker :
Case Material :
Case Serial :
Case Style no :
Caliber :420SS
Movement Maker :Gruen
Movement Serial:
Bracelet :
This watch was in a box with some old coins, Army ribbons and assorted stuff and packed in the bottom of a foot locker my father has had since the end of WWII - I never saw the watch when I was growing up and the foot locker has been in my basement for the last 20 years. I knew there was some old jewelry in there but never paid it much mind. Decided to go through it all and hand it off to my sons and when I turned the stem on the Gruen the second hand started and I found after all those years it works just fine. I've no idea what it is. The case measures 32mm, the back is marked Gruen, 10k gold filled and other than obviously being worn in its day there is no damage anywhere,crystal is intact, unscratched. What is it and could someone recommend a place I can send it, in trust, to get it cleaned and serviced?
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| Re: 70 years in a foot locker [message #4954 is a reply to message #4953] |
Tue, 27 January 2015 02:23  |
mikey
Messages: 709
Registered: May 2013
Location: Paris, Ontario
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NICE watch! If you are looking for service work and if he's available, JackW does a very good job in servicing these 420's! Send him a PM. If it has sat for that long without being run, its probably wise to have it serviced before you attempt to wear/run it.
Still here....
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| Re: 70 years in a foot locker [message #4964 is a reply to message #4960] |
Tue, 27 January 2015 14:50 |
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Barney Green
Messages: 1747
Registered: February 2014
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
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Gruen Authority |
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Thojil, you are absolutely right correcting me. I did not pay attention enough to the dial, the case of both watches seems to be the same, but the Official comes with the black 24 hour ring and a metal mesh band and the Eagle is the "cheaper" variant with leather strap and the silver 24 hour ring.
Gruen, Gruen, Gruen ist alles was ich habe... Gruen, Gruen, Gruen is all I have...(German folklore song)
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| Re: 70 years in a foot locker [message #5025 is a reply to message #4976] |
Tue, 03 February 2015 23:32 |
Timeticker
Messages: 568
Registered: June 2013
Location: Somewhere in the world
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Gruen Master |
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I have that same watch. Very nice!
People you thought were your best friends will stab you in the back to your face!
Love them anyway.
A "Paradoxical Commandment"
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