Watchlords

These little ol' veterans are important to me. This era was really the birth of the Oyster line as we know it today.

I took a gamble on this 4220 working from a couple of really crappy collage pictures of pictures on an online auction. I pieced together all the pictures to determine that the dial was probably fine.

Turns out it was better than fine. Perfect.

Amazing how crazed the crystal is. Eighty years of hard living.









Case is sharp and the crown screws down!

Off for a service and new acrylic crystal for this one.

Here are my other 4220 and 3139 Speedking variants.

Dang. Fuck.

Nice collection.

Without hurting the value of the watch, what sort of restoration is possible?

bbattle wrote: ↑

September 26th 2023, 9:53am

Nice collection.

Without hurting the value of the watch, what sort of restoration is possible?

Movement service and new acrylic crystal.

Fucking-A

Why, this wartche makes my manly scepter most rigid!

Love the dial and hands on this one. Well done!

smellody wrote: ↑

September 26th 2023, 12:21pm

bbattle wrote: ↑

September 26th 2023, 9:53am

Nice collection.

Without hurting the value of the watch, what sort of restoration is possible?

Movement service and new acrylic crystal.

Thanks for the information. I doubt I'll be collecting 80 yr. old Rolex's but I may get lucky at a yard sale with a Bulova or Elgin. Wouldn't want to screw it up.

That’s a nice wartch Smelli - it almost looks like a Rolecks.

New crystal? a little polywatch and it will buff right out. Congrats.

Nice find for a pirate!

Good looking watch please post photos when you get it back

Looking forward to the re-birth!!

I like the dial - will be awesome with a new crystal. Something a little different, nice catch.

Awesome project!
I need to go back to my desk and proceed with some of mine...

Thanks fellas.

Well done! I love this creation.