Watchlords

42 mm lug to lug
39 mm dial
Gray dial
black and gray applied two-tone indexes
black and gray baton hands
central second hand.
Date by counter at 3 o'clock.
Y ring logo.
Bottom of screwed steel box bearing the serial number 821144.
Movement France Draft FE4611, the same one that animates the famous automatic Superman.

he French-made 844 were powered by FE 4611A where “G. Monnin” is signed on the rotor. These date complication automatic movements were also made by a French company, France Ebauches, which was the largest French manufacturer for ebauche movements at the time. On the other hand, the Swiss-Made 844 were powered by ETA 2872 with the exception of the 844-4 which featured a day-date complication movement.

Get a new crystal and buff that case out and she'll be as good as new.

That's real patina, right? not that faux stuff?. ;-)

Apart from the crystal - which, as Mr. Battle suggested, needs to be replaced - it appears to be in good shape. Nice watch.

real patina and not sure about the crystal composition yet.

koimaster wrote: ↑

December 12th 2019, 4:22pm

real patina and not sure about the crystal composition yet.

Well, regardless of the composition, this case should take any correctly sized plexi aka hesalite. The sooner, the better - it's not only cracked, but also loose. In the wrist shot, the big crack is by 7 o'clock, in the other pic - roughly from 2 to 3, so this whole crystal is loose like hooker's morals.

Love this one.

Oh yeah that's nice!

Very, very nice.