Mann About Time

CYMA WWW Dirty Dozen WWII Military Calibre 234 (c.1940s)

Name: CYMA WWW Dirty Dozen WWII Military Calibre 234 (c.1940s)
Brand: Mann About Time
Price: 2250.00 CHF
Availability: OutOfStock

CHF 2,250.00

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Manufacturer - CYMA

Year - c. 1940s

Reference - WWW P15534 20534

Case Serial - WWW P15534 20534

Material Stainless Steel - 38 mm not including crown

Movement - Calibre 234 Manual Winding

Original matte black dial which has since taken on an appealing and consistent tropical patina, radium lume plots and original hands (a small amount of loss to the hour hand - but having had our watchmaker inspect the watch during service it is stable)

Numerals and outer track entirely intact, with a slight gloss finish and raised under raking light

Case is solid and not messed around with - caseback engravings deep and crisp

All in all this is an almost inexplicably sound survivor of WWII - so many of these Dirty Dozen watches have had all manner of interventions from (badly) re-welded fixed bars, to garish green lume - this is not such an example - it is as solid as the day the solider was bestowed it

The radium is warm and puffy, the fixed (18 mm) lugs are thick and straight; the caseback notches do show evidence of some rather careless opening over the years but are deep and consistent nonetheless

The watch has undergone a full service from our trusted watchmaker and is currently keeping exceptional time; as well as having had a NOS crystal fitted - it'll be hard to find a better example of this icon

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CYMA WWW Dirty Dozen WWII Military Calibre 234 (c.1940s)