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Showing off my latest flea-market find. A Camy Jet King 908 from around the mid 70s I think. The 'speedometer' seconds hand is typical of watches from this time. The seller wanted MYR80 (roughly USD20) but when I pointed out that it was not running (the seconds needle was as dead as a dodo) he came down to MYR70, claiming it was just serviced. I bought it anyway because the dial seemed good under the scratched up crystal and when I advanced the time the date advanced as it should. Below pics are after the crystal has been sanded and polished. The caseback has the typical Camy design.. I have another one where the central portion is the same but in gold (just like a Grand Seiko!). The crown seems to be original and has six notches instead of fine lines, similar to Omega. And inside is a FHF 67 movement. When I bought it I just stuffed it in my jeans pocket and when I got back I was pleased to see that it was ticking. Sometimes this is due to heat from your body thinning the old oils enough so that the watch can run. This usually means a service is in order. When I got home and opened it up however, I found a dial screw loose in the watch. On examination of the movement I found it was clean and running well so I just reinstalled the dial screw and tightened up the other dial screw (it was loose). Luckily the wayward screw did not get caught up in the hairspring. The movement was in pretty good shape, even the area around the crown release screw has been spared the butchering you usually see on older watches! The sellers claim that it has been serviced seems true and apart from the dial screw everything else seems in order. A quick polish of the crystal and some cleaning of the case and it's back together and on my wrist! have a good weekend guys! Anilv