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I'm checking out the movement in an Atlantic Worldmaster on eBay. There wasn't a picture of the movement originally available, but I sent a message to the vendor requesting him to post a pic if he could. Which he kindly has done.

 

Now - to my mind, the screws holding the crown and ratchet wheels look slightly misaligned - or is that my imagination? Some of the screws look a bit battered, and the screw holding the click also looks slightly odd... The seller's not a watch specialist - just a general seller of stuff - and had to go to a watch repairer to get the back opened. Atlantic made some good movements, but the watches are expensive, even s/h, and I'm not impressed with this movement.

 

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Hi Will,

 

I all looks OK from what I could see at Ranfft. It is an ETA 1113 and from their pics (not too big though), the screws seem to be correct. Do you know if the watch is winding properly and running more or less?

 

Cheers ,

 

Bob

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Agree with Bob, ETA1113.

There are some odd reflections on the right hand side of the screws which makes it difficult to assess their condition and because they are the biggest screws it's most pronounced on the screws you mentioned. That might be why they appear to be misaligned. There does appear to be some minor damage to some of the screw slots, and the clamp screws don't seem to match, but otherwise it looks good to me.

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From the description it is said to be winding and running OK - I was just thrown a bit by the look of the wheels as I said above. It may just be a trick of the light.

 

Atlantic was a good make aimed at the Eastern European markets, so a lot appear from places like Poland, Russia, etc. - and I'm often a bit wary of them for that reason. But the Worldmaster is quite sought after and commands prices in the £200-£400 range. Hence my caution here.

 

Thanks for the opinions, guys - appreciated.

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