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Just won the bidding for this - maybe my first project watch. The description did not say if it was working or not. It just said "untested". Face and case look in good condition, so for $28 dollars, it is a fair gamble. I will use this thread to journal my finding once it arrives. Kind of excited!

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On 3/20/2023 at 4:39 PM, Bearman said:

Hello phr0stbyte, you had some luck on ebay then. Well done. Has it arrived and how you getting on with it. Looks possibly Chinese in origin.

It definitely is Chinese. I have it here and it actually runs without having to do anything with it. I am still thinking on what to do with it, but am working on modding a Seiko 5 I already own right now. I will probably just use the movement in that watch for something, as I think the watch is pretty ugly. I will use it as my first movement tear down, service, reassemble. I was not really in buying the watch as a watch, but more as learning material.

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