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..because everyone likes visuals here- just off the bench-  Mimo AS cal 1130. It was an country auction house purchase nobody paid any attention. It took all of a day to fix up start to finish. I only needed to remove the gummy oil and the wrist Rauchkäse. My obligatory new mainspring though there was alloy inside. Hand rubbed the old crystal...

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I was quite impressed with the movement and the case here. Hefty and the way the screwback slides open...high quality. 

...Is it from a military batch? No markings on the case back so dunno....and I don't know too much else other than prices for these things are all over the place. I paid less than 100 quid to get it to the states from UK. Imma wear it!

 

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22 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Do you know anything about the bar across the centre wheel? 

...not other than holds the movement in place, wedged between the movement and the case back like the internal case back of a Smiths W10...and suspect it might have something to do with the 'antimagnetic' claim. I saw similar Mimo where the bar is affixed to the plate with case screws but they were missing here and the ends of the bar sit in the screw holes quite solid. I'll mess with finding new case screws if it becomes an issue...

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23 minutes ago, mikepilk said:

Lovely watch. Have a look here
 https://www.watchprosite.com/girard-perregaux/mimo-wwii-dienstuhr--a-closer-look/6.1004143.7068013/

Are there faint markings on the back? Could it be German military and the marks have been erased?

Looks like the radium is flaking

I looked hard with the microscope but couldn't see any sign of a a 'DxxxxH' stamping and given the original look of the case I don't think it was polished away...

...and yes - radium hands. Bad stuff and you can see the missing piece inside the crystal in the before photo. I take precautions but am not frightened of it, though I will pass on anything where its all turned to dust...

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