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you always have to wonder if somebody was wearing the watch when the incident occurred? I once did a Hamilton 992 and around the edge on the dial side notches had been taken out almost like someone took a pair of pliers and just broke off pieces. No idea at all why that occurred and the balance bridge it got knocked out of alignment to fix the problem of the balance now rubbing on the pallet fork bridge the ground that down nice and thin. So always wondered if somebody was walking in front of a train for instance. 

 

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11 hours ago, JohnR725 said:

So always wondered if somebody was walking in front of a train for instance. 

Yeah as far as I know, "railroad grade" standards didn't mandate surviving impact of a locomotive.

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For whatever it's worth, the dial, like the hairspring is still just about perfect. Had I not just sold a watch exactly like it but with a worse dial I would probably have bought this.

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On 2/17/2024 at 2:54 PM, mbwatch said:

"railroad grade"

As OH said, and I'm sure that JohnR625 will correct me if I'm wrong; but it's not a "Railroad grade"; hence it didn't survive the impact 😆

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