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but, in my defence, I have been travelling and struggling with IT incompetance (nothing I can do about this I'm afraid :() but here is the long awaited photo copyright from MIchael Farr's brilliant book " the adventures of Herge - creator of Tintin " stated as circa 1950 - Same photo shoot, same shi

Tried to upload a picture, but cant seem to get it to add from an ipad. Any ideas please? Cheers, Paul

The photo below is from the truly excellent Michael Farr,s book, and its given as 1950 . Same photo shoot , same shirt , tie , haircut , black and white pic , same watch ? copyright from MIchael Farr's book " the adventures of Herge - creator of Tintin "

But i think this photo was taken in the 50's sometime. I,ll take a look at some books later, cheers, paul

Hi Miki Certainly interesting, so would depend on the price being offered. Obviously, the chrono second hand is wrong, and I presume the hour hand is underneath the minute hand, but has applied logo, amazing condition dot over 90 bezel (has this been replaced?) , and tritium in various states of deg

That case belongs with a cal 501. I have a Dennison cased cal 501, case ref 897914, date letterJ for 1958/9, movement number 16.4 million. These are big heavy cases (33g of 18kt). No doubt that a cal 501 went inside that case, but I've heard lot of reports about the cal 501 failing for some reason,

Also, look at the marker at 11 o'c, ( not touching minute track) vs arrow head markers at 5, 6 and 7 o'c ( touching minute track) - definately a redial. Glad you got out in one piece Cheers, paul

Mrsnak, can you please tell me who you wrote to at UG to get an extract from their archives please? Cheers, Paul

Of these,and I have one from 1944, but I cant recall ever seeing the 3 buttons protuding out of the case before. All the examples I've seen, the buttons are recessed - pls see picture below ( borrowed from internet). Is this a later model? Cheers, Paul

Are more than likely service marks - ie after every service, the watchmaker would put a code for his/her reference. Some put a date in, so its worth checking these marks under a loupe Cheers, paul