[hctaw]

Hi-I picked this up in a 'goodwill' store ..any info appreciated...I cannot remove the back at this time...I was wondering what the L.J.CL refers to ...Tradition W,is this the old SEARS brand...It works great,I am going to clean and add a new strap ..Thanks

 

[pacifichrono]

Don't know what it means, but you might try contacting this seller with an almost identical watch, including the letters:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/VINTAGE-DYNASTY-...ryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[hctaw]

hi...thks for the info on the similar watch....mine doesn't seem that bad for $3.99,packaged in a bag with a women's belt and earrings..here it is cleaned up ..thks again

 

[jimw]

Hi-I picked this up in a 'goodwill' store ..any info appreciated...I cannot remove the back at this time...I was wondering what the L.J.CL refers to ...Tradition W,is this the old SEARS brand...It works great,I am going to clean and add a new strap ..Thanks

That's a great buy! It may not be a terribly collectible watch, but that's the sort of find you'll always remember. :-!

I poke around in my local Value Village, and I'm just looking for a similar steal. Unfortunately, the opposite can happen too: one day, there was a gaudy '70s looking Omega, and some genius had slapped an arbitrary $300 price tag on it. Who knows, maybe it was a reasonable price, but it sure takes the fun out of looking.

Enjoy,

Jim

 

[Hartmut Richter]

3.99 bucks for a chronograph?! With a 17 jewel movement?!! Even if it turns out to be a cam system Landeron or Valjoux 773X series calibre, I wish I would stumble across watches like that for that sort of cash!

Hartmut Richter

 

[rmelle]

Well Hartmut,
That is actually quite easy!
I don't know if you live near France.
Go to France the 14 juillet/July (day of the French revolution) and almost all France is one big store of junk and very beautifull stuff.
go there and you will find everything you wish.
bought there a few years ago (2007) a pile (12) Landeron and Valjoux chrono's for about 35 Euro's.....
even an Universal (goldenshadow microrotor) white gold for just 70 euro's, well sold that one offcourse. (sold it to my brother b-), no big money made there b-))
and what to think of other nice Empire clocks etc....
It is worth a try! Don't go near the borders as there are more people around France's neigbours who know this ofcourse HAHAHA
O yea: French speaking helps A LOT!!!


regards,
RJ van Mellee

 

[Hartmut Richter]

Many thanks for the tip! Now I just need to learn French.....!

Hartmut Richter

 

[hctaw]

Hartmut Richter was correct, in what he thought the movement to possibly be....Valjoux 7733....I was at last, able to properly remove the back...I was looking around the net and as with other movements,these were used by alot of brands.......thks for the interest and info