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I think I can help a bit. I'm fairly certain that I bought this watch from the person that dutchguy2 sold it to, in its eventual closed factory case version. Here is what it looked like when I had it: The 40th anniversary dial had been swapped to a old tritium gen dial, and I installed a gen insert with pearl. The 40th anniversary dial and gen bracelet, ended up getting re-united with a genuine 2831.80 that I restored from the dead, and is one of my favorite watches I wear to this day. How is that for 18 years of closure! see above

Yeah my Bond came from a great guy who sadly doesn’t spend much time here.

LOVELY, loss of words, that I beauty! aha! I saw that 40th anniversary edit gen dial from the bay a couple of months back for a steal price, I think you won that? wear it in good health man!, how is the caseback by the way? does it have serial numbers on the lugs? another amazing build wear it in good health, cheers mate!

Here’s the Bond.

I think the 5500 case would work well with the MoChaCha dial which is 27.2mm. You could use a 2824-2 with or without the autowind assembly.

"I think those laws came to be as an attempt to save American watchmaking, which U.S. policy inadvertently killed by diverting domestic brands (which held a vast majority of the market share) to production of military instruments in WW2. It's sad really, in all likelihood the forums here would read Elgin, Hamilton, Gruen, Waltham Area if not for wartime decree and the ingenuity of the Swiss to capitalize on the situation." You are right. During WWII, USA watch companies went to military watch, bomb timer, ship chronometer etc production thereby allowing the swiss to gain inroads into the civilian watch market and the US brands never recovered.

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I almost gave this up for sale because I've been wearing my 1680 most of the time. Glad I came to my senses today - also the potential buyer never responded, whew..