seagoing3

Well I thought I had a easy project on my hands the watch needs a new movment an ETA 251.272.  So I look on Ofrei and find that there are 3 different date placments availbe for this movment and I'm unsure which one I need.

 

Here is the watch in question...the date is between 4 and 5

 

And my choces for movments are:

 

Date at 3

Date at 4

Date at 4 slant

 

Could you tell me which is the corect date orintation for this watch?

 

Thanks,

Seagoing3

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