gplracer Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) My dad worked for O.G. Wilson's in the 70's. This is from the 1976 catalog. From the spacing of the pushers on the Wakmann [H] and possibly [J]. I would say it is a Valjoux 72 inside. Check out the price! Edited September 18, 2009 by gplracer
freddy333 Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 The pushers seem, to me, to be symmetrically located, which means the movement cannot be a Valjoux 72 (or 23). But the prices are correct for the time period.
alligoat Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 The 'J' watch with the moon phase, maybe a Valjoux 730. First there was the V72C, then the V723 and finally the V730. It sure is a funky case- round and fat! 'H' looks like a V72, or possibly a later variant. 1976 is late in the V72 life, maybe a V726 w/ the 21.6k bph. The 7750 debuted in the middle to late 70's. But Rolex kept making the Daytonas until 87. Those prices are to die for! Thanks B for sharing- some cool history.
Guest avitt Posted September 18, 2009 Report Posted September 18, 2009 Both have asymmetrical pushers. "H" is a 72, and "J" is an 88 (Day-Date-Month-Moonphase). Prices make me cry
theblueprince Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Those watches would only sell for about $500-600 now though so hardly a MASSIVE increase taking inflation into account.
freddy333 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Both have asymmetrical pushers. "H" is a 72, and "J" is an 88 (Day-Date-Month-Moonphase). Weird. I picked up a copy of H a couple years ago for 1 of my early DW projects, but it had a (symmetrically pushered) Landeron movement instead of Valjoux. So I re-sold it.
Guest avitt Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Weird. I picked up a copy of H a couple years ago for 1 of my early DW projects, but it had a (symmetrically pushered) Landeron movement instead of Valjoux. So I re-sold it. Yeah, Wakmann made quite a few models, and used various movements. Here are a few catalog pages (from just one of their production years) which show the diversity of chronographs: If you rotate the image of "H" above, it becomes more clear that the lower pusher is offset: The configuration is very similar to this one, which I purchased off eBay earlier this year: ...And it ended up having this inside
freddy333 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 ...And it ended up having this inside Beautiful.
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