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Roffensian
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That's minor. You can get a new crystal easily enough and it will look a lot better then.

We have a watchmaker member here - chronodeco (Craig), who is highly recommended. Might be worth contacting him and seeing if he can help you out with servicing and a crystal.
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Even that I could live with , its superficial and plexi replacement is part of a normal service
there's a good watchmaker member of this forum that would be able to do the work for you if you want it done

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what a beautiful piece, the first clearly authentic moonphase 799 I have seen.

congrats and :yeahthat to Roff's suggestion to have a word with Craig re crystal replacement and service (am sure Craig would love to work on this one) !
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Roffensian wrote:
That's minor. You can get a new crystal easily enough and it will look a lot better then.

We have a watchmaker member here - chronodeco (Craig), who is highly recommended. Might be worth contacting him and seeing if he can help you out with servicing and a crystal.


Unfortunately Mr. Craig lives 10.000 km from me :roll:
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spillus wrote:
Roffensian wrote:
That's minor. You can get a new crystal easily enough and it will look a lot better then.

We have a watchmaker member here - chronodeco (Craig), who is highly recommended. Might be worth contacting him and seeing if he can help you out with servicing and a crystal.


Unfortunately Mr. Craig lives 10.000 km from me :roll:



So?

He's not that close to Fred either (he's in Austria) - trust me, it's worth it.
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Roffensian wrote:
spillus wrote:
Roffensian wrote:
That's minor. You can get a new crystal easily enough and it will look a lot better then.

We have a watchmaker member here - chronodeco (Craig), who is highly recommended. Might be worth contacting him and seeing if he can help you out with servicing and a crystal.


Unfortunately Mr. Craig lives 10.000 km from me :roll:

So?
He's not that close to Fred either (he's in Austria) - trust me, it's worth it.


for me the distance is no problem at all, but spillus has the huge disadvantage of the very unreliable italian mail system, would probably have to use UPS/fedex/DHL. but even with the additional shipping costs involved it would still make sense !
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I've just mailed Craig. His opinion would be welcome here.
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My watch is vert similar to this one:

http://www.i-am-spamming!.com/index.ph ... 80#post180

except for the hour and minute hands + shape of the numbers


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A photo of the movement and the inside of the caseback would be very helpful. A watchmaker should be able to help you out with that fairly easily.

Read that request as a good sign - this is the first 799 moonphase that we have seen here in a long time where I haven't automatically yelled fake!

The PT on the back is odd though - does that have anything to do with your father?



The "PT" engraved on the back could be "PL": have a look to the last post of this thread (in french):
http://forumamontres.forumactif.com/t78 ... ing-datora
What does it mean "PL" ???


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I still have no idea - sorry.
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I still have no idea - sorry.


Could "PL" means "phases lunaires" (moonphase in french) ?
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spillus wrote:
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I still have no idea - sorry.


Could "PL" means "phases lunaires" (moonphase in french) ?



PHASE DE LUNE in french means moonphase, hence the "PL"...
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My watch is vert similar to this one:

http://www.i-am-spamming!.com/index.ph ... 80#post180

except for the hour and minute hands + shape of the numbers



you're right , they do look like yours except yours looks 1000% better than those pieces

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Dracha wrote:
spillus wrote:
My watch is vert similar to this one:

http://www.i-am-spamming!.com/index.ph ... 80#post180

except for the hour and minute hands + shape of the numbers



you're right , they do look like yours except yours looks 1000% better than those pieces

:yeahthat

marco, your watch is one of the only 799s I have seen that really seem above all doubts. You are absolutely right that the PL marking next to the model no probably means phase de lune, which adds to our knowledge base and raises additional questions about several moonphase 799s we saw before.
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