This is a watch that was given to me about a week ago. It was in a box with a few other wrist watches, all of which were broken. This watch needed a band, a stem, a crown, and a new crystal. I found a stem in my inventory that matched the broken one, then added an over-sized crown for ease of winding. Instead of replacing the crystal, I spent about an hour hand polishing the original. The gold-clad case (a fairly thick overlay is evident) was caked with green waxy crud. It took a full 1/2 hour in the ultrasonic cleaner to clean it up. The movement would not run, but a tiny application of Mobius 941 to the tips of the pallet jewels got her to fire up. The band is genuine crocodile and cost under $10 from a Thailand seller on eBay. I tried to find the model name, year of production, and approximate value from various sources, but could find nothing. I am guessing it is probably from the mid-forties. If anyone can help me with further information, I would be most appreciative. I am sure this is not a valuable piece, but I love the mechanical, almost industrial look of the case design. Should be fun to wear every now and then.

VERY nice job rescuing another one from the 'bone yard'!

Regards! Mark

One screw-up on my part was when cleaning the dial. I thought the color difference on the inner part of the dial was dirt, but it was actually a varnish-like coating that had worn away. I tried to make it all one color by cleaning it with alcohol and a q-tip, but in doing so, I managed to wipe away the left bottom leg of the "H" in Helbros. Boy was I ticked off. Needless to say, I decided to clean no further :-O

Whoops!

great watch with fancy lugs we learn from our mistakes.
Still the watch looks good after the oops

Very nice Bruce,

Love to see these 'salvations'!