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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 45

Seiko Japan, World Time Automatic, 1970?s.Fine and unusual, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, ?World Time?, gentleman?s wristwatch with jump-type date and one crown.

C. three-body, polished, back case with logo, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver with applied steel indexes, outer revolving ring dial with the names of 26 towns in the world, concentric, black and blue graduation in24 hours for the nocturnal and diurnal time of the second time-zone, aperture for the date. The winding-crown on the 4 is for hand-setting of the two zone-times, and for the change of the date. ?Bâton? steel hands. M. Cal. 6217-7000, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, ?Diashock? shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.