FOR SALE IS A TOUGH AND EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE LARGE CASED 300m CAMIF FRENCH DIVER USING THE VENERABLE MONNIN CASE MADE FAMOUS BY THE HEUER 844.
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CASE: OVERSIZED AND SEXY ALL-STEEL MONNIN CASE IN GOOD CONDITION MEASURING A HEFTY 42mm ACROSS INCLUDING CROWN GUARDS(NOT INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL SCREW-DOWN CROWN). THIS IS A SERIOUSLY BEEFY PIECE OF STEEL YET SOMEHOW IS ABLE TO FEEL SUAVE AND ELEGANT ON THE WRIST. I JUST LOVE THOSE CURVY LUGS THAT FLOW SEAMLESSLY INTO THE BODY OF THIS WIDE CASE. CHECK OUT THAT KILLER BLACK ROTATING BAKELITE BEZEL WITH 60 UNI-DIRECTIONAL CLICKS.
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DIAL: THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET WEIRD AND WILD. THIS TACTICAL MILITARY STYLE DIAL HAS TAKEN ON SOME WICKED CHOCOLATE TROPICAL PATINA.CHECK OUT THAT KILLER AGED TRITIUM WITH MAXI STYLE MARKERS AND RAD PLONGEUR STYLE DIVER HANDSET. THIS ONE IS SO DAMN COOL WITH THAT WARM AGED DIAL.
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MOVEMENT: THIS FRENCH ASSASIN RUNS ON A HIGH-GRADE 25 JEWEL ETA AUTOMATIC WHICH IS KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME AND RUNNING STRONG. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT WATCH THIS ONE IS A SOLID RUNNER
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A VINTAGE STYLE BROWN LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS FANTASTIC WITH THAT TROPICAL FACE. THIS PARTICULAR MONNIN DIVE CASE STYLE IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND COLLECTIBLE. NO WONDER HEUER CHOSE IT FOR THEIR 844 MODEL. CAMIF WAS ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN FRENCH SPORTS WATCH BRANDS OF THE 60s AND 70s PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY DIVERS AND CHRONOS ON PAR WITH YEMA AND LEJOUR. THIS ONE HAS THE FEEL OF A WATCH THAT HAS SEEN SOME ACTION. WITH THAT SWEET PATINA AND ROBUST CASE, THIS IS A WATCH FOR THE TRUE ADVENTURER
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