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FortyCaliber
Posted March 19, 2018 - 9:24am

Thanks Andersok. That looks darn close at least to my eyes. May I ask where you found that ad?

Also, I see it came with a leather strap, as oppsed to the stretch band that my father had installed on it when he bought it, and, I'm sure, had replaced a time or two over the years. I spoke with Mike C. about the band already on the watch and he told me that the stretch metal bands can cause damage to the "side prongs" where the spring bar would secure because the 14Kt is just too soft. Personally, I really don't like leather straps, either. I know my faher wore this watch daily for upwards of 40 years IN A FACTORY until he got his retirement watch. I can't see any damage myself to the side prongs, but, then again, I'm no watch repairman. I told Mike C. that I'd worry about what band to stick on it after I get it repaired. Right now, it has a worn out Speidel band on it. I was perusing some of the other ads in the 1958 section and saw some really nice metal bands that, I think, would look great with this watch, but I think all of the metal bands in the ads I looked at were installed on Stainless watches.

As an aside, just because I was curious,  I just visited a website to calculate how much $175 in 1958 would be worth today. It stated that $175 in 1958, in today's dollars because of inflation, would be worth $1492.79! Wow!