Accutron Calendar - I picked this up a few days ago in an estate lot with 7 other watches. I'm guessing the previous owner was having trouble seeing the hands. The hands were painted black, I'm guessing felt tip marker. I removed the hands and gently cleaned them, removing most of the black. There are still specks of black on the lume and a little hole in the lume of the minute hand. I tossed in a battery and it runs. The bracelet is interesting. It's turquoise stones with 12K GF over sterling silver.
I don't know if you see personalized bracelets like this in Australia or if they are particularly an American thing. They may just be a human thing. It seems to me that people across the globe seek ways to express their individuality. I think this bracelet was either custom made expressly for the prior owner or was a unique piece he just came across. In my experience, this is not a common add-on. Although, this style may be more common in the American Southwest.
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The Navajo and Zuni are two first nation (native) tribes in the American southwest (Arizona and New Mexico) that are the originators for much of the turquoise, coral and silver jewelry. Necklaces, pendants, rings and watch bands are all common. The design themes are often cultural representations from their heritage. These items are quite popular, my father owned several rings and bolos but I don't recall him ever having one of the watch bands. I can't recall ever seeing one of these bands in gold but it is possible it was Navajo or Zuni made.
The other American phenomenon around watch bands I often see on eBay are the watch bands covered with unprocessed gold nuggets. During the oil boom in the 1960's and 1970's there was in influx of highly paid worked to the Alaska oil fields. These workers often came back with watch bands heavily encrusted with gold nuggets. I've also seen them with animal figures cast from solid gold.
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