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HOLY GRAIL VINTAGE GRUEN OCEAN CHIEF AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH UNTOUCHED AMAZING DIAL

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Brand: GRUEN Band Color: Black
Movement: Mechanical (Automatic) Face Color: Black
Gender: Men's Lug Width: 18mm
Case Material: Stainless Steel Number of Jewels: 17 Jewels
Band Material: RUBBER Band Type: TROPIC
Display: Analog Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
Watch Shape: ROUND


FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS MEGA RARE HOLY GRAIL DIVERS WATCH.  THE HARD TO FIND GRUEN OCEAN CHIEF.  THIS WATCH WAS RECENTLY FOUND BY ME IN AN ESTATE JUNK DRAWER.  AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CONDITION IS AMAZING.  DETAILS ABOUT THIS WATCH--IT IS IN AS FOUND CONDITION.  ALL WE DID WAS WIPE OFF THE DIRTY CASE AND POLISH THE ORIGINAL PLEXI DOME CRYSTAL.  THE WATCH WAS JUST OPENED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN ITS LIFE.  THE FAMILY I GOT IT FROM, REMEMBERS IT BEING USED FOR JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  MAYBE ONE SEASON.  SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO OPEN IT IN THE PAST THAT IS CONFIRMED BY SOME AMATURE TOOL MARKS SEEN ON THE CASE BACK.  WE HAD TO PUT THE WATCH IN A VICE TO BE ABLE TO  UNSCREW THE BACK (IT WAS A BITCH) BUT WHEN WE GOT IT OPEN, THERE WAS AN UNTOUCHED GRUEN 560 RSS MOVEMENT WITH NO SERVICE RECORD INSIDE THE CASEBACK.  TURNS OUT THE REASON FOR SUCH LIMITED USE APPEARS TO BE  AN ANCHOR SCREW HAS COME LOOSE AND IS STOPPING THE WATCH FROM WORKING.  IT IS ON A MASTER WATCHMAKERS BENCH WHERE IN A DAY IT WILL BE GETTING ITS VERY FIRST SERVICE IN NEARLY 50 YEARS. (THE WATCH IS NOW BACK IN MY POSSESION AND THE BROKEN ANCHOR SCREW WAS REMOVE.  THE WATCH WAS SERVICED AND IS NOW PERFECTLY WORKING).   THE CASE IS A NON POLISHED SURVIVOR WITH RAZOR SHARP EDGES.  THE CRYSTAL IS THE ORIGINAL PLEXY THAT I RECENTLY POLISHED AND THE CROWN IS ORIGINAL.  NOW, LETS EXAMINE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS WATCH.  FIRST IS THE LARGE RARE CURVED BEZEL.  USUALLY THEY ARE EITHER MISSING OR IN BADLY SCRATCHED CONDITION.  THIS BEZEL LOOKS LIKE NEW.  WONDERFUL CONDITION.  I CAN NOT FIND AN EQUAL TO IT ANYWHERE THROUGH MY RESEARCH.  SECOND AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS THIS DIAL.   THIS ONE IS JUST SO MINTY PERFECT WITH JUST TWO TINY MARKS ABOVE THE AUTOWIND TEXT.   HARD TO EVEN GET A PHOTO OF IT BUT I TOOK THE MOVEMENT OUT OF THE CASE SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIALS BEAUTIFUL GLOSSY CONDITION.  JUST WONDERFUL.  ONE HAND HAS LOST THE LUMINOUS MATERIAL.  THE LUME WAS FLOATING AROUND INSIDE THE CRYSTAL WHEN I GOT THE WATCH AND I HAVE SHOWN A PHOTO OF THAT.  THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE MOMENT I FOUND THE WATCH IN THE DRAWER.  LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF THE WATCH IN MY HAND AND YOU CAN SEE THE MATERIAL FLOATING AT THE BOTTOM.  PLEASE REVIEW THE PHOTOS VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT WATCH TO CONSIDER.  A SERIOUS TOP FIVE ON ANY DIVERS WATCH COLLECTION LIST.  A TRUE MEGA WATCH IN THE MOST HONEST CONDITION.  YOU WILL NOT FIND A DIAL AND BEZEL LIKE THIS I AM SURE.  THANKS SO MUCH FOR LOOKING.  INTERNATIONAL INTEREST PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL ONLY SHIP THIS ITEM THROUGH THE EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM.  THEY FILL OUT CUSTOMS FORMS AND COLLECT ANY TAXES.