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Certina Chronolympic DS-2 vintage chronograph! oversize steel case! Valjoux 232
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Description Brand: Certina Style: 70s vintage sports chronograph Gender: Men's Model: DS-2 Chronolympic Features: vintage historical watch, Easy To Read, Acrylic Crystal, Chronograph Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding) Age: 1970-1974 Display: Analog Watch Shape: Tonneau/Barrel Case Material: Stainless Steel Age Group: Adult
vintage Certina Chronolympic DS-2 vintage chronograph, in steel, with one the most desirable valjoux movement, the famous valjoux 23, here in the 232 execution. This is a rare find! http://www.vintagecertinas.ch/wp/en/chronolympic/ The barrel/square shaped stainless steel case is 42,7mm wide not including the crown. Full length is 47,8mm. It is 20mm wide between the lugs. Certina is a Swiss brand of watches founded in 1888 by the Kurth brothers. For those of you wishing to know more about Certina and its fantastic vintage watches I strongly suggest the very informative website about vintage certinas, www.vintagecertinas.ch Specifics of this model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piNRRg7WuG8 4 - This watch DS-2 range, featuring one the most desirable movement of the vintage era, the legendary Valjoux 23. It is a column wheel movement with tremendous quality and prestige, having being used by Rolex and Patek Phillipe, to name just two of the more prestigious names in watch making history. 5 - The watch has an oversize barrel shaped stainless steel case, with a stainless steel screw case back bearing the iconic turtle symbol. The design of the case is quintessential sixties. 6 - Black dial with white registers, a design on par with other sports chronographs of that era, namely Rolex Daytona, Heuer Carrera, Breitling Top Time. This dial adds three touches of red in the minutes sub dial. The bracelet: It is a brand new racing bracelet that goes very well with the watch. The reference number inside the case: 8601 300 An interesting point is that this reference is not listed in the vintage Certinas website! serial / reference number in the movement: The watch is signed Certina: in the dial, in the case and in the movement. The crown is also signed with the Certina logotype. cosmetics: dial: The original Panda black and white dial is in excellent condition! But the index marks at 5 and 7 o'clock show discoloration. The sub dials are also in excellent condition - see the pictures and make your own opinion. hands: the hands are in excellent condition! - see the pictures and make your own opinion. case: Shows very light wear, no bumps, no dents, no ugly scratches. - see the pictures and make your own opinion. Movement: very nice, excellent condition! - see the pictures and make your own opinion. The crystal: is plastic / Plexiglas and has no glazing, internal cracking neither ugly scratches - see the pictures and make your own opinion. The crown and the pushers: The crown is in excellent condition. The pushers are in excellent condition - see the pictures and make your own opinion. Inside the watch: Swiss made high end manual wind 17 jewels, Certina 29-531, basis caliber Valjoux 232, a movement from the Valjoux 23 family. Service history: I have owned this watch for more than 15 years and I don't recall having it serviced. It has been left in a Bank's safe all this time. 1 - Not recently serviced 2 - The case appears to have been professionally polished in the past. If it is not stated that the watch has been serviced recently you would better consider a revision by an expert watchmaker, no matter how good the test results may look. Working condition: 1 - Working very well. Runs very strong. 2 - Winding is smooth. 3 - Time setting is smooth. 4 - All the chronograph functions, start, stop and reset work as they should. 5 - The chronograph was left working for over 6 hours and it has never stopped. To get you a clearer picture of how the watch will behave, I do the following home testing: I and test it against a watch that I know is correct. For this I purpose I use a web page that provides the exact time. I check the deviation after 12 and 24 hours. The results for this watch after 12 hours: +12 seconds and after 24 hours: +25 seconds. This home test is not a warranty of repeatability or accuracy. Actually wearing the watch in the pulse will get you different results for sure. No matter how good the test results may look, the watch is sold as is, without any sort of warranty. Please note: 1 - The watch should not be used in the water! All diving watches, even recent, should be sent for a qualified water sealing service each year prior to diving season. 2 - Any acrylic or metallic display that might appear in the pictures is not included in the sale! Please don't send me a message telling me what you think is the value of the item, or asking me if I will consider an offer in the amount of x or what is my best price. Simply click the eBay make an offer button! Buy it now or make your offer early and with confidence! This is the most effective way to avoid the disappointment of seeing the item go to someone else. Please take a look at my other auctions and at my excellent feedback! Condition: Please refer to the pictures for a complete perception of the item’s condition. This will be more precise and effective than my eyesight or judgment. All pictures are of the actual item. Photos are not retouched or edited to mask defects. Please take time to enlarge the all the photos for the clearest, largest images. Photos usually disclose the condition much better than a written description as many people have a different idea on what words or terms may mean. If an identifying mark or defect is visible on the photo it is considered disclosed to the buyer. Please remember that seeing the item at very high magnification, as in the pictures that I provide, brings to life small defects that the human eye does not perceive. If you don’t see it in the pictures and it is not mentioned in the description, then it is not included in the auction! I aim to provide as much details concerning the auction as possible, because I feel that from a buyer's standpoint there is nothing more uncomfortable than unpleasant surprises. International Buyers - important notes - 1 - This item is located in the European Community so there are no taxes for countries inside the European Community. 2 - Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility and are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. Do not confuse them with additional shipping charges. Please note that if the item is returned to me because the buyer refused to pay taxes or didn't take any necessary action, the total cost of shipping will be deducted from the refund. 3 - I advise you to check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding. 4 - Before bidding, make certain that the item offered in this auction does not in any way violate international laws, customs or postage restrictions of your country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accepted payments PayPal Payment: I expect your PayPal payment to be received within 3 business days of auction ending date or I reserve the right to cancel the sale under eBay's rules. Registered Shipping by CTT Please read this as it gives you detailed information concerning shipping, insurance, tracking and time to arrive to your country.
Insurance for loss is included at a cost of 2% of item's value. Insurance will be provided by a third party, not by the post, since I could not find a courier that insures collectibles, precious objects and watches. Registered shipping (requiring your signature upon reception) can be tracked in the Portuguese Post website (they have an English version) and after a few days, after the item arrival at your country, or in some countries before that, you can track it in your country's official Post. Tracking is not accessible by clicking in the tracking number in the eBay page. An exception to this is the USA but you will have to wait for me to upload the USPS tracking number, which will take a few days after the item is sent. For instance, if you are in the USA you can track it in the USPS website, and if you are in the UK you will track it in the Royal Post; in Spain you can track it in www.correos.es; in France you can track it in La Poste Please remember that the tracking number must be tracked in these websites, meaning that you have to copy paste the number in the appropriate place in the website. Some countries might not provide the tracking feature. Please check with your country postal office beforehand as I cannot have this information. In any case the shipping can be always be traced if anything goes wrong. You will be able to track the shipping at: Or try the following link to the English page of the CTT website, or copy paste this address to your web browser: http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/objectSearch/objectSearch.jspx?lang=01 Important note concerning expected time of arrival: under normal circumstances, in the European Community zone, the package is due to arrive in five to seven business days. Outside the Euro countries it will take considerably more days due to longer distance, grouping of parcels and customs bureaucracy. Usually 21 to 30 days, a few times less than that, depending of your country. Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($15 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to Europe: $67 USD Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($20 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to the rest of the world: $72 USD A scan of the post receipt will be at your disposal, should you ask. The cost of insurance will not be shown in the post receipt. Neither the cost of packing. Expedited shipping Do you want to receive your item faster? If you do I can send it to you very fast but the cost is considerably higher. Insurance, at 2% of item's value, will be optional, it is up for you to decide. You will receive the invoice with insurance adjusted to the value of the item but if you don't want to pay for insurance you just have to ask for it and a new invoice will be sent to you. This is valid for expedited shipping only. 1 - Please note that shipping costs include safe and careful packing. 2 - Combined shipping will be applied on purchase invoices. This means that you would not pay shipping for each item although the cost of shipping will increase, because the cost of shipping is, of course, weight related. 3 - If you have an account with UPS, FEDEX, DHL or with any other similar company that operates in Portugal and want them to pick up the item for you, I will be glad to act according to your instructions. In this case you won’t be charged anything for shipping, not even packing. Insurance is up to you but all of this must be specified in the PayPal payment clearly. By buying or making an offer you agree with all that is stated above. Please skip this sale/auction if you don't agree with everything or if you disagree with something that is stated, thanks!
Description
| Brand: | Certina | Style: | 70s vintage sports chronograph |
| Gender: | Men's | Model: | DS-2 Chronolympic |
| Features: | vintage historical watch, Easy To Read, Acrylic Crystal, Chronograph | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Switzerland |
| Movement: | Mechanical (Hand-winding) | Age: | 1970-1974 |
| Display: | Analog | Watch Shape: | Tonneau/Barrel |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel | Age Group: | Adult |
vintage Certina Chronolympic DS-2 vintage chronograph, in steel, with one the most desirable valjoux movement, the famous valjoux 23, here in the 232 execution. This is a rare find! http://www.vintagecertinas.ch/wp/en/chronolympic/ The barrel/square shaped stainless steel case is 42,7mm wide not including the crown. Full length is 47,8mm. It is 20mm wide between the lugs. Certina is a Swiss brand of watches founded in 1888 by the Kurth brothers. For those of you wishing to know more about Certina and its fantastic vintage watches I strongly suggest the very informative website about vintage certinas, www.vintagecertinas.ch Specifics of this model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piNRRg7WuG8 4 - This watch DS-2 range, featuring one the most desirable movement of the vintage era, the legendary Valjoux 23. It is a column wheel movement with tremendous quality and prestige, having being used by Rolex and Patek Phillipe, to name just two of the more prestigious names in watch making history. 5 - The watch has an oversize barrel shaped stainless steel case, with a stainless steel screw case back bearing the iconic turtle symbol. The design of the case is quintessential sixties. 6 - Black dial with white registers, a design on par with other sports chronographs of that era, namely Rolex Daytona, Heuer Carrera, Breitling Top Time. This dial adds three touches of red in the minutes sub dial. The bracelet: It is a brand new racing bracelet that goes very well with the watch. The reference number inside the case: 8601 300 An interesting point is that this reference is not listed in the vintage Certinas website! serial / reference number in the movement: The watch is signed Certina: in the dial, in the case and in the movement. The crown is also signed with the Certina logotype. cosmetics: dial: The original Panda black and white dial is in excellent condition! But the index marks at 5 and 7 o'clock show discoloration. The sub dials are also in excellent condition - see the pictures and make your own opinion. hands: the hands are in excellent condition! - see the pictures and make your own opinion. case: Shows very light wear, no bumps, no dents, no ugly scratches. - see the pictures and make your own opinion. Movement: very nice, excellent condition! - see the pictures and make your own opinion. The crystal: is plastic / Plexiglas and has no glazing, internal cracking neither ugly scratches - see the pictures and make your own opinion. The crown and the pushers: The crown is in excellent condition. The pushers are in excellent condition - see the pictures and make your own opinion. Inside the watch: Swiss made high end manual wind 17 jewels, Certina 29-531, basis caliber Valjoux 232, a movement from the Valjoux 23 family. Service history: I have owned this watch for more than 15 years and I don't recall having it serviced. It has been left in a Bank's safe all this time. 1 - Not recently serviced 2 - The case appears to have been professionally polished in the past. If it is not stated that the watch has been serviced recently you would better consider a revision by an expert watchmaker, no matter how good the test results may look. Working condition: 1 - Working very well. Runs very strong. 2 - Winding is smooth. 3 - Time setting is smooth. 4 - All the chronograph functions, start, stop and reset work as they should. 5 - The chronograph was left working for over 6 hours and it has never stopped. To get you a clearer picture of how the watch will behave, I do the following home testing: I and test it against a watch that I know is correct. For this I purpose I use a web page that provides the exact time. I check the deviation after 12 and 24 hours. The results for this watch after 12 hours: +12 seconds and after 24 hours: +25 seconds. This home test is not a warranty of repeatability or accuracy. Actually wearing the watch in the pulse will get you different results for sure. No matter how good the test results may look, the watch is sold as is, without any sort of warranty. Please note: 1 - The watch should not be used in the water! All diving watches, even recent, should be sent for a qualified water sealing service each year prior to diving season. 2 - Any acrylic or metallic display that might appear in the pictures is not included in the sale! Please don't send me a message telling me what you think is the value of the item, or asking me if I will consider an offer in the amount of x or what is my best price. Simply click the eBay make an offer button! Buy it now or make your offer early and with confidence! This is the most effective way to avoid the disappointment of seeing the item go to someone else. Please take a look at my other auctions and at my excellent feedback! Condition: Please refer to the pictures for a complete perception of the item’s condition. This will be more precise and effective than my eyesight or judgment. All pictures are of the actual item. Photos are not retouched or edited to mask defects. Please take time to enlarge the all the photos for the clearest, largest images. Photos usually disclose the condition much better than a written description as many people have a different idea on what words or terms may mean. If an identifying mark or defect is visible on the photo it is considered disclosed to the buyer. Please remember that seeing the item at very high magnification, as in the pictures that I provide, brings to life small defects that the human eye does not perceive. If you don’t see it in the pictures and it is not mentioned in the description, then it is not included in the auction! I aim to provide as much details concerning the auction as possible, because I feel that from a buyer's standpoint there is nothing more uncomfortable than unpleasant surprises. International Buyers - important notes - 1 - This item is located in the European Community so there are no taxes for countries inside the European Community. 2 - Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility and are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. Do not confuse them with additional shipping charges. Please note that if the item is returned to me because the buyer refused to pay taxes or didn't take any necessary action, the total cost of shipping will be deducted from the refund. 3 - I advise you to check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding. 4 - Before bidding, make certain that the item offered in this auction does not in any way violate international laws, customs or postage restrictions of your country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accepted payments PayPal Payment: I expect your PayPal payment to be received within 3 business days of auction ending date or I reserve the right to cancel the sale under eBay's rules. Registered Shipping by CTT Please read this as it gives you detailed information concerning shipping, insurance, tracking and time to arrive to your country.
Insurance for loss is included at a cost of 2% of item's value. Insurance will be provided by a third party, not by the post, since I could not find a courier that insures collectibles, precious objects and watches. Registered shipping (requiring your signature upon reception) can be tracked in the Portuguese Post website (they have an English version) and after a few days, after the item arrival at your country, or in some countries before that, you can track it in your country's official Post. Tracking is not accessible by clicking in the tracking number in the eBay page. An exception to this is the USA but you will have to wait for me to upload the USPS tracking number, which will take a few days after the item is sent. For instance, if you are in the USA you can track it in the USPS website, and if you are in the UK you will track it in the Royal Post; in Spain you can track it in www.correos.es; in France you can track it in La Poste Please remember that the tracking number must be tracked in these websites, meaning that you have to copy paste the number in the appropriate place in the website. Some countries might not provide the tracking feature. Please check with your country postal office beforehand as I cannot have this information. In any case the shipping can be always be traced if anything goes wrong. You will be able to track the shipping at: Or try the following link to the English page of the CTT website, or copy paste this address to your web browser: http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/objectSearch/objectSearch.jspx?lang=01 Important note concerning expected time of arrival: under normal circumstances, in the European Community zone, the package is due to arrive in five to seven business days. Outside the Euro countries it will take considerably more days due to longer distance, grouping of parcels and customs bureaucracy. Usually 21 to 30 days, a few times less than that, depending of your country. Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($15 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to Europe: $67 USD Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($20 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to the rest of the world: $72 USD A scan of the post receipt will be at your disposal, should you ask. The cost of insurance will not be shown in the post receipt. Neither the cost of packing. Expedited shipping Do you want to receive your item faster? If you do I can send it to you very fast but the cost is considerably higher. Insurance, at 2% of item's value, will be optional, it is up for you to decide. You will receive the invoice with insurance adjusted to the value of the item but if you don't want to pay for insurance you just have to ask for it and a new invoice will be sent to you. This is valid for expedited shipping only. 1 - Please note that shipping costs include safe and careful packing. 2 - Combined shipping will be applied on purchase invoices. This means that you would not pay shipping for each item although the cost of shipping will increase, because the cost of shipping is, of course, weight related. 3 - If you have an account with UPS, FEDEX, DHL or with any other similar company that operates in Portugal and want them to pick up the item for you, I will be glad to act according to your instructions. In this case you won’t be charged anything for shipping, not even packing. Insurance is up to you but all of this must be specified in the PayPal payment clearly. By buying or making an offer you agree with all that is stated above. Please skip this sale/auction if you don't agree with everything or if you disagree with something that is stated, thanks!
Insurance for loss is included at a cost of 2% of item's value. Insurance will be provided by a third party, not by the post, since I could not find a courier that insures collectibles, precious objects and watches. Registered shipping (requiring your signature upon reception) can be tracked in the Portuguese Post website (they have an English version) and after a few days, after the item arrival at your country, or in some countries before that, you can track it in your country's official Post. Tracking is not accessible by clicking in the tracking number in the eBay page. An exception to this is the USA but you will have to wait for me to upload the USPS tracking number, which will take a few days after the item is sent. For instance, if you are in the USA you can track it in the USPS website, and if you are in the UK you will track it in the Royal Post; in Spain you can track it in www.correos.es; in France you can track it in La Poste Please remember that the tracking number must be tracked in these websites, meaning that you have to copy paste the number in the appropriate place in the website. Some countries might not provide the tracking feature. Please check with your country postal office beforehand as I cannot have this information. In any case the shipping can be always be traced if anything goes wrong. You will be able to track the shipping at: Or try the following link to the English page of the CTT website, or copy paste this address to your web browser: http://www.ctt.pt/feapl_2/app/open/objectSearch/objectSearch.jspx?lang=01 Important note concerning expected time of arrival: under normal circumstances, in the European Community zone, the package is due to arrive in five to seven business days. Outside the Euro countries it will take considerably more days due to longer distance, grouping of parcels and customs bureaucracy. Usually 21 to 30 days, a few times less than that, depending of your country. Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($15 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to Europe: $67 USD Packing ($2 USD) + registered shipping with reception notice ($20 USD), plus insurance at 2% of item’s value ($50 USD), to the rest of the world: $72 USD A scan of the post receipt will be at your disposal, should you ask. The cost of insurance will not be shown in the post receipt. Neither the cost of packing. Expedited shipping Do you want to receive your item faster? If you do I can send it to you very fast but the cost is considerably higher. Insurance, at 2% of item's value, will be optional, it is up for you to decide. You will receive the invoice with insurance adjusted to the value of the item but if you don't want to pay for insurance you just have to ask for it and a new invoice will be sent to you. This is valid for expedited shipping only. 1 - Please note that shipping costs include safe and careful packing. 2 - Combined shipping will be applied on purchase invoices. This means that you would not pay shipping for each item although the cost of shipping will increase, because the cost of shipping is, of course, weight related. 3 - If you have an account with UPS, FEDEX, DHL or with any other similar company that operates in Portugal and want them to pick up the item for you, I will be glad to act according to your instructions. In this case you won’t be charged anything for shipping, not even packing. Insurance is up to you but all of this must be specified in the PayPal payment clearly. By buying or making an offer you agree with all that is stated above. Please skip this sale/auction if you don't agree with everything or if you disagree with something that is stated, thanks!