This men’s Rotary 9k gold watch has an ETA movement inside and has never been engraved in the caseback.  Model 8432.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

Unusually the hallmark on this watch does not have a date letter stamped.  We have checked with the Birmingham Assay Office and a date letter is not a mandatory mark, but it is rare to find a UK hallmark without one.  However, the movement came out in 1988 so the watch has to post date that, and the owner of Birth Year Watches treated himself to a very similar gold plated Rotary in 1990 from his first pay check – all of his first pay check in fact – but he couldn’t afford the gold version at the time.

CONDITION

This watch is running well, and is cosmetically very good.  Some of that is the new glass fitted, new leather strap fitted and a brand new battery of course, but the dial is still very bright and clean and we didn’t need to touch that.  The movement is an ETA 955.414, also to be found in many more expensive watches, and this has quick set date and an end of life indicator (where the second hand jumps in two second intervals when the battery is nearly dead so you can get it changed easily.  The Rotary 9k gold case has been cleaned and has never had any personal engraving on it.  Inside the case you can see the makers mark SD to show it was always made for Rotary, as SD are the initials for one of the founders, Sylvian Dreyfess.

This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.

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​SIZE

Width with crown  33.8 mm

Width without crown  32.0 mm

Between lugs  18 mm

Lug to lug length  36.9 mm

Case Thickness  5.6 mm

All sizes are approximate.

Included with this watch is a 2 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

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