Hamilton Automatic Pan Europ 702 1960s-70s Diver and others.

[artslinger]

Hello friends, it was a great day for watches. I found this Hamilton Pan Europ 702 diver automatic, Gerard Perrigaux manual, an Austin Premier diver and another diver. All of these at the same sale. The Hamilton is huge at 43 mm, 46 mm with crown. I sincerely appreciate your thoughts and feedback. Thanks.

artslinger

 

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[JimDon]

Wow what a great collection. The Girard Perregaux is a great classic 1960s dress watch and is worth some good bucks. The Austin Premier is also from what I understand a very nice brand. The 333 foot diver is the more valuable one but still a nice watch. The other driver seems like a regular 1967 17j watch still very collectible but it looks like it needs some work. Unfortunately the Hamilton has seen better days. It looks like the dial feet have broken and the dial has turned. Still a valuable watch even as a project watch for someone. I would kill for a day like that

 

[artslinger]

Thank you very much for the feedback, I truly appreciate it. Aside from those watches was a Benrus made of Swiss parts in Hong Kong. It was a quartz. When I turned it around to look at the case cover, to my surprise it had a dedication to an accountant in Spain. He worked in the province of Cordoba. Tha back case is also engraved Girard Perrigaux. Upon more research with my loupe, I discovered several very faint markings. One I could barely make out as 18k, and the other right below it as .0750. I took it to a jeweler friend and confirmed with acid as 18k Gold. Here it is.

P.S. The Austin has an ETA movement PA 2879. Thanks.

 

[JimDon]

Thank you very much for the feedback, I truly appreciate it. Aside from those watches was a Benrus made of Swiss parts in Hong Kong. It was a quartz. When I turned it around to look at the case cover, to my surprise it had a dedication to an accountant in Spain. He worked in the province of Cordoba. Tha back case is also engraved Girard Perrigaux. Upon more research with my loupe, I discovered several very faint markings. One I could barely make out as 18k, and the other right below it as .0750. I took it to a jeweler friend and confirmed with acid as 18k Gold. Here it is.

P.S. The Austin has an ETA movement PA 2879. Thanks. View attachment 1737529 View attachment 1737530

You know I thought it might be gold and was going to mention it. Makes your score even better!

 

[JimDon]

Art, let me know if you want to get rid of the Hamilton. I’d be interested

 

[artslinger]

Hi JimDin, thanks again for all of your valuable info. My plan is to take it to my watchmaker, and hopefully he can get it to work. No crazy restoration, just for him to look at the movement, and dial fix the dial as much as possible, and hopefully get it to work. I'm planning on auctioning it. I'm not really a collector. :-) I can let you know once it's on the auction site, and I'll list it with a best offer. I'll work on getting better pics, too. Thanks.

artslinger