Monday 15 September 2014

Rare Vintage Funky Retro 70s Butex Automatic Watch - ETA 2472

An unusual Butex. It has a very nice matt colbat blue textured dial, together with the flatten-cone shape case makes the watch with that essential 70s watches' cool.

Vintage Funky Retro 70s Butex Automatic Watch - ETA 2472
Vintage Funky Retro 70s Butex Automatic Watch - ETA 2472
Movement is the lengendary ETA 2472 automatic movement.

Features -
  • Automatic and manually wind.
  • 18,600 bph.
  • 25.6mm D x 5.3mm H
  • 25 Jewels
  • Power reserve 42h
  • Rotor marked 25 Jewels, Swiss Made.


Case:
  • Funky 70s style tonneau shape case with hidden lugs.
  • Polished sides and circular grain front case.
  • Case width is 35mm not including the crown, 38mm lug to lug.
  • Lug size is 18mm.
  • The case is solid stainless steel with stainless steel screw back.
  • There is 1 deep scratch about 3mm long at the back of the case otherwise the case is in mint condition.
  • Screw back marked All Steel, Antimagnetic, Automatic, Swiss Made, Water Resistance and 713053


The dial and hands:
  • Orginal and beautiful stylish dark blue textured dial in uncommon matt finish.
  • Chunky raised and faceted steel baton hourly indexes.
  • Date window at 6 with quickset by back and forth between 8:00 - 12:00
  • The dial marked BUTEX Swiss Automatic and 25. T Swiss Make T on both side of 6
  • Polished steel hands with white stripes.
More Butex in my collection: A very nice Butex, manual - unusual case design
Vintage Funky Retro 70s Butex Automatic Watch - ETA 2472
Beautiful cobalt blue textured dial

 Engine-turned brushed front bezel

Very smart flatten cone case

Very smart combination. Raised steel baton indexes and stubby hands - note the unsigned original crown

Stainless steel case screw back

Reliable ETA 2472 Automatic movement

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