A very smart vintage Sully Special manual wind sports watch. It has a very nice dark blue sunburst grain silver dial. Sully wasn't a famous brand when it was around but I think they deserved a bit more credit because their watches were nice in my opinion.
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| Sully Special NOS Manual Mens Sports Watch - FHF 96ST |
Movement is the popular FHF 96 ST hand wind movement.
- Manual wind.
- 18000 p/h movement.
- 25.6mm D x 4.5mm H
- 17 Jewels
- Power reserve 40h
- Movement marked Swiss. Seventeen 17 Jewels.
- Incabloc shock protection.
Case and crown
- Beautiful 70s style streamlined case with straight lugs.
- Case is heavy chrome plated.
- Stainless steel screw back.
- Case width is 35mm not including the crown, 40mm lug to lug.
- Lug size is 18mm.
- Unsigned original crown
- There are some storage mark and scratches on the case, however the condition is excellent, its a more than 60 years old.
- Screw back marked Stainless Steel Back, Antimagnetic, Water Resistant, Incabloc, 11179-8 and the Sully emblem in the middle.
The dial and hands:
- Beautiful silver blue dial with sunburst grain.
- Chunky steel baton as hourly marker with luminous dot at the end.
- The dial marked Sully Special, 17 Jewels, Incabloc and Waterprotected. Swiss Made both sides of 6.
- Steel hands with slots for lume but it has since perished and my watchmaker have clean out all the lume.
- Steel second hand
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| Streamline and slim chrome plated case |
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| Another angle - note the faceted edge on the case |
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| Unsigned original crown - note the case's thickness |
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| Sits comfotable on a flat surface as well as on the wrist |
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| Stainless steel screw case back with all the markings |
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| Popular FHF 96 ST manual wind movement |
I have manual Butex which features the same movement.
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