This is a 50's Sully Special with a very unusual dial. Facetedly cut and partly polished to create the chapter ring of the dial. Also the indexes are create by the machine cut grooves. The result is really elegant and suitable as a dress watch in my opinion. Universal made a similar dial.
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| Mint Vintage 50s Sully Special NOS Manual Mens Dress Watch - ETA 1080 |
Movement is the popular ETA 1080 hand wind movement.
- Manual wind.
- 18000 p/h movement.
- 23.3mm D x 4.15mm H - 17 Jewels
- Power reserve 40h
- Movement marked Swiss. Seventeen 17 Jewels. - Incabloc shock protection.
Case and crown
- Beautiful minimal style case with curved 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
- Screw back marked Stainless Steel Back, Antimagnetic, Water Proof, Incabloc, 11120/25 and the Sully emblem in the middle.
The dial and hands:
- Beautiful faceted and polished and sunburst grain silver dial.
- Machine cut grooves as indexes.
- The dial marked Sully Special, 21 Jewels, Incabloc and waterproof. Swiss Made 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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| Note the edge of the chapter ring of the dial |
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| Minimal and slim chrome plated case |
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| Unsigned original crown |
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| Steel back with all the appropriate markings |
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| Pwered by the reliable ETA 1080 21 jewels hand wind movement |
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