NOS 70s vintage handsome Duxot 007 manual sports watch - FHF 96-4 ST

We have here NOS vintage Duxot powered by the common FHF 96-4 ST. It is the same as the 96 ST but with the benefit of the additional date function. This watch has the slightly unusual flat front bezel design which makes the watch stands out from many of the 70s designs and it does look quite smart. It even have 007 reference but I don't know if it is an official endorsement from the James Bond franchaise.

Duxot manual sport watch - FHF 96-4 ST

Movement is the popular FHF 96-4 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. - Rufa shock protection.
• Date, quick change by going back and forth between 21-24 hours.

Case and crown

• Beautiful 70s style streamlined case with flat front bezel.
• Case is heavy chrome plated.
• Stainless steel screw back.
• Case width is 36mm not including the crown, 42mm lug to lug.
• Lug size is 18mm.
• Unsigned original crown
• Screw back marked Stainless Steel Back, Shockprotected, Water Resistant, Swiss and number 77.

The dial and hands:

• Nice silver dial dial with sunburst grain. 
• Red date display at 3.
• Chunky steel baton hourly marker with black painted inlay.
• The dial marked Duxot of Switzerland, De Luxe 17 Jewels, and Shockprotected. Swiss Made both sides of 6.
• Steel hands with lume slots and the lume is intact and have a faint glow still after all these years.
• Steel red second hand.

Very chunky steel baton indexes

Another angle of the flat case design

Unsigned original crown

Stainless steel case back

 FHF 96-4 ST manual movement

Original leather strap (been perished and have been replaced it has the 007 reference

A clearer view of the 007 original strap - I don't think it is an official refernce to 007 James Bond movies - may be a tribute edition?