Darwil – a brief history and a personal relationship

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I checked the case measurements, all mentioned are correct.

I also left it alone for a about a day and it is still ticking precisely within a minute.

Here is a close up of the crown:

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Thank you for the support on this, so I think next step for me is to take it for cleaning service.

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Yep. Original one. Wear it with pride.
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Just picked this one on local fleabay

Looks like piece of crap, it needs complete rehaul and new crystal but as far as I could see dial is vertical brushed gray, it has some kind of swiss automatic with Quick Date Change (intentionally in capital letters... Non quick vintage is PITA) and it is full steel. Off to rehaul soon.

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Olymp 80 is series dedicated to Moscow Olympics already had one and sold it foolishly some time ago.

Also there is one from the same series on display in local museum of arts(!?)

http://athena.muo.hr/?object=linked&c2o=21697

These are quite rare TBH.
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sinner777 wrote:These are quite rare TBH.
Never seen this model before . Any idea on how many was produced sinner ?
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I have no idea. I have seen 5 variations :Quartz in museum, hidden lugs jubilee day/date blue dial, round case (slightly different than mine, with bezel and slim lugs) with blue dial day/date, square day/date I owned and this one. They all had "Olymp 80" on dial and vertical brushed dial.

Darwil models and quotas produced are black hole. No records, no serial numbers and endless variations.
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Its a good looking watch , can't wait to see what its like after the work has been done . :thumbup:
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Dammit its dull gray...

No wait...


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Its not. :)
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Looks fantastic sinner , nice :thumbup:
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Dial is great...

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I agree , a very nice dial . What is the size of the watch sinner ?
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Small.. 35 mm.
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Thanks for the history. They made some fine looking pieces.
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Todays catch. Off to fit battery hope it works...
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How ever, bracelet is really weird

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"made in D.P.R.K."... North Korea!?

Well.. This made my day. Its nothing strange, ex-Yugoslavia and North Korea did have trade and political relationship some 30 years ago
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Interesting that they also made a digital. Have to say I prefer your analog versions though, but the DPRK link is pretty cool though.
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They made a bunch of digital ones. With some strange designs.. Even with solar cells.

Well.. It does not work. It works for a second or two then it goes off. I will carry it to my watchmaker to see what he can do.

As it comes to bracelet, it is off the watch, cleaned and stored as one of the strangest finds.
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