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08-17-21, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by theofam

That's fantastic! Is the main watch quartz, too? Looks more like a 7750 movement, though. What's up with the surrogate/spawn watch? I can't determine if it's supposed to be a GMT function (the minutes don't jibe with the main watch). Or, is one hand GMT and the other a compass given the cardinal directions on the dial?

Thanks! The main watch is an auto 7750 and the little quartz UTC (coordinated universal time) is normally used as a GMT/other time zone but at the time I took this photograph its battery was dead - making it a bit confusing ;-)
The watch is from 1988-89.

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