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All this talk about the Aussie Pogues, and after haveing recently restored one for Tod, got me to thinking about a watch in my 6139 project box that I've never gotten around to. Imagine that, a watch I can't seem to find time to move forward on........
I've had this watch for quite sometime. Long before all the discussions surfaced surrounding the Aussie Pogues. That in itself had led me to believe this may be an original example. This watch took a beating. I received it with a smashed crystal and a dented case back and the hands were mangled. I was curious, I straightened the hands just enough to run, if possible, after taking that Bashing. Sure enough it did still run. Took a licking and kept on ticking as Timex use to claim. Here is the watch in question, with a replacement crystal just to protect what was left of the dial. As you can see even the logo was mangled.
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The other posts I've read about the Aussie Pogues led to the consensuses it needed to be a 6139-6000. Humm, the watch in question is a 6139-6002? So with all the talk here lately I decided to dig out this watch and see what was actually under the hood. I first decided to quick set the day to see if it had a Roman day wheel. The crown + stem was missing (most likely borrowed for another restoration) I broke out a donor stem + crown only to discover the key less works were out of sync and the quick set would not work. That meant the hands + dial would have to come off to see what was under the hood. I had a little time this evening so off they came.
First the movement was popped out of the case.........It even started ticking just from a little movement.............
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Looky lew, what do we have here? A Roman day wheel............
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Curious minds wanna know, What's the date on the back of the dial? It dates to July of 75'. I'm inclined to believe it's the original dial for the watch in which the case back indicates June of 75' I've seen this on several occasions where the dial date is one month later then the case back date.
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So, at this point I believe this is an original Aussie Pogue which would indicate that not only would they encompass the 6000 series but also the 6002 series.
Food for Thought..................
I've had this watch for quite sometime. Long before all the discussions surfaced surrounding the Aussie Pogues. That in itself had led me to believe this may be an original example. This watch took a beating. I received it with a smashed crystal and a dented case back and the hands were mangled. I was curious, I straightened the hands just enough to run, if possible, after taking that Bashing. Sure enough it did still run. Took a licking and kept on ticking as Timex use to claim. Here is the watch in question, with a replacement crystal just to protect what was left of the dial. As you can see even the logo was mangled.
The other posts I've read about the Aussie Pogues led to the consensuses it needed to be a 6139-6000. Humm, the watch in question is a 6139-6002? So with all the talk here lately I decided to dig out this watch and see what was actually under the hood. I first decided to quick set the day to see if it had a Roman day wheel. The crown + stem was missing (most likely borrowed for another restoration) I broke out a donor stem + crown only to discover the key less works were out of sync and the quick set would not work. That meant the hands + dial would have to come off to see what was under the hood. I had a little time this evening so off they came.
First the movement was popped out of the case.........It even started ticking just from a little movement.............
Looky lew, what do we have here? A Roman day wheel............
Curious minds wanna know, What's the date on the back of the dial? It dates to July of 75'. I'm inclined to believe it's the original dial for the watch in which the case back indicates June of 75' I've seen this on several occasions where the dial date is one month later then the case back date.
So, at this point I believe this is an original Aussie Pogue which would indicate that not only would they encompass the 6000 series but also the 6002 series.
Food for Thought..................
