Any idea what this movement is?

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Any idea what this movement is?

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Guy claims it is Angelus
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It's a seagull clone of 6498

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norskguru88 wrote: October 31st, 2019, 5:18 pm It's a seagull clone of 6498

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So junk.....
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Not junk as such..they run pretty well for years without issue.. but definitely not an angelus

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The a649x is a reliable workhorse in my experience.

The decoration on that one is pretty cool too.

It might not be worth a fortune, but I wouldn't call it junk.

Arguably my favorite movment I own is a DSN 618 (which is just a beautifully decorated a6497).

I own several angelus 240s and they are all high maintenance and unreliable.
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norskguru88 wrote: October 31st, 2019, 5:26 pm Not junk as such..they run pretty well for years without issue.. but definitely not an angelus

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It's an IWC vintage pilot movement copy.

The IWC 98300

But it's based on an Asian 649x

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Emilio wrote: October 31st, 2019, 5:35 pm It's an IWC vintage pilot movement copy.

The IWC 98300

But it's based on an Asian 649x

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But I can't see the IWC stamp anywhere?
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drkside wrote: October 31st, 2019, 6:14 pm
Emilio wrote: October 31st, 2019, 5:35 pm It's an IWC vintage pilot movement copy.

The IWC 98300

But it's based on an Asian 649x

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But I can't see the IWC stamp anywhere?
That example has cdg and yours has a pretty unique decoration pattern. I wonder if these were used in another watch also? Was your movement re-finished by someone?
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thelonedoc wrote:
drkside wrote: October 31st, 2019, 6:14 pm
Emilio wrote: October 31st, 2019, 5:35 pm It's an IWC vintage pilot movement copy.

The IWC 98300

But it's based on an Asian 649x

ImageImage
But I can't see the IWC stamp anywhere?
That example has cdg and yours has a pretty unique decoration pattern. I wonder if these were used in another watch also? Was your movement re-finished by someone?
They come like that from factory

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