Photos by Ty Alexander

TECHNOS, STAINLESS STEEL SUPER COMPRESSOR 'SKY DIVER', REF. 1341

CIRCA: 1968

CASE NO: 2472

CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel

CASE DIAMETER: 41.5 mm. wide

BRACELET MATERIAL: Stainless steel

BRACELET SIZE: Approx. 200 mm. overall length

DIAL: Black

MOVEMENT: Automatic

FUNCTIONS: Date

BOX: Yes

PAPERS: Yes

WITH: Undated Technos Warranty Card, Guarantee, sales receipt dated 31 December 1968, sales tags, copy of Stars and Stripes from 31 December 1968, military patch, presentation box and outer packaging

REMARK: Purchased by a US Army soldier in Vietnam on New Year's Eve

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$1,000-2,000 | £790-1,600 | €960-1,900

Purchased by a young US Army soldier in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve December 31, 1968, this watch amazingly still retains its original original box, papers, and sales receipt. Enhancing the lot, it comes with an original issue of the Stars & Stripes which was published on the same day that the watch was purchased. The military newspaper’s front page story features an image of the very first “Earthrise,” captured by the astronauts of the Apollo 8 Mission a week earlier on Christmas Eve when they became the the first people to orbit the moon. 

 
 

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