Vintage Certina 786 LCD Digital Watch c1978
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A fully working Certina 786 LCD digital watch from about 1978 in full stainless steel case with matching correct integral bracelet. The watch uses a custom variant of the ESA 934.611 module and show hours, minutes, seconds & date on the main display. This variant also shows the word Swiss on the display (standard ones don't- it's actually an overlay to the front of the panel- other variants include Swiss Made in a line & Swiss Made stacked one word over the other) and uses a curvy font unique to the 611 module. As previously stated the watch is fully working- all the LCD segments show, both buttons work, the backlight works, excellent timekeeper and good battery life. The watch is in very good used condition- when I got the watch the crystal was so badly scratched it was unreadable- 4 hours polishing with carbide paper has brought it to the condition you see now (possibly the hardest mineral glass I have ever polished- a Seiko in the same condition takes 20 minutes!). There are fine marks and the remains of the deepest scratches but these are hardly visible. The unusual scalloped front stainless steel case is in good condition with a couple of dings to the edges. Bracelet (fits up to an 8" wrist) is in good condition. The Certina signed clasp has one deep dent in it and scuffs to one edge (see photo). No box, but I will include
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