WHY WE CURATED IT:
You’d be hard-pressed to find other natural stone-dialled watches for even close to this price. What more, a less-common light blue lapis lazuli with as much character as seen here. Milus is a Swiss watch company that has been through a tumultuous past during the Quartz Revolution of the 70s, much like many of their counterparts. Conceived as an accessible Swiss brand from 1919, even they could not weather the onslaught of cheap quartz watches from Asia half a century later. Under a plethora of different owners who tried different things to stay afloat, there have been a number of firsts under their belt, awards at international levels, as well as white-label production for brands like Bucherer. The brand persists today, under its latest owner, but it’s their older pieces like this that win our heart. Wears beautifully and we could gaze at that dial for days!
CONDITION:
8.5/10, with some signs of wear. The dial is intact with natural stone inclusions and “imperfections” but importantly, there are no signs of breakage. Crystal and hands are clean, as is the original signed crown. Clear engravings and remnants of the protective sticker remain on the caseback. New aftermarket strap and buckle, with the original Milus buckle included. Movement in good health, with strong power reserve, low beat error and accurate to ±15 secs/day averaged from 6 timegrapher positions.
DIMENSIONS:
32.3mm width excl. crown
36.7mm length incl. lugs
7.3mm thickness
18mm lug width
Visual dial width ~26mm
Wrist in photos is 15.8cm in circumference
CRYSTAL:
Acrylic
CASE:
Steel
WATER RESISTANCE:
Assumed none, as per vintage watches
STRAP:
New aftermarket cream calfskin and aftermarket buckle (16 mm)
CALIBRE:
Milus Cal. 171, 2-hander manual-winding
COMES WITH:
Watch, aftermarket strap and buckle, original Milus buckle (14mm)
TERMS OF SALE:
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