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2.1089 ROTARY AUTOMATIC ALARM, SWISS 1970s

Original price was: £510.00.Current price is: £382.50.

Unusual shape, sleek and sporty! This timepiece is run with a complicated AS 5008 movement with a set of functions combining alarm, day-date display and a self-winding. The silver dial is accented by polished steel indices. To match, the hour, minute, and seconds hands show the same mirror polished finish, which combined with a lume-filled alarm hand. This watch is in excellent cosmetic and technical condition. The movement is running perfectly after servicing, all functions are working correctly.

The two crowns recessed into the right hand side of the piece access a features including quick set day-date (a rare feature for vintage watches) with instant change and also hacking seconds.

Key Features

  • Solid steel case, large size, 38+mm case width
  • Solid steel bracelet, length 22+ cm
  • Top crown for manual winding / quick date setting / time setting
  • Bottom crown for Alarm manual winding / setting
  • Pull out the bottom crown to set the alarm ‘ON’
  • Valuable AS 5008 movement: automatic + day-date + alarm
  • Self-winding rotor winds up the main movement mainspring clockwise and winds up the alarm mainspring counter-clockwise
  • About the AS 5000 movement family
  • Serviced and is ready to wear, a 12-month warranty is applied

About Rotary

Rotary Watches Ltd. was founded in 1895 in the Swiss town of La Chaux de Fonds, by Moise Dreyfuss, and still owned by the Dreyfuss Group to this day. The company worked to uphold certain values in their workmanship, of always paying attention to detail, and special attention to customers. Due to this, the company grew quickly, and in 1925 the famous winged Rotary logo was introduced.

Rotary continues to be a successful watch manufactory, consistently working to improve and to succeed. Their style aims to blend the ‘old with the new’, and the ‘contemporary with the classic’, to create distinctive and timeless timepieces.

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Overview

Case and Strap

  • Stainless steel case and screw-down caseback
  • Faceted mineral crystal
  • Sturdy stainless steel vintage bracelet
  • Splashproof / weatherproof grade

Dimensions

  • Width w/o crowns: 38.5 mm
  • Width w/ crowns: 40 mm
  • Height: 42 mm
  • Thickness: 14 mm
  • Lugs: 18 mm
  • Bracelet: 20 mm, length ~22 cm (adjustable)

Dial and Hands

  • Silver dial with sunburst pattern in perfect condition
  • Silver applied indices with lume infill
  • Inner alarm track with 5-min graduations
  • Silver Baton style hands with lume infill
  • Day-Date window with black lettering and outline

Movement

  • AS 5008 Calibre, Swiss Made
  • Automatic, Dual crown, Alarm function, Day-Date calendar with quick set

Testing results

  • Testing duration: 2 week cyclic test
  • Average timekeeping range: 15-30 sec/day
  • Alarm triggering accuracy +/- 5 minutes

Servicing and Guarantee

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