This time it's my daily watch I'm wearing for about the last 25 years or so. Except for the last year, the battery was dead and the straps worn/broken. It was laying useless in the drawer.
I bought this watch about 25 years ago when I spend a weekend in Antwerp with my girlfriend. I liked it very much and decided to treat myself. It costed about 950 Dutch Guilders, not sure how much it was in Belgium Francs.
I consider it a very nice dress watch and not too much in your face or showing off. So you can wear it almost all the time, which I did. I'm surprised it's lasting so long and hardly has any wear signs (it's gold plated).
So time for a fresh battery and new straps and putting it back together. The quartz movement is by the Swiss ETA group, having nr 980.163 and is equipped with 15 jewels:
https://www.eta.ch/en/our-products/quartz-movements/normflatline/eta-normflatline-980163
And now it's running OK again. It's good to have it on my wrist again. You can also hear the seconds ticking if you put it to your ear.
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