WHY WE CURATED IT: Our second Shellman… a storied IYKYK brand! Shellman is a legendary Tokyo watch retailer, internationally lauded for pioneering and transforming the Japanese vintage watch market in 1971. From uncovering vintage gems to championing independent watchmaking (over half of the first Philippe Dufour Simplicity watches were sold by Shellman!), the company remains highly respected by serious collectors. In the 1990s, Shellman set out to create a line of refined, highly-finished high complication watches using top-of-the-line quartz complication calibres. Originally meant as Japanese Domestic Market offerings of accessible high horology, international collectors quickly took notice and various Shellman watches began to appear in top tier collectors’ watchboxes worldwide. The pinnacle of these watches is this Grand Complication, powered by Citizen’s flagship Campanola-series caliber with a split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, moonphase and minute repeater. Finished exquisitely in hardy steel with many noteworthy details such as the stepped bezel, utterly gorgeous deep guilloche dial, polished leaf hands, triple-stepped subdials and more. These don’t show up often at all, so don’t miss this chance at a super-interesting high-end timepiece, without breaking the bank! With original strap, deployant and box.
CONDITION: 9/10, with some shallow hairlines and tiny micro-nicks. Dial, hands, crystal are absolutely pristine. Original crown and pushers. Used original Shellman strap and Shellman deployant. Movement is in excellent health, quartz-accurate and every single function has been tested and work perfectly.
DIMENSIONS: 40mm width excl. crown and pushers 46.4mm length incl. lugs 13.8mm thickness 20mm lug width Visual dial width ~30.5mm Wrist in photos is 15.8cm in circumference
CRYSTAL: Sapphire
CASE: Steel
WATER RESISTANCE: Assumed none, as per vintage watches
STRAP: Used original Shellman navy crocodile strap with Shellman deployant
CALIBRE: Citizen Campanola quartz Cal. 6770 with split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, moonphase and minute repeater
COMES WITH: Watch, original strap and deployant, Shellman box, PDF instruction manual
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