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Timezone: UTC In a previous life, Abercrombie and Fitch was an outdoor clothing and sporting goods supplier, based in Manhattan, that did a lot of business through a mail-order catalog. The brand began in with David T. Jacob Gallagher for acontinuouslean. Fitch; needless to say, the two men did not share a similar vision for the future of the company. This all begs the somewhat obvious question, what does this have to do with watches? Well, both absolutely nothing and everything to do.

These watches are not the vintage equivalent of our Armani Exchange or Jake Spade today. Nearly all vintage Abercrombie retailed watches came in a waterproof case, and the Shipmate is no exception, a simple but rugged time-only piece. The Shipmate for auction here is a fairly early model from what we will call the second generation of the model run.

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Early first-generation models feature skinny beveled lugs and thicker syringe style radium filler hands, whereas thee second-generation Shipmates have more conventional case and lug shapes as well as thinner hands. Later generations saw the introduction of source Super Shipmate and an extremely rare alarm-equipped Heuer manufactured wristwatch all in similar case styles.

No major flaws are seen such as deep scratches or dents. The case back is stainless-steel and presents nicely with few scratches. Other examples we have seen have a similar unsigned crown although the originality is unknown. A warm patina has developed turning a previously white finish to an eggshell or cream tone. The original radium lume in each hour numeral is aged and slightly dirty but present. The handset is correct for this reference and presumed original although lume replacement may have been done when the dial work was done. A UV inspection has not been done although, the radium in the hands is complete and matches that of the dial well. Condition outside of the lume is great with no noticeable flaws to the hand finish. The service history is unknown. That section has now been updated to reflect the new information that was given to us. As a result the opening bid price has also been reduced.

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