The e-bayers want $175 and up for never-taken-out-of-box "Victorinox" Marlboro Cavalry watches.and I guarantee the movements are fried if the batteries have been in them all along.ĮTA: I just realized I am wearing this watch in my LSU graduation pictures with my parents, as I wasn't given the new one till after the ceremony. Mom offered 40 and he was absolutely thrilled and I got a sweet hiking pack complete with pocket grunions and patchouli scent. New Listing Marlboro Vintage Jacket Mens Large Marlboro Miles Gear Parachute Like Outside. A stoner hippie dude came walking down our street one day with an awesome Marlboro hiking pack and asked if we wanted to buy it. These 1995 watches were made in USA with swiss movements exclusively for the Marlboro Country Store by Swiss Army Brand, a US company. Vintage Marlboro Cigarettes 1994 Catalog + 45 Marlboro 5 Miles Tabs. Wenger didn't buy Swiss Army Brand until 200? and Victorinox bought it from Wenger after that. I took a pic of the back to show.in spite of what E-bay claims, this is NOT a Victorinox or a Wenger watch. ![]() I used a four-grade nail file/buffer from CVS ($10) to remove scratches and polish the case best I could: Learned how to remove the stem and crown, face and hands.had a few near-disasters with static electricity, but finally resurrected an old friend. I knew shite about watch repair, but did some research and found a replacement movement - Ronda 515, as the 315 is now obsolete- for about $14, and a Wenger band for about $20. The leather band was dry rotted, and the old battery had leaked inside and fried the movement.but the crystal was immaculate, and the case was pretty scratched, but no dings or dents. I wore that bitch for almost 2 years until my sister gave me a Tag for graduation in '96.Ī month or so ago my wife found it in a box of graduate school shite in the attic. I wanted the stainless case w the cream dial and luminous hands/numbers cuz it was a throw back to the WWI "trench watch" - a small pocket watch worn on the wrist that could be read in the dark. ![]() The Swiss Army watches you could get for collecting Marlboro miles? Back then, you couldn't find the stainless/ luminous dial Cavalry watch in stores and I had already spent my miles on the original black with red bezel watch.closest you could come to the Marlboro Cavalry version was the gun metal cased one below with a black or white dial, so I bought it somewhere in the mall ($100 - I think) and traded itįor the Marlboro version (both watches brand new and in the box) with a bartender I worked with.
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