Mido On Monday - Let's Hop In The WABAC Machine!

With the Mido Commander 1959 in PVD -

Courtesy of Mido

Nearly 52 years ago on July 9th, 1968, my grandfather gave my father a Mido -

Then I made my debut the next day. So it is safe to say that I have a bit of an affinity.  

And in a continuing search to find the one that would scratch my itch of longing for the past, for certainty, for a time now long gone by, this one comes pretty close to ticking all of the boxes.

Courtesy of Mido

As I've mentioned before, the Commanders that command my attention are the monocoque (one piece), integrated Milanese bracelet, and the original Mido legend (script) on the dial.
Should you be inclined like me to plump for one of those -

CASE

• Material:

   

  Stainless steel with yellow gold PVD coating
• Diameter:

   

  37.00 mm
• Between lugs:

   

  20.00 mm
• Water-resistance:

   

  5 bar (50 m / 165 ft)
• Crystal:

   

  Hesalit crystal
• Case height:

   

  10.45 mm

MOVEMENT

• Movement type:

   

  Automatic
• Automatic Mido Caliber (base ETA C07.621 / 2836-2)

  • Date

DIAL

• Dial colour:

   

  Silver
• Hour Markers:

   

  Applied indexes

BRACELET

• Milanese mesh in stainless steel with yellow gold PVD coating