Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver Black Dial Steel Men's Watch W7100057

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We found another watch that my Grandpa had tucked away in his things. It's a Gruen and I'd really like to know how old it is and any other information about it. At the bottom of the dial it says "Ra swiss Ra" what does this mean?The watch is working and since i started it around 6 last night it is keeping time just about to the second. One thing that bothers me is that the crown is very hard to wind. I think i may have got it to make 3 or 4 complete revolutions and then its just to hard to turn. To my surprise it was still running this morning. I'm thinking it needs to be serviced but I'm not sure when I'll be able to get that done. How much do you think a watch like this would cost to get serviced? I spent some time cleaning it up, it was really dirty. I also cleaned up the crystal with some Novus 2 and got a lot of the scratches out, still needs more polishing though. Also, I removed the bracelet, it was not in good shape and i had to forcibly remove one of the spring bars because

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