{"id":8935,"date":"2022-11-22T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2023-03-28T02:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T02:22:11","slug":"black-dial-lord-elgin-futura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=8935","title":{"rendered":"Black Dial Lord Elgin Futura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The black dial Futura is a rather rare beast and to me, rather striking. The Futura is part of the Horizon Look line, i.e., where the crystal covers the entire bezel and hit the market around 1957\/1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is 14K gold filled and its number is 7620. 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