Decided to replace my seiko tuna with smp bond 2541.80. It will be shipped at Monday.

 

Homemade buckles returned from the leather guy

 

Nice work from both

 

Is there anything you aren't making yourself right now????

 

And with thou, the tricolour dial theme is complete.

 

I only do things not already available – the amount of homemade things is countless…….

 

Interested to see how much work it needs.

 

My crap photography doesn't do it justice: a freshly overhauled 1955 501 caliber in an 18k Dennison case (my grail watch!) and a kevlar canoe..... so a good day then!

 

Great strap, too Gavin! May I ask where you can get one with the color stitching?

 

I got it from this seller in Hong Kong. I think you can customise the colour of the stitching to your liking.
http://alexpig.com/collections/all-products/products/vintage-handmade-italian-leather-strap
But just a word of caution, although the quality of the strap is good, I find it's rather thick and not suitable for vintage watches so I am looking out for a thinner one. That said, I am guessing he can do something thinner but I've yet to speak to him. Hope this helps.

 

I picked this up for a weekend beater.

 

My daughters' says hello, i've given up calling it mine

 

Hi all,

Just managed to win this Scubapro 500 Silver Bezel on E-Bay can't believe I was the only bidder and got it at the opening price either I'm mad or everyone else is! I'm just happy to have managed to find one of these in the UK as most I have seen for sale are in the US which adds 20% to the cost. So here it is

Scubapro 500 2 by Marc Obermann, on Flckr

Scubapro 500 3 by Marc Obermann, on Flickr

Marc

 

It looks quite lovely on a female wrist!

 

i believe my watchmaker is one of the top Gallet guys in this racket. He claims this is the best multichron dial he's seen in years. Had to do some serious horse trading for this bad boy (I think I broke a few laws? J/K! ... sort of?)

 

OK, one more from today...

i want to hear it from the Omega experts for which there are many here...it was insisted to me by a seriously honest omega dealer / specialist that this watch was never worn. Not once. Not ever. He told me if I don't agree upon inspecting, he'll reimburse me for everything. what say-eth, you, gentlemen?


btw ... you are all evil and must be destroyed . I was a nice, normal guy and now I'm a freaking Omega junkie. Thanks ! my wife just loves you guys!!!!

 

Damn good looking piece. Looks similar to mine minus the date window

 

DIBS!

 

NOOOO don't encourage her

 

A handful of straps from http://www.watch-tool.de/html/leather_straps.php
Just about to try one out on this recent acquisition, impressed with the quality/price and service.