The dial has made it to New York:



This is fun!

 

The dial arrived!

 

NFD, dude!

 

Congratulations! I am happy to hear it arrived in good order.
What does it take to take photos like that? I have a dial that deserves pictures like that.
regards

 

Thanks guys.

It's easy to take pics like that. Start with a Canon G series set on full automatic. Next, get plenty of indirect natural light. Then start snapping. I took 7 shots total - and all were done freehand. 3 were discarded immediately due to less than adequate sharpness. Another 2 went after a round of basic editing. Of the remaining 2, this shot showed the concentric circles in the subdials without any pixelation.

Frankly, I've shot much crisper photos with a tripod and better lighting. This was done on my kitchen table as soon as I opened the package. I get a little excited, kinda like an 8 year old on Christmas morning, and just don't have the patience to set up any extraneous stuff. It's possible to use the G9 as a full DSLR with control over all the settings if I was a little less impetuous.

 

The 18 mm buckle has hit NYC now too:




Man, this is fun!




Now all I need is the correct crown:




It's somewhere between 5.6 and 6 mm wide. Been looking, but no luck. Anybody out there that can lend a hand?

 

Guess what found me today?






Now if I could just get that stinkin' crown….

 

Dennis, cousins have a couple of six mm crowns - take a look, if there's one that works can get it out to you....

 

Thanks Stu - working on it now with a NOS crystal from the same supplier as the hands. Cousins is a little cheaper for what I think is the right crown, while the other guy has it by case reference number. Updates as events warrant!

 

Dennis, I have a crown which I believe will work for you..
send me your addy, will ship, my gift..
D

 

Wow, thanks D!

 

Well done to D and D

It appears that the Zenithisti are about to ordain a new novitiate in their brotherhood

 

Careful Dennis-their initiation ceremony could be time consuming...

 

..... and capital intensive.....

 

He won't need to worry about that for a while, the Grand Master and his Imperial Collectors always have first choice.

The Apprenti gather the left-overs, such is the way of the Zenithisti.

 

Nah, it's really pretty harmless.

Just be sure to bring your treasure chest.

And here's how we do dibsing: