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JwRosenthal
·@JwRosenthal, I hope you don't mind my sharing your photos...I believe this is the Ad, and one of your photos of the piece I picked up from you, for comparison.
A small treasure find!
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rkman11
·Beauty!!! Love the complete package - wear and enjoy!
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jaguar11
·Quite fantastic!!!
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gbesq
·Spectacular find, Nico! You did well. I'm looking forward to seeing that one in person at our next Pennsyvania-Maryland OF members GTG in the fall. Wear it in the best of health. 😀
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loniscup
·Great set mate, congrats 👍
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JayBe
·Glad this awesome find ended up in the right hands. Well deserved, enjoy it! 👍
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iamvr
·TheGreek has climbed the Olympus.
Congrats on this amazing find and enjoy it? 👍
Congrats on this amazing find and enjoy it? 👍
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Radyson
·Congratulations! Fantastic set!
Enjoy it!
👍
Enjoy it!
👍
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UWG
·Wow!
Very spectacular!
And enjoy it in good health.
Very spectacular!
And enjoy it in good health.
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TheGreekPhysique
·Spectacular find, Nico! You did well. I'm looking forward to seeing that one in person at our next Pennsyvania-Maryland OF members GTG in the fall. Wear it in the best of health. 😀
You know me Greg. Me and this baby will definitely be there!
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TheGreekPhysique
·Does anyone have any other ideas of what might have caused the staining on the crystal and what recommendations do you guys have to fix it. Is it worth using polywatch on this or should I just replaced the crystal all together do you think?
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Waltesefalcon
·Wow! That's really all I have to offer on this one. That's an outstanding piece you have found, congratulations!
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tnt9
·What a watch!!!!! I am sure you will enjoy in it for wrist time. Very nice to know that watch like that finish on hand from somebody who will enjoy it
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorOutstanding! A true "barn find".
There is no harm in trying Polywatch or even a little bit of toothpaste to see if the stain on the crystal comes out.
Frankly, I can barely see it even when I blow up the wrist shot. So if the Polywatch/toothpase solution doesn't work, I'd leave it alone. I believe that this is the original crystal, so you really would want to keep it if you can.
Wear in good health,
gatorcpa
There is no harm in trying Polywatch or even a little bit of toothpaste to see if the stain on the crystal comes out.
Frankly, I can barely see it even when I blow up the wrist shot. So if the Polywatch/toothpase solution doesn't work, I'd leave it alone. I believe that this is the original crystal, so you really would want to keep it if you can.
Wear in good health,
gatorcpa
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Syzygy
·+1 for poly or toothpaste and keeping the original crystal if at all possible. I've done the toothpaste trick and it worked wonderfully....and the end result in your case would be a double-minty watch!
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TheGreekPhysique
·+1 for poly or toothpaste and keeping the original crystal if at all possible. I've done the toothpaste trick and it worked wonderfully....and the end result in your case would be a double-minty watch!
Hahaha I see what you did there!
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Ron_W
·Stunning good set you have found, many happy days with it !
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smoothsecondscom
·Initially, when I first set out on my 75 minutes drive to look at this, my whole hearted intention, initially, was to purchase it and immediately offer it to someone here on OF. I viewed this package as as something that NEEDED to remain in the OF family.
The seller informed me that a woman, who appeared to be in her seventies walked into his store to sell it. It belonged to her late husband who was the original owner. The outer box was quite worn so I didn’t get my hopes up.
So as I have been on record stating my grail constellation is a rose gold deluxe. I have been on somewhat of spending spree lately so I have sworn off more watch purchases for the time being. This was solely to be bought and brought home to the family. Not for me. Not going to keep it. Nope.
That went out the window as soon as I opened the box.
Here is all the accessories in all there glory!
Finally, here she is on the wrist:
The stain you see near 1 o’clock marker is actually in the crystal and not the dial thank God. I’m not sure how the crystal got stained like that. Looks like maybe ash from a cigarette? Bracelet, according to @JwRosenthal and @seekingseaquest was produced for a very short period of time as these usually came on BORs. Thank you to both of you by the way for letting me bend your ear in my excitement with questions and inquiries.
So there you have it. I decided to keep it. Blame @JwRosenthal he talked me out of it
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nitediver
·Initially, when I first set out on my 75 minutes drive to look at this, my whole hearted intention, initially, was to purchase it and immediately offer it to someone here on OF. I viewed this package as as something that NEEDED to remain in the OF family.
The seller informed me that a woman, who appeared to be in her seventies walked into his store to sell it. It belonged to her late husband who was the original owner. The outer box was quite worn so I didn’t get my hopes up.
So as I have been on record stating my grail constellation is a rose gold deluxe. I have been on somewhat of spending spree lately so I have sworn off more watch purchases for the time being. This was solely to be bought and brought home to the family. Not for me. Not going to keep it. Nope.
That went out the window as soon as I opened the box.
Here is all the accessories in all there glory!
Finally, here she is on the wrist:
The stain you see near 1 o’clock marker is actually in the crystal and not the dial thank God. I’m not sure how the crystal got stained like that. Looks like maybe ash from a cigarette? Bracelet, according to @JwRosenthal and @seekingseaquest was produced for a very short period of time as these usually came on BORs. Thank you to both of you by the way for letting me bend your ear in my excitement with questions and inquiries.
So there you have it. I decided to keep it. Blame @JwRosenthal he talked me out of it
Wear it in good health and share pictures with us often.
Best,
Stefan
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outta_gas
·Very nice! The bracelet is especially eye catching to me. I can't help but think that I hope that the old lady knows it's going to be loved and cherished by its new owner.
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