This should be a familiar story to my fellow watch enthusiasts (junkies). Needed a "donor watch" for a work in progress (base caliber 165). So, I put a snipe on a "running" watch. The seller included a couple of photos with the listing which made me question whether this watch actually worked (or, not). OK, 50 bucks later all-in this watch shows up at my doorstep and it was a mess. There was mold and fungus growing on the dead skin and dried sweat covering the entire back of the watch, especially between the lugs. It looked like yellow fur. I almost threw up and tossed it in the garbage but started cleaning it lightly and saw immediate results. I took the case apart and carefully went after it with creme polish and compressed air. Spent about 20 minutes working on the case and crystal. This is what I wound up with... I'm sorry no before photos but I wasn't interested in taking pictures of fungus and mold And, of course now I'm once again confronted with the vintage watch paradox: how do I destroy this watch just to harvest (2) little parts? After all, it's a pretty nice watch (especially for 50 bucks). Oh, and the seller was right: keeps excellent time.
Took me a while to track one of these down but finally found one that is all correct and didn't get priced out... I will post more pics in a separate thread later but the colors on this one is just so subtle and amazing. I am very pleased with it despite it being slightly polished.
Picked this up recently from a fellow forum member X350 XJR... it's a beauty! Super-beefy lugs & I am a sucker for guilloche dials... especially black!
Lemania cal 5012 (5100 derived) warrior just in. Wrong Chrono seconds hand but otherwise worn and seemingly authentic. A proper "bad ass" watch IMHO. May need to get a PVD ringed NATO for it.....
YG on this one. I have a couple of guilloche with rose markers, but they're both ivory dials. RG would look great on black guilloche! Anybody got one to show???
Very,very nice! I'm hungry for a black waffle. Missed out on 3 recently .... foiled by time zones on this one However....I think I get to be the first to say DIBS please