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路Very sharp! Nice pick up
Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)
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citizenrich
路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.
馃ぎ
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 馃榾
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.
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.
馃ぎ
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 馃榾
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.
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cicindela
路路Steve @ 惟F1.5mm leather hole puncher for watch straps.
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Alpha
路路Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorI had it as some dark torture device especially for the Hallowed Evening 馃槙
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Darlinboy
路路Pratts! Will I B******S!!!
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Taddyangle
路I like it!
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khmt2
路Longines ultrachron diver with the works!
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timeismoney
路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.
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.
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Darlinboy
路路Pratts! Will I B******S!!!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!
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Stewart H
路Very nice. Norm's rejects are better than most people's prime examples. 馃憤
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Northernman
路路LemaniacLemania 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.....
A proper "bad ass" watch IMHO. May need to get a PVD ringed NATO for it.....
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Alpha
路路Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega CollectorLemania 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.....
Lord Lemania strikes again 馃憤
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Mods
路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!
Very,very nice! I'm hungry for a black waffle. Missed out on 3 recently .... foiled by time zones on this one 馃檨
However....I think I get to be the first to say DIBS please 馃榾
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jopex
路This G for banging around..
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