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Arrivals, What Did You Buy Recently?(Watches)
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Wow, that has been seriously re-lumed! I have a similar Seamaster DeVille but the lume is all patina and dead as a hammer.
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·I believe the tritium is original. That pic was taken a second or two after charging with a UV light. All light drops off within 25 seconds after charging.
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·It’s not the tritium that’s growing under UV. It’s the phosphor-luminescent part of the lume. Initially this was continuously excited by the tritium and though the tritium no longer emits sufficient energy, a strong light source can still momentarily excite it.
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·It’s not the tritium that’s growing under UV. It’s the phosphor-luminescent part of the lume. Initially this was continuously excited by the tritium and though the tritium no longer emits sufficient energy, a strong light source can still momentarily excite it.
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·I believe the tritium is original. That pic was taken a second or two after charging with a UV light. All light drops off within 25 seconds after charging.
Well I'll be dipped. My '69 does have life left in it, but like you said, it's literally a second or two, tops, and then it's gone. I had to check in a dark room with the UV light. I knew the tritium was all but gone, and I thought the zinc sulfide was all used up as well.
You were quick with the shutter!
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Zdzislaw
·Seiko SRPD81K1 😉 "Street diver" and one of the successors of SKX.
Hard coated/PVD SS case.
4R36 movement visible through transparent caseback with hacking, manual winding, and approx. 41h power reserve.
Hard coated/PVD SS case.
4R36 movement visible through transparent caseback with hacking, manual winding, and approx. 41h power reserve.
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time flies
·BB58B. Haven't bothered to size the bracelet...
...maybe I won't.
have fun.
kfw
...maybe I won't.
have fun.
kfw
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·Just got this one back from my WM this afternoon.
All I had was the case, glass and caseback, luckily he had the correct movement and dial for the reference a 25 jewel manual wind, unfortunately not the original crown but I will find one later.
Well pleased with this result as the stainless case was as close to new as you will ever find for a used unpolished case and far to good to go to scrap.
**** EDIT**** It doesnt look exactly like I want and I will be keeping an eye out for a different dial and hand set and crown in keeping with other examples I have seen.
Even just changing out the crown to the correct stainless big crown will make a considerable difference to the look but having gone this far at least its a start on its journey back to authenticity, at the moment it probably shouts Franken to some. *******
Another Enicar rescued!!
later on this week I will have another rescued Enicar to show that needed a new case, just waiting on the correct metal backed glass, the preview today with a new glass fitted was amazing, stunning and a joy to see, can't wait to get it in my collection.
All I had was the case, glass and caseback, luckily he had the correct movement and dial for the reference a 25 jewel manual wind, unfortunately not the original crown but I will find one later.
Well pleased with this result as the stainless case was as close to new as you will ever find for a used unpolished case and far to good to go to scrap.
**** EDIT**** It doesnt look exactly like I want and I will be keeping an eye out for a different dial and hand set and crown in keeping with other examples I have seen.
Even just changing out the crown to the correct stainless big crown will make a considerable difference to the look but having gone this far at least its a start on its journey back to authenticity, at the moment it probably shouts Franken to some. *******
Another Enicar rescued!!
later on this week I will have another rescued Enicar to show that needed a new case, just waiting on the correct metal backed glass, the preview today with a new glass fitted was amazing, stunning and a joy to see, can't wait to get it in my collection.
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Sending this off to the mothership. I got it at a good price because the manual wind is not working.
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