Brando beater

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styggpyggeno1

·Apr 7, 2016

I know this watch has some fans here so I took some new photos of it and made an album at flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45306161@N03/albums/72157664571938554



The case is really in good condition everything else considered and aside. What I appreciate most is the crisp crown guards and that the lugholes does not have the usual evidence of someone grinding away on the sides with a handheld sand paper - making the edge of the holes "soft" and sunken.

Edited: Apr 7, 2016

 

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rollingrevolver

·Apr 8, 2016

That's a real beater indeed, and as you say it's a nice case with thick lugs and crownguards with the kinks which easily get polished out. 👍

 

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marturx

·Apr 8, 2016

Got to love that watch!

The dial looks amazing in the first pictures. Wonderful patina. I think it would clean up nicely if you just removed the mass that has fallen out of the hands

What I don't get is why you haven't got anywhere with it. It appears to look the same as when you bought it, and that must be 2-3 years ago?

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Apr 8, 2016

Easily explained. I am never in a hurry when it comes to watches. And in a moment of insanity I was persuaded (is that even a proper word - I am well past three bottles of Sierra Nevada Torpedo extra IPA 7,2) to restore it. I have a connection that has the right connections - to get the right parts. As things turned out it did not work - for a number of reasons not disclosed here. Today I am glad it did not. But my guy had the watch for all this time.

Tomorrow it will go to my watchmaker for a full service of movement and a new plexi. That is it. Nothing more. Then I will get a brown Tropic rubber strap for it and live happily forever after. For those of you that remember my earlier rant about in the future and as a retired old geezer in a wrinkled up suit and a Panama hat - teasing young Italian guys in the galleria of Milano - just to make them crazy I will have this one on the other wrist (wearing two watches will make them go nuts).

 

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marturx

·Apr 8, 2016

I was so inspired by it, so I had to have one too.

Shortly after I found this one

After a week or so, it looked like this

😜

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Apr 9, 2016

marturx

I was so inspired by it, so I had to have one too.

And now you inspire me! When investigating to get a dark brown Tropic rubber for mine I have come to realize it will not be that easy. I would like a sort of period correct strap and it has to be something that is "military" - cheap, sturdy looking and works with water. Enter the perlon. Quickly found this pic of yours. It is perfect for the job and an even better solution than a Tropic rubber. I hope you do not mind me "stealing" your style?

Will get some protection film for the caseback though.

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styggpyggeno1

·Apr 9, 2016

Today I left it at the watchmaker. He took it as a man... And will service it exactly as I want it done. He is a good guy.

 

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marturx

·Apr 9, 2016

Ha, ha! You're welcome!

That is hardly my idea or style anyway. I stole it from my teenage daughter 😀

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Apr 9, 2016

Well, I am girly... I reckon it suits me well then. 😉

 

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marturx

·Apr 9, 2016

Really looking forward to see it after the spa. That dial looks amazing in that light!

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Jun 17, 2016

"Brando Lux" project completed. Work done inhouse at Swedish Rolex AD. Nothing done to the case but cleaning. Dial got cleaned from tritium, Hands left as they were. Movement fully serviced. New plexi, crown and tube.

Very, very pleased with this one. Put it on a aftermarket "tropic" rubber.

 

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watchknut

·Jun 17, 2016

Badass! Looks great.

 

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dougiedude

·Jun 17, 2016·Carpe horologium!

styggpyggeno1

Well, I am girly... I reckon it suits me well then. 😉

styggpyggeno1

Hold on, wait 😲.... that's Brando!!

Where's this 'girly' guy you say you are? The watch is certainly bad-ass beautiful 🥰, but where are you?

 

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Nobel Prize

·Jun 17, 2016·Spell Master!

dougiedude

Hold on, wait 😲.... that's Brando!!

Where's this 'girly' guy you say you are? The watch is certainly bad-ass beautiful 🥰, but where are you?

Yes, on Apocalypse Now wearing a 5512 4 line 4th generation. without bezel.

And no hair

EDIT: correction; it is a GMT not a 5512

Edited: Jun 18, 2016

 

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jens0125

·Jun 17, 2016

styggpyggeno1

"Brando Lux" project completed. Work done inhouse at Swedish Rolex AD. Nothing done to the case but cleaning. Dial got cleaned from tritium, Hands left as they were. Movement fully serviced. New plexi, crown and tube.

Very, very pleased with this one. Put it on a aftermarket "tropic" rubber.

No bezel is beyond awesome.....dial color is rich

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Jun 18, 2016

Nobel Prize

Yes, on Apocalypse Now wearing a 5512 4 line 4th generation. without bezel.

And no hair

Brando/Kurtz wearing a GMT though - as it clearly has a gmt hand. It also has date and the smaller crown. So - not a 5512 sub. I call mine a "Brando Lux" as it is a 16753.

Edited: Jun 18, 2016

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Jun 18, 2016

dougiedude

Hold on, wait 😲.... that's Brando!!

Where's this 'girly' guy you say you are? The watch is certainly bad-ass beautiful 🥰, but WHAT are you?

I am good looking too...

 

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marturx

·Jun 18, 2016

Ha, ha! The real JE slightly revealed. The bum peeking out from under the business man cover 😀

 

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knvqn

·Jun 18, 2016

Great watch. I like, in particular the dial!

 

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STANDY

·Jun 18, 2016·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

There is only one Brando Lux