Hello fellow OF'ers. Bored out of my mind I thought about the funnier aspects of watch collecting and crud came to mind. We've already had a thread with watches with people's faces on the dial, therefore, I decided that a Crud contest would be appropriate. As watch collectors, I'm sure we all have come across such a situation at least once. Here's my humble submission. It doesn't look like much but this kept the bezel from moving It cleaned up nicely and thankfully no corrosion. What's the cruddiest watch you people have had or seen?
No picture, as this was many years ago. I had one for repair that had been on the wrist of someone who died in a car accident! Even if I had a picture of it, it is not likely I would show it here! Yechhhh!
I wish I had pics- I spent 3 weeks in Huntsville, AL in August about 15 years ago- it was between 100-104 every day. I slathered sunblock daily, working in dirty conditions, dripping sweat. At the end of the trip I cleaned my Speedy case and bracelet using wet white hotel towels ...I offended myself and I’m sure the staff was pissed.
A recent flea bay buy of mine , I think the great unwashed owned it previously. I couldn’t tackle the generic bracelet & I didn’t even try to clean it ,
That’s just a little cheese- you know it’s bad when the slots for the spanning wrench on the back are flush with the case-back
That's downright scary... I'm guessing the family wanted to have it done or something like that. Definitely not a job for someone faint-hearted like me.