Let's take a bit of a break from speedmasters (love them but we need the diversity).

Got this one from eBay about a year ago - cheap since the dial was trashed, didn't have any hands, wasn't running BUT the case looked unpolished and the movement looked clean. I did have the correct parts to make it right and I wish I had the before photos but the listing has since been removed and I didn't save the seller's pictures. But here is how the watch looks today - cosmetically much improved (one of the nicer looking TDMPs in my collection) and of course running with all the functions operational:

 

Stunning piece mate, was that a spare dial you had for it?

 

Yup, I do have a few dials, cases, and other parts that are unobtanium. My preparations for the day when omega stops selling parts has led me to accumulate a ton of parts that fill several drawers. Here are a couple of rare parts stored away (and not for sale!):

This caseback:





And this case:

 

I pay somewhere in between a time only movement and a chronograph.

 

Lots of the common parts - crystals, mainsprings, stems, crowns, pushers. Also have several dials, cases and movements I can use for spares - have about 50 vintage movements for spare purposes (about 20 of them have been serviced and are running so I know for those all the parts are pretty much functional). Here is a quick and dirty photo of 9 bumper movements I can harvest for spares - all of them serviced and in running condition:

 

Don't know, random found internet image I chose to match the watch.