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AdamS
·Great find, beautiful dial and bezel👍👍
Resurrecting a 145.022-69 Straight Writing Speedmaster
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SpaceCowboy
·Congratulations. Came out great. The trick is to see thru the grime! 👍
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Dan S
·Looks really nice. 👍
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Henneth
·Great find. Really nice watch overall.👍
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Boony
·Yeah good work. Looks great
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Basset Hound
·A great find that has turned out really well. Just the kind of watch story I like and you’ve now got a lovely honest example
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gemini4
··Hoarder Of Speed et aliaI remained puzzled why the straight writing caseback Speedies, issued for only a short time (and in two variations) on later 145.022-69, are not valued higher.
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KingCrouchy
·Looks very nice!👍
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machamp6650
·What a great outcome! It's still a dream of mine to find a beat up watch (preferably speedy) and see it brought back to health. Good job!
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chronoboy64
·Great catch and fantastic work by Simon. That watch is a stunner 👍
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CoDiffe
·May I ask why you had him replace the hands? The originals looked great from what I can see. Congrats!
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CoDiffe
·Ah never mind just saw the hands were incorrect for a 69.
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watchtinker
·And here we are, before and after.
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jaguar11
·Wow!!! Looks fantastic. Enjoy and wear in good health.
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Speedmasterfan88
·Great result! Enjoy it and wear it in the best of health! Speedmasters tend to clean up so niceley.
My -69SW says hello:
Before:
And after a clean up (No case work):
Cheers,
Max
My -69SW says hello:
Before:
And after a clean up (No case work):
Cheers,
Max
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michael e
·Haha that's the dilemma isn't it. I like barn finds covered in dirt but I then proceed to clean them up 😵💫.
The key thing for me is that I've cleaned it so I know exactly what was done.
Nothing better than finding a watch that has filth all over it, a scratched plexi and a back gasket that has turned to mush, it is so satisfying polishing the plexi to reveal a lovely dial and cleaning the case etc.
The watch looks great now 👍
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Nathan1967
·Lovely watch David! Just how I like ‘em too - perfectly Patina’ed.
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405
·Amazing, that looks great! Nice work.
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