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what's the black dot at 9?

  1. eustace

    eustace Mar 10, 2014

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  2. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    A region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. Standard feature of the super rare UG QuantumCompax.


    No idea.
     
  3. JimInOz Ω 2

    JimInOz Melbourne Australia Mar 10, 2014

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    It's for another stem tube for when the watch was ordered by a left handed person, thus the crown would be in a suitable position for LHW (Left Hand Winding).
     
  4. ELV web

    ELV web Mar 10, 2014

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    Worm hole in a watch? This mil.watch must beat any complications ever ordered by H.Graves!!!
     
  5. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 10, 2014

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    That's the alien's tracking device.
     
  6. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    Can you guys be a little serious. This is an old watch and this feature was very popular back in the day.
    It is a little pep hole that you look into to see pictures of naked ladies.

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  7. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    Actually they are still popular today.

    Barack_Obama_looking_through_the_Oval_Office_door_peephole_thumb[7].jpg
     
  8. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    Nah, we have the internet now.
     
  9. woodwkr2

    woodwkr2 Mar 10, 2014

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    I saw that piece. The black dot is probably dirty polishing compound that worked its way into the hole. Note its presence in the other crevices of the watch.

    This was the strangest piece. Eustace, you want to post a pic of the caseback? It was bizarre looking.
     
  10. eustace

    eustace Mar 10, 2014

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    Strange indeed. Never seen one like this:

    UG black dot.JPG
     
  11. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    Interesting treatment of the case. It looks as if it is steel-capped.::confused2::
     
  12. Fritz

    Fritz genuflects before the mighty quartzophobe Mar 10, 2014

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    isn't that Obama???
     
  13. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    :whistling:
     
  14. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    Yes, he's got time on his hands now that the NSA has shut down so much electronic espionage. :p
     
  15. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    What are you talking about , that's the "new" domestic espionage program in progress.:p
     
  16. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 10, 2014

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    Nice! You can use any handy many-sixteenth wrench you have laying around to open it up.

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  17. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    I that the one you said doubles as a slapjack?
     
  18. ulackfocus

    ulackfocus Mar 10, 2014

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    No, you need a bigger one, at least a plumber's pipe wrench.

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  19. LouS Ω 2

    LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 10, 2014

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    The beauty is, that works on the Universal too.
     
  20. Hijak Ω 2

    Hijak Mar 10, 2014

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    Yes but put a polishing cloth between the watch and wrench or it might leave marks.;)