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Finally got a strap for my Cincinnati Cincinnatis. I was trying to match up the dial with a burgundy leather strap. Found a hand made in Wisconsin US company it seems good quality. I usually get my straps at @Duracuir1 fine leather goods but he charged me 125,000 usd for my last strap saying it wasn’t his fault it was a tariff thing. Poor guy with charges like that no one in the US will order a strap from him. I lll get one more as he said it’s down to 100k per strap, seems a bit more reasonable.

Anyway so a watch kinda made in the US, well assembled anyway that looks nice imo. I’ll adjust the bracelet later on it actually looks nice and seemed well made.
 
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I only managed to sell one at that price Walrus.



A couple days ago a former colleague came to my shop. He was wearing this… I tried it on for this (below) pic. He had the date wrong… so I waited until today to post.

 
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The mystery watch.


Yeah, I bought it on a whim only to discover upon opening it was a Roamer circa 1948, needed a lens polish and a new 3rd wheel, some keen watchmaker had done a repair in the past to the 3rd wheel which had a broken pinion by welding a new one on but he didn't get it precisely centralised making running performance intermittent.
I am not sure if it started life as a sterile dial which is possible at that time or whether some enthusiastic watchmaker just wanted to clean it up however it certainly has nice dial furniture and is very photogenic and a jumbo of it's day.
 
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Speedmaster Pilot hard at work.
That's a lot of knobs n buttons n lights n levers! Where's the one that says: "Do Not Push This Button"? I've always wondered what that one did.
 
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That's a lot of knobs n buttons n lights n levers! Where's the one that says: "Do Not Push This Button"? I've always wondered what that one did.
That's the ejector seat button.......