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Ever get another of the same watch just because it had a different dial?


Given my liking for watches with indices but not numbers, a large part of my collection consists of mostly the same dial but different cases made by different manufacturers 🤔
 
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Picked up a 1931 Hamilton 21-jewel 992E in its Wadsworth No. 2 bar-over-crown case a couple years back in a local landmark gas station turned curiosity shop. Was a “real deal” for the right price. Filthy, it needed service plus a new crown, for someone had deliberately obscured the “Hamilton Railroad” marking with concentric rings off the crown’s top by sanding it off.
Perhaps they thought they were obscuring railroad ownership?

I had the watch serviced last year, but the watch maker forgot to install the replacement crown I had provided. So, I just got the crown installed and am putting the watch into service. Now the watch is all better.
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Just caffeine…no donuts…
The older I get the more of that it takes to fire me up in the morning. Or, perhaps the older I get the less effective the effects of caffeine. Is that a sign of advancing age?
 
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Seiko 7A38-706A in a deep blue dial configuration.

 
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I’m on holiday but I brought 4 x Seiko, 1 x Omega and this Longines

 
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The older I get the more of that it takes to fire me up in the morning. Or, perhaps the older I get the less effective the effects of caffeine. Is that a sign of
Just caffeine…no donuts…
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Haven't posted in a while since I got immersed in a new project: bought a new-old fun car for the weekend:


It's at the mechanic right now for some general maintenance and new tires, headlights, steering wheel and exhaust, and then it will go on long road trip around the Gulf of Mexico: