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  1. Nos SMP, 12 or 15 years old... Two more still in plastic wrap... The San Luis Obispo County road map is from the early 1940s when my father was in artillery training at Fort Ord, Monterey Bay CA. He landed at Utah Beach August 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Patton's Third Army (Lt. Colonel). Have a picture he took of a wooden road sign shaped like an arrow out in the middle of nowhere with 'LEMANS' painted on it. He also visited the first concentration camp liberated by the Americans...rough going for all involved. One of the guys under his command made the deepest incursion on foot into enemy territory during WW II and returned safely. The same guy used to come to cook-out parties at our place when I was a kid. I remember they had some he!! raising parties. The old B-B-Q fireplace from back then is still standing in our back yard...full of nicks from gunshots. There was a three door chicken house behind it that caught most of the stray bullets. We tore it down, it was shot full of holes. Learned to drive out back on our Ford 8N tractor. No chickens, no cows, no goats, no horses...just neighbors now. We got rid of the goats because they climbed on top of Mom's Jeep. We got rid of my horse because it kicked a Zippo lighter out of my Dad's shirt pocket. We ate most of the chickens. The rest got away. Can't eat the neighbors...I heard it's against the law. Pics taken 2-24-24. Did not put them in the Omega section because it is not very busy.
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  2. Last month I posted for some assistance on an issue regarding to having to remove balance to get movement working ? Well I believe I owe it to all you guys, especially to those replying with possible solutions. Upon going through it with a fine tooth comb, I found the culprit! It was the bent base of the pallet fork as seen in this image. I have circled it in a fine blue circle, I straightened it and it now works good! Just thought it would be something to watch out for, if ever one is a similar situation as it wasn’t so obvious at first Thanks for your help guys!
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  3. All have it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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  4. Today's gold watch, Rhapsody Royale in 14K gold... Front loader 'waterproof' case', 21 jewel, manual wind (afaik, never opened it), seems thin for an automatic. Paid $100 USD for it May 4, 2003. Gold was $341 to $342 per troy oz on that date. Today it was $2185 USD. Today's 'iron' watch... Faux 'bubbleback' with ETA 2550. Bought three of them from Yahoo auctions 20+ years ago. Very well made and I have seen quite a few for sale claimed to be genuine over the years. Case ref # is 5015, serial # is 545383. The minute numbers are not fully visible because of the angle of the reflector ring but they all show up straight on. ETA 2550 Watch Movement - EmmyWatch
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  5. Seiko 6105-8000, “Slim Willard” from May 1968 today.
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  6. "I would disagree somewhat with your description of the 23-300 as being delicate. I have overhauled 2-3 of them (1 sitting on my bench now) &, while not in the tool watch class, I would have no qualms wearing 1 as a daily driver. " You are right of course, but I have never liked Patek Philippe watches and will admit to having a strong bias against the brand. Why is that? Because they are vastly overrated and overpriced, much like many other 'high grade' brands today. Imho. I never thought of Rolex being a 'high grade' watch because I can remember when they were the same price as a nice Omega or Longines. During the 'quartz crisis' they were one of few brands to survive and not long after they got over the crisis, it seems they decided to go upscale and advertise to Watch Elites (Ha!) instead of 'Watch Knaves' like me. Imho again. Any Rolex watches I have left are mostly older models with cal. 15xx movements because that is what I started with and have stayed with. I traded in later models but never did care much for them although I will admit to having three sapphire crystal models left. I dropped out of the Rolex Race quite a while back and will buy one now and then only if it is an absolute bargain. I am basically just an observer now.
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  7. Back to my 6542: I modded the insert yesterday. As you know. I have a NDT Trading bezel assembly. It was not cheap. But its quality. The bezel is awesome. The insert. It sat too high up the side of the crystal. So I removed it from the watch and sanded down the insert on some wet 1000 grit paper. Once I reached a desired height. It leaves a flat spot so I contoured it with a small piece till the flat spot was gone. Then moved to 2000 grit. Finishes or off with a light rub of poly watch to clear up the sanding marks. But didn’t polish it to a high gloss finish as it came new. This piece is 60 years old after all. [emoji6] the proportions of bezel to crystal are more gen now. Next I lightly sanded the back to remove a bit of. Paint and filled in with some black marker to give it a more vintage look I am happy with the results. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  8. I agree the profile is not tall enough to look gen like Ideally I would like to source a Tudor Jumbo case and crystal and shave the cyclops but the prices of those are starting to climb Any suggestion on where I could find a different crystal in a 33mm dia>?
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  9. ordered a crystal and awaiting for its arrival until then...
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  10. Well fellas...she's done!! Well almost. A few tweaks left yet but overall I am quite pleased with how it turned out [emoji1303][emoji1303] A few pics and I will update you guys a bit later. Enjoy [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  11. Brief update. I have gathered up all the parts required for my 1019 Miilguass build and they have been sent off to France to a Watch-smith to complete the build. I felt that attempting to broach the hand is outside of my pay grade and didnt want to mess it up. He even felt that it may be a challenge for him so I wouldnt have even stood a chance lol I will update you when I know more....fingers crossed !! photos for Inspiration.
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