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Rolex 1675 GMT Master special edition for The UAE and the Sultanate of Oman This is a special build for a member who is a great gen and franken Rolex GMT collector. These watches came with a specific blue bezel insert reserved for the Peruvian and Italian Air Force and also UAE Air Force pilots. Some of UAE dials had white or red dial writings and came with blue or pepsi insets, I agreed with the customer option and advices, the pepsi insert was the best cosmetic choice for this watch, according with the armorial bearings on the dial. Specifications : Background watch / accessories : -1655 Explorer II case -Asian DG3804B - 21600bph true GMT movement -YukiWatch refinished UAE dial and hands -WSO GMT complete bezel assembly -Gen blue insert from my personal collection, used for pictures -Clark 25-116 cyclop -Gen Rolex springbars -Gen Rolex Jubilee bracelet / gen endlinks Next photo you can see the new case design after metal cuts, especially the CG area. The cartel 1/1 1655 case is complete out of specs but has enough material to be re-designed. The cartel called 1655 1/1 has nothing 1/1, except the fact you can stack a Rolex specs cristal and rotating bezel assembly. The case design has been cut using a common CNC machining program as this case is used for many other Rolex models. The case is to much thick, as lot of Rolex reps. If you compare gen Rolex watches you will notice gen vintage cases like Sub 5512, 5513, explo 1655, 16570 and GMT 1675 and 16750 have very slim cases. Anyway, this watch actually is the best background to be used to build a 1675/16750. Note : the 1655 and the 1675/16750 watches used the same case. The 1675 was a 1655 with a rotating bezel and a different dial. The lume : the customer specs were : old tritium, but I need to read during the night ! Here we have dead tritium and strontium aluminate powder mixed with an acrylic medium. Not really easy to apply and control, Strontium particles will give a new life to dead tritium. This mixture exposed to a strong light during 30 minutes is able to bright more than 20 hours, Classic Tritecs products contain a little strontium. This product is hard to get, it is used in aviation technologies for flight instruments and cockpit equipments and used with retro-lighting technics Thanks for your attention !

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en route to Vac for relume???? Just wonder if the gen. really has SL? Any idea? Or it may look funny if the gen. only has the normal lume. Anyhow, still a great and fantasic watch. 99% spot on really. A gen. strap will bring it to the next level.

What a beauty!!

Cool story... Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience. The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker’s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away. The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker’s death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, “I know why.” Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I’d never heard a more comforting explanation. He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life – like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The six-year-old continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”