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I'll get the party started Tudor for me today

Patina 1675

Ouch. That's an expensive ouch! Sent from my droptop using telepathy.

The Big Gonzo with a Big Owie.

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Received this amazing Space-Dweller yesterday but have only just had chance to open it up today and boy was I in for a surprise! Having put up a WTB last month for a watch I've been longing for, for sometime, I received a private message from MartinJogs of 31st January explaining that he had one that he had bought from Solk around a year ago. He had bought the watch with a power reserve issue and had never got around to fixing it. He was contemplating selling it as is, and, well, I bit his arm off! My only issue, as I'm sure you can all recall was that one had to leave the box to afford to buy this beauty. Martin held the watch for me in the short period it took for me to sell my Bert and the deal was done with Martin. Knowing it needed a service and /or a repair I touched base with a member here that I'd read several glowing reviews about - Rolie! A watchsmith based in the UK. As soon as I touched based with him I could immediately tell that Rolie was one of the good guys, an honest bloke who simply loved watches and loved working on them and more importantly knew them inside out. Unlike many online watchsmiths, Rolie preferred discuss things over the phone rather than e-mail or PM. This in itself was refreshing and made the repair process far more personal, quick and smooth! Martin agreed to send the watch directly to Rolie, which he did on 2nd February and Rolie received it up on 4th Feb. Rolie opened the parcel and got straight to work on the watch that evening! We spoke on the phone and via what's app and he quickly established the fault. The watch was clogged up with oil everywhere, he disassembled the movement, cleaned it up and then reassembled it. As he did so, he found that that a jewel in the autobridge was elongated and both reverser wheels were fudged. He replaced the lot and the watch sprung into life, winding like an absolute dream! Rolie even took the top off the barrel and cleaned of the excess oil with Rodico from the mainspring. Martin had mentioned a couple of dust specs under the Plexi, so Rolie cleaned this off for me too but as he took the movement out, the dial was loose and dropped straight off the movement. Not a problem for Rolie though, reaffixed this for me and lined up the dial to perfection, and at no extra cost! So essentially Rolie fixed my SD in less than a few hours and he would have sent it back to me the following day but wanted to make sure the dial was affixed properly and movement keeping good time, so he kept it over the weekend and sent it out to me on 9th February. Now comes the staggering part! Over the course of a week we had got chatting on the phone for hours at a time, not just about the repair but also chewing the fat about watches in general. We'd also been chatting quite a bit on what's app. During these conversations I'd made mention of Rolex watch boxes and how I'd love to get one for the Space Dweller. Well as you can imagine I was absolutely bowled over today when I opened my parcel to find my space dweller sitting pretty in a stunning Rolex Leather watch box with hang tag, paperwork and leather wallet! Now this was just beyond bloody generous of Rolie! I cannot recommend Rolie enough for his professionalism, skill, turn around times, cost and that fact his just a bloody nice bloke to chat to and deal with. AND in the short time I've known him (a week!) I'd go as far to say that I class him now as a friend! So thank you Martin for a GREAT watch and thanks Rolie for a fantastic repair, a bloody generous gift and a new friendship! Here's the photos folks; Specs on the watch are: JMB custom Bezel Rep DJ case with drilled lugholes and gen spec spring bars Clark 21 plexi Ingod44 dial and hands (now out of stock) gen crown and tube Gen 2824-2 with some clone parts on it. Donerix 20mm leather strap Gen movement with clone parts in silver. This is what poor Rolie had to work with! The case back with more oil on it than a spotty teenagers face! Watch when it arrived from Martin Watch after the repair

here some pix of my TC sub. midcase and bezel is tc dial,bezelinlay,crown,tube,crystal and caseback (much higher than tc) movement swiss eta 2846 with mbw dwo

They aren't gonna hand you any more than they have to... Is yours. Pay your taxes on it and send half of what's left to me for the consulting fee.

Yup. Takes a big commitment. But for me, oh so worth it.

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Know The feeling once left for vacation without my watch it was laying on The kitchen table Ended up buying a gen tag heuer Monaco when i Got Down there

Want both nuts please that's just part payment :=

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I want to give a free bump to this thread with this The genuine tropic 19 looks beautiful on phong case .. I am in love with it: here is the gen:

Back to the 5514 today ....

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Haha. Yup. It's not pretty. May end up donating all proceeds to the sale to rwg.

Did someone say natural fade > bleaching?

The first day I took pics of this watch, I wanted to accurately capture the uniqueness of the blue dial finish and design. I didn't feel I had, so I took about 40 pics today with my iPhone while stuck in SoCal traffic for an hour. After editing the pics this evening, I realized this dial can't be pegged with one defining look. The slightest angle or light change transforms the dial. So here are some pics that show the different looks of this dial. Guess I'm a little obsessed with it at the moment The horizontal bands can appear both rounded or flat depending how the light hits the dial... Some angles the dial looks like it has a matte finish...