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  1. For something a little more unusual... I've never seen another one like this, it's a Wakmann/Gigandet AOPA triple date. Not quite a Breitling Top Time, but it fills a gap in the Wakmann / AOPA / Breitling / Top Time / Navitimer sequence.
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  2. @Sogeha I was inspired in part by this site [emoji4] [emoji632]
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  3. You're definitely not stupid mate but now I really know you're not Aussie! Lol I tread softly along the fine line separating raving insanity and lucid moments of ingenuity. The issue is I've no idea which is which mostly.
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  4. No they are not all the same, Some are taller than others because the tall 18kt gold bezels weighs 5.5 grams and the shorter 18kt gold bezels only weigh 5.1 grams, I'm not sure but I think the difference is a 36mm datejust with a acrylic crystal vs the newer sapphire crystal
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  5. Yes you have that right and add to that a Parachrom Blu hairspring with a breguet overcoil, I don't think replicating that will happen any time soon.....
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  6. If your particular rep case was made to gen specs, a gen bezel will fit. Otherwise, not.
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  7. Agree, one should not really use the chronograph on an A7750, not regular anyway as they are build to look like the real thing, but not work with precise machined high quality parts such as an ETA movement, and as such, failings of components are likely. Another option would be to freeze the minute hand.
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  8. Assuming you are using a gen case, as long as you are not trying to fit a bezel from a standard (vintage) case onto 1 of the newer maxi-sized cases (or vice-versa), it should fit.
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  9. So that's that sorted, the national emblem of Singapore is an otter and nobody has seen fit to inform the Singaporeans. I guess it must have been a combination of tame otters and too much whiskey at the Raffles that gave rise to the legend. Good to know.
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  10. I've done quite a few builds by now and I always insist on getting a few key parts that are Gen Movement Crown Crystal Hands I think the hands makes the watch. For some reason I can pick out gen hands more than anything else. They really ad to the feel of the watch. But that being said, prices are ridiculous now so it doesn't make as much sense anymore. One of my favorite is set of hands are gen hands on my BC 6538 (darker tropical dial) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  11. Wearing my 'Graph today Nice 214! Although I am not wearing my Accutron today, here are a few pics for your perusal -
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  12. Here's an old story from awhile back... repeated just for fun. This happened on one of those harbor tours out of Seward, Alaska. This is what reps are for! I was with my brother on one of those glacier cruises where the boat takes you right up to the face of a glacier and toots the horn so the thing calves off big chunks of ice and scares the hell out of the tourists. I was wearing a newer model Sea Dweller from Andrew, and we were all up on top of the boat, there were lots of tourists milling around in gore-tex and down parkas. I had already noticed a few times that the watch would leak and fog up, and I hate that. So I nudged me baby brudder and whispered "watch this". I held my arm up to ostentatiously check the time, and Rolex Stainless Steel glistened and glittered in the sun like God's Own Bling. I then sucked in my breath in alarm and said "IT STOPPED! Look, this thing stopped again!" and showed it to my brother. He clucked his tongue, shook his head, and said something about "as expensive as that thing was, you'd think it would work!" and I agreed loudly. A couple of heads turned toward us. So I shook my wrist a few times, and held it up to my ear. Shaking my head in disgust, I took it off and waved my hand around wildly to "wind it" and got lots more people glancing at me nervously. Then I unscrewed the crown and wound it up madly with exaggerated motions, elbows flying, and listened again. "It's STILL dead!!!" I said to him, and I could see him suppressing a laugh. More people looked, so I tapped it a couple times on the railing, and held it to my ear again. DING DING DINGGGG!! He was dying by now, trying not to laugh. When I tapped the railing the metal pipe sort of rang a little, and more people looked. I listened to the watch again and said "This bloody piece of @#!*$%" and hit it harder on the railing. He was biting his lip and people were starting to stare. I held it up to my ear again and said loudly "YOU MISERABLE LOUSY CHEAP ROLEX!!!" and I turned and bashed it really really hard on the railing 5 or 6 times, WHANG WHANG WHANG WHANG!!! and the pipe was ringing and people were stepping back. Everyone was staring, and I held it up to my ear for a moment, the pipe was still ringing, and I shouted "YOU LOUSY PIECE OF SWISS CRAP!!!!" and I drew my arm back, big pause for effect, and threw that watch as far as I could out into the ocean. It made a really nice high arc, glittering in the sun, and landed with a nice big splash. My brother was nearly wetting himself, tears were rolling down his cheeks, and I stormed down the steps to the lower deck as people parted and let me through, their mouths gaping in astonishment. It was glorious.
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