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..and another Custom build ready.[emoji3577] Custom Case from Old Crowns Atthaya Pearl Pip Atthaya 702 Tube and Crown Custom Insert semi matte Custom Dial and Hands with patina Flat Tropic 19 Raffles folded midlink bracelet A-Eta 2824 Critic and comments are welcome[emoji3577] Gesendet von meinem 23078PND5G mit Tapatalk

94010 today

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Wearing 1 of my Subs today --

Still wearing my GMTIIC

Speedmaster Broad Arrow 57 Replica today

All Gen expect Mid Case and Hands.[emoji6][emoji3577]

A happy and healthy 2025 folks!

Case Change to slimmer Case. Gen Parts. T-19 Tube and Crown 580 Endlinks 93150 Clasp Yuki Dial and Hands Atthaya Pearl Pip relumed Springbar-Mod A-Eta 2824 JKF 93150 bracelet Parts Comments are welcome. Comments are welcome Gesendet von meinem 23078PND5G mit Tapatalk

domed dial, high relief logo round two

Lots of GMT’s here recently. So, here’s another.

Hello Gang, I want to share my latest project. Not ready yet, but gives a clue how it comes out.[emoji3577] It's mostly Raffles, reshaped the really big CG's inside out. Dial and Hands are also Raffles. Better Plexi T-116, good flattop Date and gen Springbars. Needs a gen Tube and 5,5mm Crown and a good bracelet.

AliEx today

Bump for new members or anyone interested in seeing what is possible when a group of really smart, inventive RWG watch geeks put their collective heads together & are unaware that something cannot be done.

...Today, operation dusting pocket watches.

Omega reduced today

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Militado micro-brand. Seiko VK67 Quartz movement. Modded with Speedmaster-like hand set.

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Another scammer has caught a few people out. Come on guys, the rules are there to protect YOU! Don’t pay via PayPal gift unless you know the seller is genuine. Pay the extra few percent safe in the knowledge that you should get your money back if it goes wrong. Scammers hate regular PayPal so will ask for gift even though it’s against the rules. Thanks to the guys who have messaged me about Verti, he looked suspicious but we needed to prove so before booting him out.

Thanks Mike. Guys, we have a perpetual scammer who keeps joining the forum and posts stuff for sale. I’ve just banned another of his accounts. Be careful…

Hello, Here is my 1665 MBW Modded by the Great The Zigmeister. 1665 MBW case with https://jewelryandwatch.com/ complete bezel assembly with functional He valve like Gen Clarks Plexi Genuine Rolex 1570 non Quick set date Movement, service at least three times since Genuine Crown and Tube Genuine Complete bracelet with 580 endlinks Ingoods Dial, I still have the original dial aged by The Zigmeister Xtra set of genuine hands purchased from the rolex vintage forum 1665 insert from a special run here in the forum, thick font I am thinking on selling my collection as I never really wear all of my watches. have not put a price to all of this, but perhaps someone may be interested. now on to the picture

94010 today

62 MAS today

Fresh fresh for the summer..

5513 today

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Hi everyone. I know it's been some years since my last posting, but I wanted to check in to let everyone know that LHOOQ is still alive, healthy, and still in possession of all of his beloved project watches. Maybe I'm being an egomaniac, or maybe I know that this is a pretty tight-knit community of good, helpful people. I was spurred to write this post due to certain recent events. Recently someone recognized the dial on one of my few Panerais, bolstering my belief that the rep crowd is so much keener-eyed than your average WIS. He pointed out that he was almost certain that my dial was one of a small run produced by one legendary German Paneristi. It was nice to chat about this after we'd established our rep bona fides to each other, but then I learned that the German in question, Rolli, had died five years ago. And I felt terrible. Rolf wasn't a close friend, but we had exchanged many messages in the past and I always appreciated his rigorous, crabby pursuit of the perfect finish, the perfect lume mix. Who else have we lost, and who else will we lose, and never find out about? Two unfinished items pulled me back in: 1) To fix a jmb-cased 1016 project that has never quite worked right ever since I took it to my watchsmith in the Philippines for assembly, and 2) To finish a Daytona project that really started 12 years ago. (80% of the parts were just sitting in a drawer.) I couldn't have done either of these without good old alligoat, who took those parts to the right people, and even tossed in a few from his own collection. (BIG parts, at that!) And that's why I have this lovely black-dialed 6239 sitting in the pile. I can't promise a full-on return to the rep world, or that I'll be especially active on the forums again, but I will do my best to respond to PMs. Especially now that my access to the original LHOOQ account is borked, making my stuffed inbox irrelevant! Quick thank-yous and hellos to the following: alligoat: I owe him at least a couple of steak dinners by now! jmb: He smoked me a brisket! Unfortunately my current job doesn't take me to Texas as often as my last one. Chiman12: Met him once all too briefly in Calgary so many years ago. The MBW 5512 that prepared for me still gets a lot of praise, and unsolicited offers. Akira: Spent an afternoon with him in Arnhem last summer. I would have gone to see him in Germany, but that was a bridge too far. (No, really, we were in Arnhem.) Donerix: I'd love to catch up with this strapping man of mystery again! ubiquitous: My original inspiration for all this extravagant foolishness. And a top guy. There are so many others. Please don't be upset if I forgot to mention you here.

Blasts from the Past... L to R...14K Hamilton 'Wesley' from the 1940s, 9K Buren Grand Prix from the 1930s, 14K Pierce from the 1920s/30s, 14K Lord Elgin with 'step side' case from the 1950s. The Hamilton looks like new. The Buren has a 15 jewel high grade movement with 'three finger bridges' and uses a 'sew on' or one piece strap, the strap bars are soldered in the lugs. The Pierce has 15 jewels iirc and is in fine condition. The Lord Elgin is in fine condition except for the 'age spot' on the dial, it has not been wet as far as I can tell. The dates are a guess and info on the Hamilton and Lord Elgin can be found but I am too lazy to chase it down. Many Hamiltons have the model name engraved inside the case back. After the current 'Gold Rush' pans out, there may not be many of these old classics left.

NOS 14K Bulova from early 1980s... Original strap with 'homemade' 14K buckle...

Stuck this together in late 1990s, Croton/Nivada base with quick set Swiss ETA. Stainless 36mm screw back case with GS Ever-Tite acrylic tension ring crystal. Dial refinished by an outfit in Atlanta, GA (no longer in business). Genuine Ingenieur... Fine watches...except for no parts. Vintage IWC automatics had a winding setup using the same principle as the Seiko Magic Lever. Images from Connoisseur of Time.

Didnt been here for ages. It seems very quiet here. Anyway, hello everyone

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Unfortunately not. It's a Chinese ETA 7750 clone. Valjoux 72 is a manual wind movement.

Been wearing the double red all week --

Swap dial on Planet Ocean? Or swao bezel insert su Seamaster? An old Closed Factory 40th Anniversary Bond Seamaster. Modified with a gen relumed 2230 dial and hands. Then fitted with a PO bezel