FxrAndy

I have had 3 seikos, the first i bought just before my 16th birthday and wore it for the next 5 years untill i lost it on Exersise, i then bought another one with the insurance money and wore thay untill it was stolen so i bought a pilot chrono in winter 98 and have had that ever since, it sits in a box and onlu comes out on the declaration of war these days. All 3 of these have had great lume and been round the world with me, and been very dependable. I have a photo some where with the first one round my neck on string as the strap broke and i was not in a position to get a new one as the "Shops were closed!" I was 20 and just crossed the border in to Iraq the first time.

The edge looks good, i can get a similar result with hard wax but only on leather all the same colour

My 127 from Andrew has great lume on the dial, the DSN hands are better but not that much, i have to say that it is not far behind my Seiko chrono, and the lume on that is outstanding, at the end of the day if you can read your watch when you wake up in a dark room 8 hours later then it is fine, or you can read your watch after 8 hours laying under a bush in the rain in november it was proberbly too bright to start off with, a comon fault with luminover watches. People tend to give them of good blast of white light last chance they get and then walk out in the dark 5 min later glowing like a fire work display. Certain units are worse than others particularly the ones who have to have there sleves rolled half way up the forearm so "I can see my altimeter" Now if i was still doing this line of work i would be all over a GTLS watch like a traser. always just bright enough!

What grade thread are you using Roland, in germany it is graded as 10 being the thickest and going thiner in 5s from there, i use 10 and 15s but mostly 10s, i think the crock would look better with a thicker thread so that you can see it was sewn. I would like to see the edges to see how that gumm looks you pmed me about. I just wish i could get hold of real crock over here so i could have a go at that. Andy

Now i would like baggy trousers and long pockets stood by that table!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have cleaning fluid and the correct oil once it is cleaned you may be able to clean it out oil it and re fit it, basicaly what has happend is the oil in the ratchet devise for the auto winder is gummed up, there are 4 tiny, mmmm what are they called, blockers that alow the ratchet to wind the main spring in one direction but nor the other and ther are two per gear, The gold ones @10 and 8 on the photo above, if they are not free to move then the winding force as you hand wind will spin the rotor. Be aware of taking this bit apart as the "blockers" are very small and get easily lost in carpet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That looks far better than before! a good mod

It is a great feeling to do some thing your self, well done take a pat on the back. Have a beer!

Fingers crossed for good news, thinking of him and his family!

Slay do you read Chronos ? they had an artical about sisilicum and diamond parts for watches in the last issue, (4/2007),

White is the only one the wife will let my buy becase it is the one she likes and would wear, lol

Would be great, what colour did you order?

I think the question here is : Is the ETA SFSO from silix the same as from the other dealers? remember that silix has has his own variations if watches made before that we have not seen from other dealers like the Bond PO

Any one know how to get in touch with him and point out how crappy that looks, show him what a good rep looks like!

I just gat a mail and should be available in about a week

Got any plans for that date wheel, if not let me know.

All work and no play make

Woo this got quiet since the shout box opened,

I was going to make a leather nato the other day but thought it would be too thick and lift the watch to far from the wrist with the double layer of leather under the case back like that, how does it wear?

Pugwash you astound me you have a picture for everything!

I dident think that silix had the eta?

My no name for now

Great looking forward to it Victoria

Fiddy on the bay Ok it is asian but one of the new movements with good engraving, got a box spare strap and screw driver and that strap fitted looks OK, in the EU and not to bad, i have not reported this as the price is reasonable and he notes no papers so bid acordingly, if i was after a fiddy and box i might be tepted by this.

I was just thinking of how many no named watches i could put together from it all, im fine for now