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At first I wasn't so hot on the new design but it has really grown on me. I'd probably scoop one up if it came to market.

'One, Two, FIVE!" "Three sir" "THREE!" --------------------- "LOOK! There it is!" "Where, behind the rabit?" "It tis the rabbit!" Way too many quotes if we go down this road

Personally, even my Super Avenger fits under the sleeve of my dress shirts. I suppose it all comes down to how your shirts are sized and cut. However, of the three the SOH slides in the easiest.

Wow. I'm glad this got bumped up. What a great read. Thanks for putting this together, I love learning about the history of timepieces. You also have a really nice Hamilton there, incredible condition given its age. Amazing!

Nice pick up Chief. Even as is that 3717 looks amazing. With that dial on there it will be the bees knees.

^^ What he said

Dark Knight: Citizen: What gives you the right? What's the difference between you and me? Batman: I'm not wearing hockey pants! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkXbQYn2nm0

Diameter wise it is larger but it wears smaller since it is not as thick and chunky. Very comfy to wear, especially on the Ocean Racer strap.

Pretty! Your judgment is correct concerning the movement, still very nice though. SW is a solid movement. Enjoy.

I second that!

Great review dovo! I would agree with you about this (and other models) from Montblanc being overlooked. It is a brand that I had not really looked at before but when I see the Timewalkers come up for sale I am very tempted. Now I have another model to look out for...thanks!

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Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) sports some nice Bvlgari Lots of cool sightings listed HERE

Cool post. So did you have to hold a bond movie marathon to confirm all that?

I never get tired of seeing those lume pictures Zig. Truly amazing work!

Yup. A strange bird for sure. Thanks for the offer, it does look like there is plenty of meat there to turn down. I may take you up on it depending where this project goes. Ideally I want to change this ExpII from a black faced version to a white. I found hands that look right but they are designed for the 2893 which has a 1.8mm GMT hand. Given the overall oddness of this thing I am not sure I'll get a dial to fit either So this may just stay as is....for now Thanks again!

Tough to thin it down but here are the one that come to the top of my mind without thinking too much Rush Audioslave Alice in Chains Jimmi Hendrix Boston etc etc etc

Thanks for the feedback Zigmeister. According to this spec sheet HERE the stem and keyless works that I have are from the early version of the 2836. The "Yoke Spring" I am missing is part no 440. When the movement changed to the -1 and -2 series shown HERE among other changes to the keyless works this yoke spring was eliminated in place of the combination part no 445/2 called the "Combined Setting Lever Jumper". I have confirmed with Bob Ofrei that 440 is still available so I will order a few as I am sure I will lose another one or two installing the new one. For posterity here are the pictures of the entire movement as well as the best shot I could get of the caliber markings. The balance wheel covers them almost completely so tough to get a clear shot. From this I must surmise that our chinese friends made this "Swiss" movement using a newer main plate and older mechanical parts. In their defense however, I do not know how old this watch is so.... Another indication of my deduction is that when the watch is running it sounds much slower than my other 28xx pieces, for example a 2824-2 and a lot more like my 6497. One other feature of note is the setup to obtain the "GMT" hand. Basically it is a slave to the hour wheel at a 1/2 reduction so it cannot actually function as GMT but more of a 24hr indication. The extra crappy part is that the hand size to fit this wheel is 2.2mm!!! I have not been able to find hands of this size so I will reuse the previous hands. Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll get this piece going yet

Lots of variation on that one too. Like this... or this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxkHcZOJVyc

For all of you Star Wars fans looking for some "direction" Tomtom is coming out with some new voice packs. Have a look HERE This in particular cracked me up

Hello all, I recently received as part of a package deal an ExpII with an ETA 2836-2. However, the watch was not functional (known at the time) but I thought I would have a go at fixing it up. Opened her up and sure enough an ETA 2836-2 was to be found in the case fitted with an incablock shock protection. Very cool So the problem was that the watch wouldn't run and the crown with stem would just pull right out. Immediately this led me to believe the keyless works were messed and that the stem release was jammed. Sure enough this was true. However, the odd thing for me was finding this stem attached to the crown Apparently this is known as the helicoidal sqaure stem. However, in my research it shows that this stem was used in the older 2836. Mine is clearly stamped with the -2 on it. Also, after digging into the keyless works I discovered that here also it appears that the workings are of the older variety. Where this really got me was when the yoke spring went flying out of the case (marked in red in the picture) which now I must find a replacement. So first of all my question out to you movement experts is...did the 2836-2 ever come fitted with parts like this or do I have a bastardized movement in my watch? Secondly do you believe it is possible to retrofit with newer parts to have keyless works like the newer movement with a standard stem? The only reason I ask this is that the helicoidal stem is a bit more finicky when inserting and removing. I have found through playing with this one that it needs to be in time setting position for removal/insertion or the works get thrown out again. Thanks

That is for sure. I cannot believe how they flog that model to death with bad "special editions"! Special is right

No chance of that.

Looks great!

Very nice! UPO franken project is on my list after I clear off a few lingering projects. Wear it well.