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I plan to! Thanks! It is definitely appreciated!

My RED 1680

That is definitely a great day Andy! Well done and congrats!!!

Lani, how many EL watches do you have???

I would love the white, but I would need you or hackR to part with yours!!!

I'll follow Lani today: VC Overseas Black Arabic Dial

I really like your white dial Lani! Great photos!

Very very nice Lani!!! I like that one too!!!

Hi Guys, Found a pretty nice 3 watch programmable winder that is on sale for the next 7 hours. It's $114.99 and seems pretty nice! Check it out here

PAM love for thursday

Stunning Andy! The back of the movement is a true work of art!

Thanks all for the positive feedback! Its a unique and stunning piece and I am just loving it!

Whatever happened to EL? I have a couple of his watches and they are outstanding! Looks awesome Marty!

Love it!!! Keep 'em coming!

Started off the day with this: Then changed to this beauty! A photo pictorial can be found here

Hello All! Well today is a very special day for me. I have received an absolutely stunning time piece in the mail! This watch has quite the heritage. Originally owned by the master himself, Ziggy, the watch then went to dluddy for a while. Eventually he sold it to hackR, who recently sold it to mdg137. Fortunately for me, mdg decided it wasn't quite for him. I had drooled over this watch when hackR originally had it up for sale, but I held back. I guess the fates conspired and the watch was truly meant to be mine after all! The Brand Vacheron Constantin is one of the oldest, continuously operating swiss manufacturers of watches. They have been in business since 1755. One of VC's biggest claims to fame is the hiring of Georges-Auguste Leschot in 1839. Leschot essentially pioneered serial production of their watches (along the lines of what Henry Ford did with the automobile assembly line) enabling VC to mass produce a very high quality movement in a shorter period of time to their competitors. In 1996, Vacheron Constantin was purchased by Richemont, which also runs Jaeger LeCoultre, IWC, Lange, Cartier, Baume and Mercier, Piaget, and Panerai. It was during this phase that VC devolped the Overseas line of sports watches. Before the Overseas, VC had made two other attempts to develop a sports watch. The first one was the Phidias and the second was the 222. Both lines did not take very well at all. The Overseas comes in a wide variety of choices. There are four different sizes - 30mm, 34mm, 37mm and the 40mm. There are at least 5 different dial choices. You can get the watches in either 18k gold or Stainless Steel. The Watch The Overseas 42042/423A-8890 is a Stainless Steel watch, black dial with super-luminous arabic numbers and a date function. The watch is 37mm in diameter and quite thin. The caseback is attached to the case using screws as opposed to using a screw down case back. This allowed VC to create a sports watch with a 15 ATM depth rating while keeping the watch incredibly thin. It is only 8mm thick. This particular version of the watch has had quite a legacy to it. Having a simple beginning with an Eddie Lee case, Ziggy did an outstanding job on the intricate and very detailed luminous numbers. The 2824 was serviced as well by Ziggy. The crystal has Chief's un-real AR on it. It simply makes the crystal disappear and the dial just jumps out of the watch. The Photos Look at this detail on the re-lume! The caseback is a thing of beauty. The intricacy and detail is un-real. I almost wish I could reverse the watch and just show off the caseback! The clasp mechanism is an example of engineering genius. Double fold over deployant with a two-stage locking mechanism. First you fold the two ends in, then slide the VC Maltese Cross to the closed position. Then, to assure you that the slide lock won't accidentally release, you fold another piece over the top of it to lock it in place. The wrist shot. And the best part for last - the lume shot.

K, you have a PM

Even through our silly, and way over the top, corporate firewall rules, I have been able to get to rwg.

I tried on a few Rolex's tonight at the AD in my pursuit for a Datejust. The new 41.5mm Datejust II comes with the new style bracelet and it is just like the one in the link that alligoat posted. I took a look at the new ceramic sub and it appeared to have the same bracelet as the DJ II. Didn't get a chance to take a closer look though, sorry guys.

Looks good F!!! Love the strap choice too! Well done!

Nice shots Lani! I like the alternating lume colors! Can't wait to win me a new Milgauss!!!

Nice job Lani! Looks really good! The crystal looks stellar!

Where did that one come from? Non-SEL's, lugholes & the dial doesn't look that bad either. Hmmmm.......

Keep the pictures coming Andy! I love seeing this sort of work done!

Ouch Freddy! Sorry to hear that! Wearing my SOSF again today. May switch over to the brown strap later.