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I agree, I was born in Southampton. Most families had someone affected by the loss

@TJ - Quartzzzz, you mean you expected anything else, sweeps like a rollerblading epileptic giraffe

Considering swaps for HBB, Slevin or similar

Stick with it, your not alone, i have the kids ona junk food free week during half term

I should consider recycling it back into Pepsi cans though

Oh and dispose of the battery in a concrete block

The true nasty, dug out of my drwaer a while back.... stunning in a bad way. The feel is the real joy though, recycled Pepsi cans and gold paint.

Just waiting for the Red Bull and McDonalds editions now

Sporting Sunday

Hey T, you look like you needed that pint mate. Glad you had a great day and a damn fine place as well. Absolute best wishes to you both.

Since I will be on the mainland this year (fingers crossed) I will certainly try to put in an appearance

Put me in for some of that,

Not a bad start to a collection. I would say you have a good foundation set to be going on with. I am assuming the movement is from the Omega ( the brass spacer is a good indication of the quality of the Omega reps , very nice)

Anyway, welcome to another Brit

You might have seen these but I still think they're great

you can have mine, its made from gold painted pepsi cans

I think I still have some true nasties in the loft some place. I might have to tempt them out of the darkest corners and get a snap or two afore they are crushed in the sunlight

Interestingly, myself and a former TRC member both own gen Pannies and occasionaly would meet up with Paneristi guys and partly to engage in chat and partly to chat about the comparive costs and actual worth of rep vs gen. At the time I have a couple of heavily modded Finepix pieces which blew the guys away. The point being we are all into the art and engineering not the cost. They can afford more I afford less but still the same appreciation. The other point I made was tht we are more down on scams than the gen owners since it screws withour hobby. I guess it just depends on how much cash you have or how much of a snob you migt be. I would be just as happy to chat to a guy in a Roller about the joys of summer driving whilst sat in my knackered Triumph Stag or gold cabrio. We would both have the same passion from slightly different angles

With you all on that, the tought from me is its nice to have a go. If anyone wants to give it a go, I have a number of different premixed to play with. I am more than happy to fire out some small vials if postage is covered.

PM me if you want some, think I have two or three. These are not SL or even close but its suitable to improve over most rep lume.

Approach Tritec in Switzerland. THey seem quite a helpful bunch.

Just thought these might be interesting. I am dealing with Tritec in Switerland to get SuperLumoinova to play with some of my reps. Just thought I would show the range and relative brightness/colours. Love the black even if it is a bit lame on longevity and brilliance.

I will get prices soon but if anyone want any ordered let me know but it will be strictly cash up from since it aint cheap

Just a tip for all out there. I was looking at options for refinishing various watch bits and removing sharp edges and burrs from bands etc. After much digging around I decided to raid the wifes manicure kit and found the greatest addition to my tool kit. Bought from the Body Shop a manicure block, some have four some have three sides from fairly coarse through to polishing grade granularity. Tried it out on my new HBB Tuiga to take a couple of edges and then polished it through the grades the results are to say the least impressive. Give it a go and see what I mean for everything from brushed finish on steel or titanium I am going to try a couple more cases tonight and see how I get on. Might try the GST band with masking to brush and then mirror finish the mid links. Also sinc eit is a block it is far easier to keep a line on brushed finishes.Someone may have already mentioned this but just in case

New family member arrived this week

@ST4 - I agree, they take polish so well and are a true classic. I have thtree pairs including a pair of Barker Oxblood, looks ace with a navy suit

For the dial, the importanty thing is to seal it afterwards to save the salt crystals getting into the movement. The case is going to a place near me for bead blasting and I am considering a bronze pvd. It will be quite extreme but it will certainly be unique

Hi All

Just working on some dial stuff including an MM dial deep sea vintagised. Early days but getting the ageing technique nailed first

Thanks you all for your words and support, especially the support, I will wear it always