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Cripes, M, that's a great lookin' watch!!! Going back old-skool today...

Oh, now that I've regained consciousness, let me add that it looks fantastic!!!

:Jumpy: :Jumpy: :Jumpy: :Jumpy: Strap!!?? :Jumpy: :Jumpy: :Jumpy: :Jumpy:

I love posts like this! :thumbsupsmileyanim:

Red, I keep them both in the same box hoping they'll get together and spawn another but so far no luck! Mike, I'll get right on that first thing in the morning - NOT! I really like this one and the dial/hand combination is so much easier to read than my silver one! Chi is right, though, this has to be seen in person out in the sun to really appreciated.

R, the date closeup was for your benefit. It's a bit fancier than with the naked eye... Chi, you are so correct, the dial almost looks iridescent when the light is just right

A while back K offered for sale his gorgeous dark blue Tudor Prince Date Chrono so I started selling everything that wasn't nailed down trying to raise the scratch for it. I was getting close and some TZ rat-bastard beat me to it! I guess Brother ChiMan "felt my pain" and offered to part with his blue dialed Franken so I was all over it - thanks again Chi! He had done all of the hard work and all I did was change bands and order a gen crown (not here yet) and I'm loving it. I had been rat-holing parts to build another but now I don't have to so if anybody needs a new Daytona case and set of A7750 hands I have some that I probably won't be using so give me a shout. Chi built this with a gen dial and gen movement and the stopwatch function is so much smoother than the A7750 it's almost scary! The blue is almost a dead match for my wife's motorcycle so I decided to use it as a backdrop. Enough talk so here are a few pics:

LH, in defense of the OP he did warn in the title it was a "teaser". OK, enough tease! As the old commercial went, "Where's the beef!!??"

I agree, no reason why they can't make proper crowns. You can make the rep crowns look more correct in the lathe but shortening it requires a corresponding amount to be removed from the tube so you often loose the internal O-rings but still have the crown seal and external O-ring. Good looking watch!

I want a rep of that soooooo bad I can taste it!!! Congrats!!!!

Might as well add my .02...

Yeah, Hydronaut (and most of their current "sports" models) CGs are downright butt-fugly!

We tried to warn ya, didn't we, but you just hadda go and stick around and now you are trapped! It's nice having company... If you want a Rollie that usually doesn't get picked apart a simple dialed Datejust would work nicely and if you like abuse and nit-picking get a Sub...

Adhering to the KISS concept...

Look on flea-bay for some of the off-brand swiss watches that have a 2846...

It almost looks to me like the GS crystal's "curvature" is closer to your gen shot ... Good comparo shots!

PAMS? ... PAMS? ... We don't need no steenking PAMS!!!! The devil made me do it...

It wouldn't be too hard to machine a smooth bezel...

You can order a new insert w/pearl for under $30 and glue it in!

What would be correct, movement wise? I have a 2783 and a 2784, both of which need servicing once I work up the nerve...

Been wearing the "favorite" most of the weekend...

The valves are completely different in size AND construction and design.

This is the proper pearl for the vintage jobbers...

I've never been bothered by Friday the 13th so it's back to the Prince Oysterdate...