This is a great story and this forum defines the meaning of "community". I joined less than 6 months ago and have received nothing but great help and patience from many members. With that I have learned much more about watches in the last 6 months than I have in the last 20 years about the mechanisms of watches.
And with stories like this, it brings comfort to me that there are still many decent people in this small planet of ours.
Ubi, although I have never met you, you are a great bloke and you have created a fantastic watch.