freddy333

I have never seen 1 in the flesh, but I believe it is printed on the same type of thin metalized substrate that comes glued on top of the ETA date wheel in MBWs. That is, you remove the existing thin metalized substrate (with the round 3 fonts) & glue this 1 in its place. This is not supposed to be the same thing as the Watchmeister overlay of a few years ago. If someone has 1 of Euro's dws on hand, please correct me if I am wrong.

A day in the life

Probably a typo.

Problem?

Yes, I remember that now. You may be right. But I also recall that the light source generated heat, which may have been the catalyst that prompted the cracking. Either way, I agree with the others - when the lens gets cloudy, it is time to change the lens.

Since I began collecting (early 80s), I have seen fashions/trends come & go. But the 1 constant has been that any Patek & most traditional Rolex models have maintained or gained in value, while just about everything else ultimately fails in the long-term.

Due to the economic crisis leading to a return to more conservative fashion (& smaller watches), I predict that vintage steel DJs & OPs are going to be the next IT watches. If you think vintage Rolexes are expensive & hard to get now...........

Although the sun does damage crystals (oxidizes/makes them brittle over time), I think the actually crazing (hairline cracking) occurs (to oxidized/brittle crystals) from temperature & pressure changes (frequent expansions/contractions).

All of the watch supply houses sell dial dots - ofrei.com, cousinsuk.com, etc.

Ditto Nanuq.

I had alot of trouble getting Eurotimez xml screen to load & to save time, here is the pic of his dw (not the best quality picture, but the best I can do with what he posted)

Went ceramic today

Stefano Mazzariol, as explained above, is 1 of the 3 authors of the Daytona bible.

Well done & your English is fine.

The pic is nice, but follow the link to his Daytona webpage & (if you love Daytonas) you will think you died & went to heaven. Stefano is 1 of the authors of the Daytona bible.

Incredibly, the exact same thing (triangle piece fell out of my CHS) just happened to me 15 minutes ago!!!!!!!! I was cleaning the watch & accidentally dropped it 2 inches onto the table, which caused the triangle to pop out & land between the dial & second hand, stopping the watch. All your watchmaker needs to do is remove the caseback, remove the 2 screws/tabs that secure the movement into the case, remove the crown/stem & then remove the movement/dial assembly from the case. I used GC Crystal Cement, which every watchmaker should have on his bench, to glue the triangle back in place. If your local watchsmith is hesitant to perform this simple task, I would take your business to another watchmaker.

Ditto Alligoat. Replace the dial, hands, insert (optionally, swap the movement for a slow-beat 2846) & mod the case & you might have something there.

Wearing my stretchy Sub today

Normally, I would have PM'd you, but I wanted to verify that it was in fact a board problem & others were experiencing the same thing before I contacted you. But that is all academic since you are now aware of it. Thanks.

Have a look at this (ebay 320434216971)

There have been problems with the board since at least the 8th when I posted this, but I do not think any of them have been addressed.

There have been a number of problems with the board over the past few days. I posted a note to the Mods/Admins on the 8th, but never got a response. So I do not know if they are aware of the problem or not?

A bit Rube Goldberg, but whatever gets the job done.

'Leading' is implicit in the President's job description (as taken from Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution) - 'The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States.......'. The 'faithfully execute' quote is simply an 'Oath or Affirmation' the President takes before entering the Office.