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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.

I understand the point you are trying to make, but, following the same logic, you would have to then say that a Pollock, de Kooning, Klimt or van Gogh, et al, are only worth the cost of their paint & canvas, which is absurd. Similarly, I do not think the value of a Rolex can be judged solely on the value of its material components.

Importing contraband (replicas) is illegal (misdemeanor) in many countries, but is rarely prosecuted. In the vast majority of cases, the watch, if discovered by customs, is simply confiscated. However, if you purchase from the recommended collectors (search the Collectors forum), you should not have a problem importing 1 watch (at a time) into UK/US/Canada.

My guess is that thousands would interested, but, officially, there are as many people as posted positive responses here.

Sunday Mystery

Daily winding wears the auto-wind gears, which you are removing.

Nice score, JoJo.

Try ebay

No, it was a b-day card & that is just the way she signs them.

Try not to take it too hard. We all go through similar trials by fire in the pursuit of learning the watchmaking game. Look at it this way - at least you have not damaged any rare, expensive parts. Much better to put a hole through the lume on a rep hand (which can easily be made like new with some lume & a toothpick) than the tritium on a vintage gen Rolex hand. Just learn to take breaks when you get frustrated (we all do) & chalk your negative experiences up to the learning process. 1 thing I would recommend that will save you alot of grief is to either move your watchmaking to a room with clean tile or wood (no carpeting) or remove the carpeting in your current room. Carpets are a black hole when it comes to watch parts.

Nanuq - check this out

There are many threads discussing recommendations for ladies watches that you can locate via the Search. In a nutshell, avoid gold (tt or solid) & 'gemstones' & you should do fine. Josh's plain steel ladies Datejust with silver dial/stick markers is a classic that most women (who like Rolex) will appreciate.

Ending the work week wearing 1 of my Subs (modeled here by a friend with a much nicer looking wrist), but still Friday & looking alot like dusk here And a little somethin' for Stephane (hint - not the watch &, yes, they are gen)

Or the fellow in Iran who is the 1st to be sentenced to death for speaking out against that country's despotic regime. In contrast, I think most rational thinking people would see the obvious folly inherent in the committee's current decision.