Nanuq

It's absolutely magnificent as is. Get the movement disassembled and cleaned, take the time to get the rotor fixed right. Replace all the seals, clean the visible rust off the ring around the dial, then do nothing else. Nothing. It's gorgeous! You can get a replacement folded bracelet from Mary for $50 and it will be a near perfect replacement. Then, wear it another 45 years!

Yep, I did the 6538 ... it's dead-nuts-accurate for dimensions to the gen.

Syttende Mai!

You bet, it's a MQ case and it's spectacular (and expensive)!

No, but a very nice 6538....

I've never seen an even remotely accurate Small Crown case. They're all too large in diameter and far too thick. What you really need to do is embark on a 6538 / 5510 build and buy my dial.

"Too Orange"??!!! HERESY!!!!!!!!!!!

I did a talent show like that with my daughter when she was that age, she rocked the joint just like this little cutie pie did!

I still have the trusty Black Lung, but have sold the others.

That's right, you were the one that made it happen. I didn't know if you wanted me to use your name, lest the entire Doxa-afflicted interwebs descends on you for parts!

We helped Lani find a SUB300 Pro years ago and he got it for a song because it was missing the bezel. Then lo and behold, someone here on RWG had a bezel that fit! That was a once in a lifetime outcome. And last time I met Lani for lunch he wore it to show off a little.

Spectacular!! That's a nice group! I'm down to one Doxa myself now... but there HAS TO be some orange in the collection.

I'm with ceejay, a 1675 is an amazingly svelte and delicate shape. This is a good start but there's a long way to go.

I'm wearing a ZBW as we speak!

That's a great suggestion, cyberwarhol.

That's a good theory... It's exactly what I did to my first bezel... this now wears Son of Bezel v2.0 and so far it's unbent. I'd appreciate your pearl offer, I bet it will go a long way toward strengthening what I've got there. Thanks! Until then I intend to use this like the tool it is. So far so good!

Tropical gilt on oyster for me today while the Big Gonzo recuperates.

Jpz, that's AWESOME!!! Love it!!!

Thanks, that's good advice. It was strange. Last week I was in Waimea Bay and the swells were pretty nice... bad shore break but once you got out a ways you could just bob up and down like the world's biggest cork. So I set the bezel to mark when I left shore (don't want to keep the ever-patient Ms. Nanuq waiting overlong!) and out I went. I was swimming wit da fishes, diving and bobbing like the world's biggest dork cork when I saw my hour was up. So I went back to shore, got SPANKED by the world's ugliest shore break, rinsed the sand out of my a$$, and crawled up to dry ground. I looked at the bezel to reset it to 12:00 and the hole where the pearl lives was oval shaped. Also the "4" had a divot out of its surface in the silver lettering. Weird. Huh? Said I, eloquently. After that the erosion progressed so last night I got out my tools and removed the insert, cleaned it thoroughly, and pressed in a Yuki pearl with some epoxy. That's when I saw it was cracked across. I was all kinds of gentle (cough) when doing it, so I dunno. Right now it's snapped back into the bezel and seems solid, so tonight I'll warm up some 2-part epoxy and ease a drop in there beneath it. The Yuki pearl wouldn't stay in, the hole is too big. How weird is that?! I thought these were a tough piece of sheet alloy cut with a die. It feels more like sintered alloy, formed under pressure. Has anyone else seen this? It's a learning experience for me, for sure.

You got that right Ezio, I'm in full-lizard mode now. So WHY are gilt dials so bloody hard to photograph?!

Thanks mate. That's a $50 "Mary" special folded whatsits.

......and put my GMT back on an Oyster band. Not bad!

He earns $100 a month. Even the 7 is missing.

Emergency! Watch Down! Someone call 911! My MkIII fattie on the Big Gonzo cracked all the way across at the pearl opening. Are there any tricks to make it usable again? Drat!!