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Mike, you're a gentleman of character and grace ... we're all better for knowing you. Thank you for being here. Godspeed.

Hey, Klink is back!

Hey aero, talk to me about inserts... what does your research say about 6538s and tic marks from 0-15? I prefer the cleaner look of no tic marks, just triangle-10-20.

Hey Spenny welcome aboard. That "marginally" nerdy you mention? It barely gets you in the door here. We have members that are a total McFly about watches. But never fear, it's the journey not the destination. Some day we'll bestow the McFly mantle on you as well, I'm sure.

Hey lhooq, I was driving yesterday and saw a truck with the plate LHOOQ. Long-lost cousin?? (only one wrist is mine, the other belongs to a long-lost RWG-er)

All my divers are vintage, so they're thin and small. They hide under a shirt sleeve just fine. Here's another classic example:

The caseback on a Snowflake is different than a 551* but similar height. I have a Superdome T39 crystal on mine (extra thick) so I measured to the top of the insert, which sticks up slightly above the top metal edge of the bezel, I got 11.05mm I hope this helps?

I can measure my Snowflake if that would help. It's Phong based, and nearly indistinguishable from gen. The caseback may be slightly taller.

This is really a great gesture gents. I'm proud of all of you.

Easy peasy. If I can do it, you can do it. Take the back off the watch, usually they're screwed on. Use a wad of duct tape to spin the back off. Pull the stem, using the other tutorial. Look for the little tabs holding the movement in the case. They're held by little screws. Pull the screws and the movement drops out. Flip it over and use your pocketknife (purists look away) to pull the hands off their posts. Three concentric posts hold the three hands. Try not to booger up the dial and be careful, the little suckers can fly a long way. The dial is held on somehow (I haven't done a DG movement) but it will be easy to figure out how to release the dial. Put the dial on the new movement Hold the hands with a Post-it note strip, align them over their posts and use the hollow tip of a cheap old BIC pen to press them down. Make sure they don't bump each other as you turn them. Install the movement with the case clamps and tiny screws, making sure the stem hole lines up. Insert them stem, screw the back on, bingo.

Here are some favorite places in Alaska More, these are not my pics, but all from near my house...

Stickied, and locked. Elsewhile this will be the hugest stickie in the known universe.

Radar

What he said. The Rolex AD here sends watches to Seattle "all the time" in unmarked packages. They quoted $25 to send mine for a pressure test at the BIG tester in Seattle. A friend in Seattle owns a gem business and he says the same about loose diamonds. They anonymously mail them everywhere, all the time, and never have trouble. Maybe your local Norwegian gemologist can mail it for you to a contact in the USA? That's how I got my last revolver sent over.

So if that Labrador/Omega beats 14,400 bph, then in its 113 years it has ticked 14,254,272,000 times. Amazing. Mind-boggling, actually.

I had a 7750 auto and it must have had a BIG rotor in it, if I flipped my wrist just right it would launch the rotor and it would spin like a crazy thing, wobbling the watch on my wrist. I could hear it spinning inside the case, whir whir whir whirr whirrr whirrrrr whirrrrrrr, bzzt bbzt bzzt bzzzzt bzzzzzzt, click click click, as the rotor stopped. It was weird, but that was normal for that watch.

Txcollector, I set you to VIP for a few days so you'll be able to PM the Boss.

Yep, that's a little more than one winter's worth. 2.6 cords of good birch for the house and camping. The tough part is going out to the pile to fetch it when it's pitch black, the snow is waist deep, and the wind's blowing hard. I usually keep 2 day's worth stocked in the garage and let it melt the ice off, then rotate it inside to burn.

"A work of art is a joy forever for a winter" Got the firewood stacked, bring on the Long Dark!

Like this? Sorry, my photo skills SUCK.

That looks like an early A296 or A260 movement, like Freddy used in his Turn-o-graph build.

Another True Believer rescued from the fiery flames of the "modern" Rolex wasteland. Welcome..... to the Dark Side.

Congratulations Boss, you did it!