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I read once that you can soak it in a solution of alum and that will dissolve out the stem fragment. Better Google that to make sure I'm not misremembering it!

Yeah as long as you don't mind us using your head to stir drinks. Someone is asking about your Big Crown builds, so I pointed them your way. I guess you can kiss your "spare time" goodbye.

Well, the first one you'll have some trouble recreating... it's a gen from 1958. The second one sprung from the hands of our very own Big Dazza, via Denimhead, in roughly that form. I did some enhanced lovin' on it and pooched the movement (hence the spa). Big D is a newly minted Modder here in the hallowed halls of RWG. Give him a whistle and I bet he'll set you up.

Big D! Welcome to the Party Side of RWG. Now who has the martini shaker?

Another vintage Sub? Currently at the Spa...

Yum!! A RED meters-first Sub is the main hole in my collection. Lovely piece! Here is its very tired elder brother...

That's a good question. A water vapor molecule is much smaller than a water droplet (which is why Gore Tex exists) so yes, if the watch isn't well sealed you could have trouble. I once had a cheap Sea Dweller rep and it was impossible to seal it. So when I went for high exertion activities (mtn biking, hockey, hard climbing) it would condense moisture beneath the crystal. I would dutifully open it and dry it out, then attempt to reseal it. And the next time it would fog up again after an hour of sweating. I smashed it with an axe. In that humid environment, if your watch doesn't fog up, then leave it sealed. Don't open the crown unnecessarily, and let moisture in. And show us some pics when you get back! Edit to add: I wear a very nice Franken Tudor Snowflake to the gym almost every day. I haven't had it deeper than 100' diving, but I know it is quite water proof. I commonly take it into the steam room at the gym with its incredibly high temperatures and 100% humidity. The water from swimming doesn't leak in, neither does the steam from the steam room. And I never open the crown at the gym.

The dogs are on the way to Nome! Hike hike hike!

Cut a tight fitting hole in a hockey puck and use it to press the ring on. Another one on the underside will sometimes be necessary too.

That really shows just how gorgeous the gilt lettering can be. My 6536 has that same rich deep gold color, but the gilt 1675 in comparison looks like cheap brass shining through. It will be fun to watch this one come together.

An Arctic wristie for today.

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Here's my solution, I park really really REALLY far from the doors.

Man, I'm sorry all that happened in one day. It just twists your heart up. I'm sorry. Hey, Ed passed on, a happy man. You were there and he was enjoying the time together. That's a nice thing. You were there for him to the end. Thank you for doing that for him.

There was a musher years ago named Don Bowers who was never very fast, but he loved to document the race. He was killed in a small plane crash, and before his ISP could close his account, I downloaded and saved his life's work. The Iditarod and Serum Run portions are hosted on my server and it's amazing the number of hits they get. So take a read, this is as close to the real thing as you'll get. http://www.nanuq-alaska.net/donbowers/index.htm

Here's a topic I started way back when Larry retired. Good dog! http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/94289-larry-hangs-up-his-harness/

They don't call it The Last Great Race for no reason. 1,000 miles across some of the gnarliest terrain on the planet, mostly in the dark, through mind numbing cold. Racers lose fingers and toes to frostbite, they come in impaled or blinded by branches broken off trees beside the trail, they come in running on broken feet and ankles, and hanging on with one hand because the other arm is broken. And they have to be FORCED to scratch. And the best part is, they all recognize it's the dogs that are the true champions. In 2007 Lance Mackey's lead dog Larry did the impossible, winning the Yukon Quest and Iditarod back to back. At the finish line he posed with Lance and it was very emotional. They repeated the next year, and Larry retired in 2009. That in itself is a heck of a story: http://www.adn.com/2009/03/19/729908/mackeys-famed-lead-dog-retires.html Here's Lance at the finish line with Larry and Maple.

CC33, this is actually the World Championships. People are here from all over with their teams. Next weekend is start of Iditarod, from downtown along the same course. Check out how fearless the dogs are... Cordova street is steep enough it's hard to walk up, and the dogs are full on RUNNING down it. The drivers all have big eyes and are trying to control their speed. The turn at the bottom is where lots of teams bite it. Look at the power at the starting line. Man, all you can do is try to hang on!

Wearing an old friend today.

I was at the Cordova Street Hill today watching the races and it was incredible. The athletes this year are lean, their feet are hard and they're running like the wind! GO DOGS GOOOOOOO!!!!

Hey Z, how about bezels? Can you get a discount there?

Apparently, one is safer buying a watch on RWG than on VRF. How very interesting.

Holy Schmolies!! One small, tiny, minuscule, Lilliputian, bitsy, diminutive, infinitesimal, insignificant change I'd make, if the gods had smiled upon me (which they did not) and it was mine (which it is not): I'd find a slate grey insert and ditch the blue one... that would be the capper for the whole aged-and-loved look.