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Heck you could buy a G5 Gulfstream for everyone in Alaska and have change left over.

Speaking of no media hype, here's a little storm we had last winter. It's truly gnarly when you're off the bottom of the wind chill charts. Stay inside and stay warm boys.

Hey guys look... Crazy's back! Sweeeeeeeet, welcome dude!

Rover

There's our intrepid Man on the Scene, posting updates by generator power. Hang on tight gents!

DP, here's your solution to those dreary UK days. And it might draw a little needed attention at the pub.

DP, I've done several "blank" Yuki pearls and they come out very nice. They may be slightly too large in inside diameter (the internal hemisphere) but not overly so. Here's a better photo of the Snowflake showing the color with more accuracy. This is a gen, untouched dial. This is also a Yuki pearl I filled with lacquer. It's a "bone" colored offwhite lacquer for refinishing chips in appliances. At first it wasn't dark enough so I stirred in some espresso powder to add tint and to make it appear slightly grainy. <----- process not yet patented In the first photo the pearl is washed out but the dial/hands tint is spot on. In the second photo the pearl is spot on but the dial is too dark. Blargh!

We know it wasn't KEN in that hospital bed, then......

Pffffft! Here's a uniquely British method of maintaining your over-inflated sense of dreary British pride. (running away chortling)

Sometimes smaller is better and a 702 is period-correct and exponentially cooler too. The money you save on the case will pay for the 702. Win/win.

Thanks Freddy, how about this one?

+1 the new case is going to be amazing, well worth waiting for. Barring that you can go Josh case, but then you need a narrow crown like a 702 to pull it off. Here's one:

Pythagoras

Date wheel is in upside down... that's the "6"

I can see its time for your spanking. You've been a very naughty boy. Where's Miss Understood when I need her?

Pfffffft. What are the chances it's lived it's entire long existence in the dreary UK?

Demosthenes

Capulet

That's a beautiful scene! It looks like what I see out my windows but the mountains start at my door, not at a distance. Here is my outing yesterday, trying to track that wounded brown bear. The river is freezing in the middle and water is flowing over the ice like a waterfall. It's called "overflow" and can choke a river. The river level has come up 6 feet already, it's almost over the blanks.

Just between me and the fencepost, the case looks great but if you GOTTA take it to the next level, JustAsGood is the man to do it. Feast your eyes:

Gen Snowflake with flat markers ca. 1971 Gen Seadweller with flat markers also ca. 1971

Pan tone? Isn't that the sound you get when you drop your pancake skillet on the woodstove? From 1971, pure white From 1958, eeeeever so slightly offwhite

On the other hand I have a 1665 from 1971 and its index plots are stark, blazing pure white. Two schools of thought here: 1) lots of sun bleaches the plots, or 2) humidity forces the creaminess.

Something that old should have spent lots of time in the sun. So make the insert match the dial, both looking a little sunburnt, and make the lume slightly creamy colored, just a little darker than the dial paint. This photo makes it yellower than it really is, think "espresso crema" for tint, but this pale. Match the pearl/hands to the dial and you're set.

"Dunno, I got it off a dead guy." Always gets a laugh