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Devo

007

"Too hot here". -Donerix 2.0 We're supposed to get snow this weekend.

Lake Laberge

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, marzipan?

Simple, you were on the movie set of Little Shop of Horrors.

Brown bears

Gunpowder

Firewood

Oops.

Why didn't I think of that?!!

I wonder how a plexiglas crystal would hold up to that heat? Heck, it's already tropical, maybe we can urge it along a little......

Oh, you don't want to know.

RIP? Rest In Pieces?? Uh oh, I feel another test coming on.............

It doesn't hit the rotor, so that's good. I'm thinking... fill it with gas fumes and strike a match...... PFOOM!!! Small internal explosion, caseback is pushed back out again. Lesson learned: a 1675 caseback is way weaker than a 1665.

Dammit (emphasis on dammit)

Hey man, never on the first date!

I'm glad you like it! She's comfortably at home now, ticking merrily away. Small problem though, when pressing the crystal retaining ring back on, I *cough* dented the caseback. I'm thinking who here has the biggest, manliest machine press? Hmmmmmm... JMB comes to mind. Think I'll PM him and see if he wants to tackle making my caseback flat-ish again.

Tonight's project.... they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, here are a few thousand. Enjoy! Time for some akevit!

Yes, one would think "ah sunflower" and think they had a 702. But comparing a 703 to a 704, you'll see the same difference. A 703 is wrapped steel over brass and a 704 is a machined monobloc. Look for the seals. You'll never go wrong.

Buncha meatheads. The difference between a 702 and 703 is the placement of the seals. A 703 has an external tube o-ring and the crown is smooth inside, to seal down over that o-ring. It looks like this. Note this is a 704 set but they are identical in operation. A 702 has no external tube o-ring, so the crown is not smooth inside, it's threaded right down to the opening. Here's a picture (bottom left crown): Another photo... you can see the smooth tube with threads at its base to mate with the threads inside the 702 crown that extend right down to its opening: Bottom line: if the crown is smooth INSIDE it's a 703. If the tube is smooth OUTSIDE it's a 702. Thanks to Ubi and Freddy for the photos!

Nice! We almost bought a house on the Miller Bay Spit in Suquamish, but man did it stink at low tide. We'd dig Goeducks with the kids at Agate Pass, and walk from our house down to Ruth's on the waterfront across from you in Pleasant Beach. Man those were mellow days.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I really like the insert's texture but don't like the shape of the "2" in 20. Freddy?

By golly, that's the definitive photo right there! It's proof ... PROOF I tell you, of the elusive "executive" white dialed Pan-Am 6542. Where's my prize?

That's a nice build. What crown is that? It has a 702 profile but not a crimped back?