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Niiiiiiiiiiice. I wonder if you could encourage the dial to fade to chocolate? Heat lamp action? My MBW spent some time in godforsaken Oklahoma, in incredible heat, and it took on a tropical tint.

Okay I'll try to behave. I've seen one from 1971 that's gone chocolate brown and the indices are pure white from tons of time in the sun. Its red lettering hasn't faded though. Maybe the red that fades on some was painted on afterward?

Roger that

Pliny the Younger in Monty Python's Life of Brian?

Usually there's a tiny screw or pushbutton on the movement right where the stem is inserted. Read the tutorials here, it is remarkably easy to booger it up. Ask me how I know......

"He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows if you've been bad or good..." Cornerstone: Santa or CIA spook?

Very very good! Well done. Mt Redoubt, from Ninilchik after some gnarly halibut fishing. Who's next?

Jetmid? He doesn't get a circle. He's so dense he collapsed into a gravitational black hole, a pinpoint. How do I know? 1). We've never actually seen him, 2). Only his thoughts have ever escaped here, because they lack substance. There's never been any actual physical evidence. (hat tip to Dilbert!)

Archie, what more can I add? These good people have said a lot, all I can do is agree with them. One thing that bears repeating is when life gets hard it's normal to want to isolate yourself. But that's the worst thing to do, because your friends keep you grounded, and keep your perspective. From that grounded perspective is where you're the strongest. So stick around, eh? You're part of us here.

Okay an official entry. One hint: that's an active volcano.

You mean you spent half the day Googling large red swollen balls?

There IS no Eleventh Circle. This is something of which we must never speak. If the Eleventh Circle did truly exist, then because 11 is 3 binary, it would contain three members: Neo, Omni and ExtraExtra.

13th Circle: You sometimes store your watches crown-up to help them "lose rather more seconds" at night. You know this of course because you've memorized every Rolex pamphlet ever published. But you lie in bed thinking about the uneven wear your movement jewels receive as they run at an angle. And you mentally devise a schedule to rotate the jewels in your movements, to compensate.

The Snow Prince (hat tip to JustAsGood) wearing its 702.

Ahhhhh, good idea!

I scanned these photos from very high resolution photographic slides, and you can see the poor overall quality. It's a shame really, this was a spectacular trip in the high arctic. http://www.nanuq-alaska.net/Troop215/archangel.htm

Cornerstone nailed it! Well done. Who's next? Too much espresso!

Hah good guess! Keep trying.

C'mon trivially easy. GONG!!

The low-cost alternative to a gen 702 is the lowly MBW triplock crown. It has enough wall thickness that you can chuck It up in a lathe or drill, and use tools to carve a bevel on the case side. It's yoogly, but it's also cool in a Warhol kinda way.

Let's keep this ball rolling. Here's an easy one... where was this taken? Sorry, cheap point-and-shoot.

Reminds me of...........

From the angle of the sun at 13:00 hours, you're at around 45N latitude. Hmmmmmmmm. Longitude. How to calculate longitude.

Oops. Fear not, there are millions of o-ring options out there. Find a nice thick fattie and cram it in there between your alleged case and 702 tube, use some Loctite Blue and Robert's your uncle. I did that with a Phong case that was drilled for a 703 tube and it worked fine. I've been diving to 3 atms for years with it and no leaks.

Well seeing as it's National Talk Like a Pirate Day, maybe Cap'n Jack Sparrow will address th' situation?