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Hey SOME of us have trouble controlling our "modder" instincts. This was a simple application of "moderate heat" to remove a stuck tube. How do you think a springbar would survive?

Who sells them with the nice rounded ends?

Good catch! Not a 1680 case, and that looks like a cyclope 116 crystal from a Tudor 9411.

Muwahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaa HELLO beachfront Maui property!

Hope you didn't buy it from the same guy I used... mine looks really cool but everything I measure is 0.126"

I just checked and I have one more vintage, NOS, unworn, untouched, utterly magnificent (how many more expensive adjectives can I reasonably slide in here? ) Beads of Rice bracelet left.

Why thankee kindly, O/S. My pleasure. Lots of folks use a 600T bracelet on these. It's much sturdier than the vintage Beads bracelets too. I'll be home in an hour, I'll take a quick look then....

Oh yes, that's the one! Circled sailing ship caseback, nice patina, excellent dial, crystal and bezel, clean movement... you scored on this one! Let me check when I get home, I might have one more of those bracelets left.

One Rolex that almost always looks best on leather. Very nice.

The meet was planned for midnight under the wharf. It was a moonless night and she wore a red dress, shivering slightly. The mist settled as the scene unfolded. Characters appeared from the fog, and the sudden blaze of a match illuminated glistening gold. The softly ticking lump was opened on the workbench that just happened to be standing at the ocean's edge (cough) and a pristine 3035 beat inside, its rhythms mimicking her pounding heart. She felt the sweaty wad of cash between her breasts, deliciously hidden. Waves lapped at the shore and somewhere a sea lion farted in pleasure, the aroma of digesting salmon drifted with the fog. The watchmaker removed his loupe, turned his head and nodded once to the buyer, cigarette smoke obscuring his features. "It's good". She held out her arm and the watchmaker slid the heavy band over her wrist, and clasped it shut. Only then did he realize... the band was missing three links. A SHOT RANG OUT!!! Clutching her heaving bosom and its sweaty wad of cash, she cried "No! Noooooo!!" The watchmaker quickly checked his pocket Rolex Parts Manual and quoted $550 per link, and noted that three were required. And just like that, the deal was over. Staggering from the scene into the night, bloodied from the grazing wound and jiggling ever so nicely with her hidden wad of cash, the buyer disappeared like a ghost into the night. The watchmaker gazed with subtly disguised annoyance at the Alaskan meathead that had delivered her to his midnight rendezvous, and shook his head. Holstering his still smoking Walther, and wondering why he had shot her, he turned and disappeared into the night.

Miss Understood.... I see you (finally) bought a comb and brush! (running away)

JoeyB, that was AWESOME.

Good idea. I unapproved them so the Admin team can still review them as necessary. Read the forum rules, gents.

Thanks to all who replied! I've suggested she show up with a BIG stack of $100 bills and start out with 60 of them. Maybe toss in a couple more if negotiations get dicey.

All right, let's bear in mind the forum rules regarding sales, complete details, tagged photos, and NO SALES ABOVE $1,500 (USD) without prior vetting for high value sales. Magiste, you're out of line. 1,300 euro is 1,621 USD. Mike32500, if you have a high value bezel for sale, then create a sales thread following the rules. If anyone's interested I have a VERY early bezel from DW, one of his very first, and it's yours for a $50 donation to the forum. Let's keep this in perspective.

Is that what a business would give him for it, or what she wound expect to pay for it?

Pictures.......

Gents, a friend is looking at a watch for her hubby. I thought I'd get some opinions of what she should pay. It's an 18kyg full-size Datejust 16078 in nearly mint condition, onyx dial, bark bezel. It's got all the links, the band is 18kyg. It's had a recent service (-2 years) and was bought new 15 years ago. He says he's worn it maybe 3x per year, and the watch shows it. We're taking it to an AD today for verification. He's asking $6,750 for it. What say ye?

Hey Demer, O/S posted a link to photos of that handsome Sharkie 200T you've got. I noticed your Searambler in the photos has a Beads bracelet but no factory endlinks. Do you need a pair? I have lots.

Did you notice the owner of that Sharkie 200T is none other than our newest Doxaholic, Demer? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Thanks, just what I needed to hear. I'm off to order a 24h hand!

Agreed. Just finding the hands for the subdials would take the patience of Job.

I notice that every one of these pictures has a chapter ring dial. Is that the only proper fitment for a small-arrow 24h hand? Is a small-arrow 24h hand properly fitted to a non-chapter-ring 1675 gilt dial? Edit: never mind, I just saw Tom Vox's picture of his 1.3M 1675 with the small arrow.

I bet I could hit that at 400 yards with a .338 Lapua