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She's a beauty! As you are the Master of the Mill, you should take her one step further. Make her a Cornino ... pointy up them crown guards!

Tusen takk Gran! You are from northern latitudes too, so you won't be surprised to know I took that picture at 11:00 at night. Summer in the Arctic!

Vintage gilt Sub for me today.

Alright Ken, if you're going to up the ante like that... I didn't want to resort to this, but I feel I must. To prove how tough we are here in the Arctic. WARNING: these are GRAPHIC IMAGES. If you are easily upset, go to another topic. Seriously. These were taken during an actual Polar Bear attack, while people watched and could do nothing to stop it. Reports say that the victim will make a full recovery. But I'm not holding my breath. (scroll down for images. be prepared, these are gruesome. consider exiting this thread) I'm warning you... if you've recently eaten PLEASE do not view these. Last warning........

Fricken bears. This is the best view of one... going away!

Hey Delta, welcome back! That's one tasty COMEX you have there. Do you still have its uncle from Oliver? I'd love to see them side by side. Stick around buddy!

Nah, that's not the half of it Gran. He hung around a couple hours, at first he knocked over my garbage can and broke my tiedown straps to dig out a bag of trash. He took it 30' down over the side of the hill into a bush to eat it. So I had to stand the can back up and pick up his mess, and put another good strap on the can. So 20 minutes later he's back, banging on my can again, throwing it around and breaks ANOTHER strap, makes another big mess and hauls another bag of trash 30' down over the side. So now I have a DOUBLE mess to pick up when the brush dies off this Fall. Fricken bear. Next time he poked his head out I chased his butt away.

Nah, I just went out and chucked a couple rocks at him. I tried throwing an apple once and he just ate it.

I finally persuaded him to leave when he tried coming up on the deck. Say goodbye Yogi!

How about this: press some stout 2mm bars through there and grind/polish them flush on the outside edges. Presto: 5517 case.

If I buy a box does it come with a gilt 6542??

Something new for me, just in... let it snow let it snow let it snow!

Another convert to vintage no-date Subs. Once you get hold of a good one, there's just something about them that brings you over to the dark side. Nicely done! Verrrrry nice.

Watchmeister, thank you for looking into this, per my request. And thank you for taking the time to write this very kind reply. However, you owe no apologies. RealReplica, you owe the staff of this board an apology for your insinuations and accusations. We don't hand out personally identifying information regarding our membership. We do research behind the scenes however, and come to consensus as a group before making decisions or taking action. I suppose I could apologize for not putting my plans on hold over the last 48 hours, and not putting your request at the top of my Most Important Things In The Whole World list ... but I won't. Now tell Watchmeister thank you, and consider that public apology.

Oh it's real alright, but real what is maybe not for mixed company.

Oh yes! Very nice!

My eyes! My eyes! I'm trying to claw them out. *shudder*. That's hideous enough to make an assembly line populated with blind monkeys in Kiev feel proud of their workmanship. My answers: 1) No. 2) I'm glad it's Friday! 3) Yes.

I get about 2 days out of mine since Ziggy serviced it.

Here in Alaska we don't use tube removing tools, those are for pansies anyway. We just set the case on a stump and use a .223 high powered rifle. The extreme cold makes the tube real brittle and you just aim real careful and BLAMMO. No more tube. Don't miss. Or set the case on a woodstove for a minute to get it good and hot, then use a triangular file, jam it in the hole and unscrew that sucker. It's slicker than wolverine snot on a doorknob to put the new tube in, just goo the threads up with Loctite Blue and screw it into the case. Then screw the crown onto the tube, and use your manly thumb and index finger to screw that sucker down tight. The crown will bottom out on the tube, then the tube will screw further into the case, until the crown touches down. Bingo, perfect install every time.

I sent a PM off to the Boss a few days ago. He's in a sunny place on vacation so we'll get to it when he returns.

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. That thing is in spectacular condition. Emphasis on "spectacular"! You're right, I wouldn't touch a thing. The grain to the case brushing is spot on, the bezel is shiny where it should be and matte in the inner ring, and the dome?? HOLY SMOKES that's nice. The dial looks perfect, the hands are perfect... WOW!!!

Lord have mercy, that thing is spectacular!! Wearing mine today here in sunny Alaska.

Bingo!! Good job KB!

Red - watch White - snow Blue - toes

Gong! Nope... try again.