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Roger that, the watchmaker was astounded how perfect the dial and hands are. The nice thing now is, I don't have to lick the crystal to read the time!

Ahhhh, scuze me for the false alarm... no way is she going into storage, she's just not going in the water any more! Just this afternoon she accompanied me up McHugh Peak with the dogs, and we did the long glissade down the snowy couloir above the house. She was covered in snow but hey... that's not really water, eh? Thanks for the kind words gents. It hurts in a strange way to have "lost" that capability she bore with pride all her life. I guess that's all I was trying to say.

Woo hoooo! That's a nice healthy one!

I took my old Sea Dweller in to the local Rolex AD and had them mount a gen Superdome T-39, the last step in restoring it to all-original condition. They picked the best of my stash of crystals and put 'er together, and boy does she shine! So yesterday I took her back for a pressure and seals test, and she failed immediately. Huh?? He decased the movement and ran the pressure check against the case/back/crystal/crown only, and there was a HUGE leak at the 5:00 position, where the ring compresses the crystal onto the case. Inspection under a loupe revealed the case, rehaut and retention ring to be in perfect condition, so we concluded that the crystal itself is stiff, perhaps brittle, from age. She's no longer waterproof. So it's the end of an era. This one served as the diving timer for an instructor and master diver, and has been on the bottom of every sea and ocean for almost 39 years. Now it's time to rest ... no more swimming for the old girl. Although I'll miss knowing that she's ready for anything I can throw at her, she earned it.

Let's see a picture of that watch face on, and let us know where you got it? Some of us have a serious Jones for watches with red/orange on the dial and bezel.

The best crystal press of all...

It gets better! "Return stolen moose rack in exchange for your crutches"

You just can't make this stuff up. "...unleashed a stream of vituperative comments." The Butt Grabber

Do you have photos? Where is the sales thread? What was the source? Is it this one?

I think he's referring to another one. There's a folded oyster riveted bracelet whose links are far too thick, and a little shorter than gen. It's obvious from 10' away that it's aftermarket. Yuki's 7206 looks very very good, nice thin links, but it's about 1/4" too short for me and the connection from the final link to the endlink is spotty. From Donerix's photo I was hoping the PT piece is more accurate than even the Yuki, and (hopefully) slightly longer.

I wonder if it's a little longer than Yuki's? I can't quite make his 7206 fit. Any ideas?

Can anyone comment on the PT riveted bracelet he offers with his 6542, as compared to Yuki's 7206? Are those hollow rivet heads I'm seeing on PT's offering? (Donerix photo)

I'm sorry, B-T. It hurts to lose your friend. It hurts a lot. My best friend died and it's been a year but it was like yesterday. It's a special kind of hurt that just doesn't go away. I'm sorry.

Roger that! The only downside I've found is that a big, heavy Sea Dweller will beat your wrist to death offroad on a mtn bike.

You're probably okay. I don't know how many Gs this was, but it was a 2-story drop onto concrete and the watch kept running.

From personal experience, I know this: Rough use of a gen 1030 movement can get a loop of the hairspring over a curb pin and make it run CRAZY fast. You fix it by smacking the watch hard into your open palm, face down. Rough use of an ETA movement in a rep Sea Dweller (an hour of slap shots in hockey practice) will rotate the minutes hand anticlockwise on the cannon pinion by 90 degrees. Other than that, so damage. I shoot left handed so if you shoot right, it may rotate the minutes hand clockwise 90 degrees. Dunno. Other than that the only effects/damage I've seen with automatic movements is the rotor coming in contact with the plates and grinding off the shiny plating. I've never had a staff break, or a rotor shaft, or anything. I DID have a staff break on a vintage V72c chrono, but the one that broke wasn't anti-shock protected.

Oops. Sorry 'bout that.

Here's my new camping companion, I'm the 3rd owner and she comes with complete documentation, back to the original letter of thanks from Solihull at the initial purchase. 66,000 miles and completely redone from front bumper to back.

Roger that! My buddy Larry flooded his gen Seadweller when the HE valve failed, so he kept it full of seawater and rushed it to the AD for an emergency service. Probably saved the whole works by doing that.

That's good advice, Watchmeister. But with a caveat: if you're in salt water and it leaks, you need to get it serviced. The water will evaporate, leaving behind salt residue.

Perhaps a bit overdone, but there was NO moisture left in this watch.

'Twas brillig, and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe: all wokky were the steel rehauts and the mome raths outgrabe. Beware the MBW my son, the bezels that turn, the lugs that call! Beware its tempting non-wokky look, for the rehaut diameter's too small.

Apparently, OJ did it after all.

I dunno about you guys but if I got a 1665 with CGs like that, I'd send it back for a real one.