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No such thing as a slow day, Kennerooooo, just too much coffee.

Ahoy Bill, are the divorce proceedings the reason your pirate is flying at half mast? Hey don't doubt the inimitable beauty of Eskimo women! Just picture the ever-delectable Uma in a thong on the bow of that boat.

Great question, Freddy. Here's my little example of why I had it done. Before: After: In this case someone had apparently applied lume to the hands and dial with a pain roller, and it was breaking off into the movement. I had to take drastic steps so I sent it to Ziggy. He painstakingly removed the glop, then redid the lume. I asked for a vintage creamy color and the material he had glows in the dark, so I'm sort of stuck with it. But WOW did he do a nice job pulling the old girl back from the brink! Maybe in 20 or 30 years it will quit glowing again. I've got my fingers crossed.

Nice! Here are more "summer colors" from up north:

Pffffffffft, don't listen to Freddy. What you gotta do is figure out the beat rate of your movement. From this list, you can determine the number of oscillations per hour for your watch: Caliber 3035 & 3055: 28,800 bph. Caliber 1800,1401 1220 1225: 21,600 bph. Caliber 1120, 1160, 1165, 1520, 1556, 1570, 1575, 1575-GMT, 1600: 19,800 bph. Let's take the venerable 1570 as an example. It beats at 19,800 cycles per hour, and knowing there are 3,600 seconds per hour that gives us exactly 5.5 beats per second. Now you need to get a stopwatch and do some practicing. The goal is to learn to hack your movement on precisely the oscillation before minute upon which you want to start. The problem is, as this movement oscillates on a non-integer beat rate, every other minute will have a different beat leading into the target minute. Don't forget this salient point. So with stopwatch in hand and a loupe, watch closely as your seconds hand oscillates 5.5 times per second as it approaches a minutes tic mark on your dial. See if you can hack the movement on the 4th beat leading into the minute, so with the next beat it lands PRECISELY on the minute. This will take a lot of practice. Keep at it, before a month is out you'll have it figured out. But do not forget, you have a 50/50 chance of being on the wrong portion of the beat cycle whereupon the next beat of the movement, when released, will be a half beat PAST the target minute. I know this can be a crushing experience, but persevere. You'll get it. When you have your skills honed and you've figured out how to identify the minute within the beat cycle that will register an integer value upon release of your hacked movement, then and only then should you turn on your internet coded time source. Each CTS is different so I won't delve into those specifics. Suffice to say that they work. So activate your CTS and prepare yourself for a fun and challenging task! Here goes! Determine the precise moment upon which you want to start your watch running. We will call this the Chosen Moment. Set the displayed time on your watch to this exact moment, with the seconds hand lined up precisely with the minutes tic mark. Remember to correct for parallax. You may want to have several friends check the minutes hand alignment before you begin. Okay, now watch your CTS. It will count down toward your Chosen Moment. I know this part is exciting, you may want to anticipate the sweats that will accompany the countdown. I usually wear shorts and a t-shirt and prepare myself with lots of beer. When you're within 4 minutes of the Chosen Moment, announce to all present that you have entered the final phase of Operation Hack. Now is a good time to unplug your telephones so avert the disaster of unexpected telemarketing calls. When you have reached the final minute of the countdown, prepare yourself. Remain calm. Pace your breath. Lots of beer helps. You must remain strong and focused. Precision is all-important in this matter. Upon reaching the final ten seconds leading into the Chosen Moment, your hands will begin to shake. Be prepared for significant tremors. I'm not kidding. Be ready to abort the mission if the shakes become debilitating. At t-minus 5 seconds, coordinate your breathing with the CTS. Attempt to synchronize your heart rate. Get into its groove. Feel its little electronic brain ticking with your own. Experience the gestalt of your existence coinciding with the CTS. This is all-important. Now comes the hard part: at t-minus 2 seconds begin to press on the crown. GENTLY. Do not apply too much force or you may experience Premature Recalculation: you simply want to take up all the slack from the many associated parts, to ensure maximum precision. DO NOT let it go yet. This cannot be overstated. Feel the tension in the hack mechanism, feel your heart rate. Feel the groove. Upon reaching the final second before the Chosen Moment, begin to press on the crown with increased diligence. Mash that sucker. Feel it let go and begin to push the hack mechanism over into its set position. Time it with your groove so it lets go and falls into place EXACTLY AS THE CHOSEN MOMENT ARRIVES. You have approximately a snowman's chance in Hell that you'll hit it the first time, no matter how much you practice. But know that the beer(s) consumed while preparing for this moment will make you feel a lot better than having your fricken watch hacked to the exact bazillisecond to coincide with the Coded Time Source. Good luck! May God be with you in your endeavour.

Okay take that vintage look, put it on steroids and give it an attitude. Boss 429. But if you wanna go full gonzo, check out one of two ever made, the "Quarter Horse" with SOHC fire breathing 427 power.

I promise I'll take good care of it in my "museum"!

I'm thinking about letting this old clunker go, for the right price, to the right buyer. It's from 1964 and all original save the über rare "radial" dial. To follow forum rules, it looks like these go for $6,000 to $11,000 but none of those examples had this dial. I'm not real sure how to price that. Anyone I know well got a serious jones for this old heap? Let me know.

First On Race Day, baby!! But my "best Muskrat ever built" vote still goes to the old Boss 429.

Hey B, when you're making the Big Decision ... go with "orange". Welcome back!

I've only put gen bracelets on gens, and then not always. My most comfortable cheapo aftermarket lives on my Snowflake, looks great, and wears like a dream. And it's nowhere near accurate. Best advice: get a cheap 93150 hollow midlinks, put it in a double bagged setup with a slurry of abrasive liquid, toss it in the dryer on "fluff" and run it a few hours to loosen it up. Then enjoy the silky aged feel. Hey, it won't spring a leak. Probably.

Nice build! Now get yourself one of these and you're done.

Today it's my old favorite.

Oh yeah that one in my photo is puny. Here's a couple big ones. The one stepping onto the road has stirred a lot of controversy but if that's a single lane road, yeah I can believe it.

Oh yeah, no doubt. I took this from about 50' being very calm so he didn't feel threatened. Watch the ears, as soon as they go back and he turns toward you, watch out.

On my mtn bike ride today I ran across a Bullwinkle with a massive scar on his flank. It looks like a bear got a piece of him and it healed. Was it Browning that described "Nature, red in tooth and claw"? I gave this tough guy a wide passing.

I was gonna post a Doxa pic, but HackR wins.

Very nice! I really like the case profile in picture #3.

Wow those are two gorgeous pieces!!

Oh, no need for apologies. I just compared them, and on both the rep and the gen the hands turn the same way when you turn the crown: clockwise with the crown produces anticlockwise with the hands.

But the very BEST day of all...

The 1st just means that the 3rd is coming soon.

Freddy, that's one nice piece. I love the "110".

IMHO, the 702 is the king of Rolex 7mm crowns. Nicely done!

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