Nanuq

So now we're down to two salient questions: 1) Does the bezel lock work? 2) Where's the MESH?

Freddy, I'd leave it natural silver (not painted silver). I have gilt hands and dial on my 6536 and a white hand against the gilt would just look odd. Your whole aged look would be enhanced IMHO by an aged steel seconds hand. Ummmmmmm you ARE going gilt with the hands right?

Oh, that's just cruel. You KNOW that every time you post in this thread I knock over my coffee cup reaching for the keyboard. Granted, my cat loves coffee, but he's had about enough I'd say. Give him a break, eh?

Just whatever you do, for the love of all that is holy, DON'T put a champagne datewheel on that beauty.

Decaf? Huh? You must be talking about decaf next to demoose...

*klunk* Medic! We have a code blue! He's stopped breathing! Damn, tachycardia! Charging... clear! *zap* Doctor, it's not working... Increase to 360! Clear! **ZZzzZZzaaappp** tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... Doctor, we have an 18k bph sinus rhythm. You saved Nanuq.

Man, I can't wait to see this baby all put together.

Absolutely spectacular, my friend!

Man, that's too bad. Sorry to hear it.

??? I must have been off ogling the PloProf thread. What'd I miss?

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Here we go... nice thick mesh here, but sorta pricey too. [url=http://jurgensusa.com/Shop/index.php?cPath=66]J

All right guys, this thread is begging for a link to an appropriately gnarly mesh bracelet for Da Beast. Anyone? C'mon Pugs, I know you do big watches ... where does a mere mortal get a nice thick mesh?

Gunnar you NAILED it. I'll tell you what, this baby has me drooling. It may very well be the only rep I'll buy this decade. AS LONG AS I can find a thick mesh for it! Are good mesh bracelets available, and what's the lug spacing on this beauty? Must ... have ... a ... skanky ... PloProf !!!

This is very interesting... the Wakmann's day/date pushers at 8:30 and 10:00 stick way out of the case. On my Gigandet they are almost flush to the case.

How about a Jean-Claude Killy with baton hands? Or an AOPA pre-Navitimer? x2

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, very nice!! I have a special attraction to that one.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I banned the wench last night about 11:20 AST. Sorry boys, don't mean to bust your weekend plans. Is s/he still PMing this morning? Please open a new "report" if so. Bottom left of your screen.

I can think of three alternatives. 1) Buy a plane ticket and go to Miami. Have the watch opened and verified at a JLC dealer and give him the cash. 2) Find a JLC dealer in Miami or some place close and ask them to receive the watch, open and verify it, and then hand over the cash you've already sent them, as they send you the watch. 3) Use an online escrow service. Escrow.com appears to be a good one. Here are some details about good ones and bad ones: Consumer Reports Escrow discussion P4GTR has, as always, good advice. Never be in a hurry to spend that kind of money. Life will go on. But there are ways to do this.

How about the really important question? Where's the mesh band?

Considering the exponential scarcity of a '67 DRSD and the possibly minimal amount of work required to bring it back from the precipice, this would actually merit a "go" in my book. You guys haven't spotted what, to me, is its most charming feature!

Ubi, I have an artifact just like that on mine, but at the 1:00 position. Under a loupe you can see where there was an impact to the crystal's side (imagine that!!) and it formed an internal crack... inside the plastic. Viewed down through the vertical side wall of the crystal, you can see it. From the side it's invisible. I'd bet big money it would fail right there if I put it under water pressure.

Et tu, Brutus?

It definitely needs some work, but that is a screaming price. You'd just have to swallow the MK-I to MK-III dial swap. *gulp* I'm not sure what he means by the inner case ring being damaged with the crystal. That might be the deal breaker right there.