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Hmmmmm, Subductress has suddenly appeared... the same time Hike got a new avatar? Coincidence? Or sudden good fortune?

You got it, Lani. It seems that as long as certain parts are there, it's perfectly acceptable to franken-ize it. For whatever reason that seems to be the case, bezel and hands. I've seen green dialed Doxas, the infamous IrishStar for example, and the boys "over there" hoisted drinks all around. I've seen original 300T dials in Synchron cases, and vice versa... no biggie because the bezel and caseback were correct for the Synchron. Put an Oyster bracelet on an Aubrey? No problem. It's still a Doxa. Can you imagine any of this on the VRF? Heeheeee, didn't think so. "Oh, I took my meters-first gilt dial and painted it red, and ground down the edge to fit, and put it in my Milgauss case... now I have a Bloodmariner! Cool!" Ain't never gonna happen. So you use whatever means are necessary to make that bezel stick on that case, then you wear that watch with pride ... just because you can. And be proud of what you've got. It's a Doxa through and through.

Hey Lani, that's my little toy axe. I use it for cutting kindling and splitting firewood for starting fires. This is a public forum so I can't post my Big Axe. We can't have women screaming and men leaping from windows.

Thanks, Arthur! But that's not my 300T, it belongs to someone else... I think because of parts scarceness, it's perfectly acceptable in the Doxa world to see frankens. Rolex purists would curl up and die at an unsigned crown replacement, whereas a Doxaholic just says "Cool, you found something to fit". If I was King of the World and found my case/bezel fit was off by a few thou, I'd hustle that bad boy down to the nearest machine shop and say "make 'em fit". Easy squeasy, and likely the only solution. My current Doxa stable has a "Black Lung" 300 Pro and a Sharkie 300. The BL is completely original and everything's there... even the serial numbers on the lugs. Triple signed too. The Sharkie is another story, it's 99% right but it's got a pathetic little button crown. However, in the vein of "if it fits, use it" I've found the crown/tube from a LeJour Superman 990 will work. So my next trip to Ziggy will entail getting those parts off the donor and onto the Sharkie. I suspect that means drilling and tapping the case, but I'm fine with that. Then it will be waterproof too.

The beauty of this is, Ken can start this in Oz, while it's still the 10th here. The honor we give our men in arms can go on longer than one mere day.

Well heck, you should have sent it here and I'd pop that bezel off for you. No problem, and I have a brand new pair of spectacles now so my aim is improved.

How about this one... sorta has a "roulette" look to it, eh?

Here ya go...

C'mon Lani toss me a bone here ... I need an update! What's the prognosis? Will the patient live?

Maybe we can get him to offer up a gen every month for us to raffle off? Boy, that would be a great way to make him feel welcome here! I'd even toss in a free VIP membership.

And, that's only a small eentsy part of the collection he posted.

From a post on VRF...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Are you sure that's not just a pictorial essay of Tanfoglio's collection?

Okay Lani, to keep you from going insane while you wait for your SUB 300 to get done, tell me what I don't like about this 300T? It is expected to be slightly different from your 300, and it is permissible to use the web for reference.

Yeah baby! And the new pants are much more in line with what we teach the boys; they're actually usable in winter now. This is a great year for your son to get started, too... being the Centennial! If you keep yourself enthused, it will be contaigous. Go for it!

You might be a Scoutmaster ir... * Most of your wardrobe is olive drab or khaki. * You have holes in the pockets of your jeans from carrying a pocket knife. * You begin to think half frozen French fries don't taste all that bad. * You keep a bucket of water by your side while cooking dinner. * You spontaneously break into strange songs in public. * You can stare at a spider web for an hour, and not notice the time passing. * You carry your own toilet paper wherever you go * You always read by a flashlight. * Your radio is always tuned to the weather station. * You hoard tent stakes. * You wear 2 pairs of socks to bed. * You keep a lantern hanging outside your bathroom door. * You sleep under a trash bag. * You cannot walk by a piece of trash without picking it up. * You carry a duffle bag size first-aid kit in your car. * You always have hat hair. * You continue to wear it until it stands on it's own. * You're always counting how many matches you have left. * You know all the words to "Little Bunny Foo-Foo", but can't remember where you left your briefcase. * You see paint samples in a store and immediately want to name things in nature with the same colors. * Your pots and pans are all black. * You roast a mini-marshmallows on a paper clip over a candle; then put it on a golden graham with one square of chocolate, just to get the flavor. * You always cook enough food for twelve. * Pie iron pizzas is the best meal you've had all week. * You always have a cup hooked to your belt. * All your clothes have little pieces of egg stuck on them. * You own little bits of every color felt. * You open letters with a pocket knife. * You have something on your shoe...and you're sure it's only mud. * You eat ants on a log and like it. * You wear bread bags on your feet. * You know 365 one pot meals. * Your "microwave" is a box wrapped in foil. * When opening large gifts, you wonder if you have a piece of foil large enough to cover it. * You buy your shampoo in little tiny bottles. * You order pizzas 14 at a time. * You have to urge to help little old ladies...whether they want it or not. * Everything in your cupboard says "instant, just add water". * Your neighbors hide when they see you going door to door with "that order form" again. * You have to go to the restroom and you start looking for a buddy. * You really do use those emergency sewing kits.

Wonderful result! Very nice.

Man oh man oh man ... I feel like an expectant papa walking the halls of a hospital while his new baby is being born. Is it blue cigars, or pink? Is the missus okay? When will the delivery come? I sure hope your watchmaker was able to fit one of those bezels!

You said it right there, Lani ... simplicity. Let there be spaces in your life, empty spaces into which you pour the things that really matter. Otherwise there's no time for them. It's my pleasure to share some of our fine, crisp Alaskan air with you. Tonight we have a waning full moon, it's almost as bright as day out on the snow, we got a nice dusting of snow all day long, this morning I had two bull moose fighting just off my deck, and there are arctic fox tracks in the new snow. It's absolutely silent, cold outside, a sky full of stars, and yet I'm surrounded by gentlemen such as Lani and Omni. Life is, indeed, good.

Wonderful post! I have a slight breeze tonight, it's coming down off the mountain behind me. It's absolutely silent on the deck, I can see the Milky Way stars, it's 7 degrees F outside, and utterly silent. I hear animal tracks in the woods, and I wonder if it's a moose tonight, a wolf, or a bear? The snow is crunching beneath his feet but I can't hear his breath yet. Life is, indeed, good.

Why thank you, that means a lot, coming from you! I know it still needs a lot of work, but like Lani's it's getting there.

Just as a wee followup, I mentioned that the paint scheme is not from the earliest Sharkie, but from a later one. Here's my reasoning: The Sharkhunter came with a lume spot of paint at the 12:00 dot of the inner track of the bezel. The Pro, DivingStar and SeaRambler had orange outer dots and black inner dots. The Synchron era "weirdo" SUBs had a triangle of lume there at the inner track. Several differing sources have agreed that on the very first run of the Sharkhunter SUB 300 it was the inner track of the bezel that was painted red, or orange with a matching dot at 12:00. The outer track was painted black, with a black dot at 12:00. That's how mine came, so I simply refreshed the factory paint.

*falls over clutching his chest* THAT LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! :tu: So did they snap onto the case, or is there a retaining ring still to hold them, or what? Is it possible they'll work, or do you just have them sitting on the case deck? With that paint scheme those are from a Sub 300 Sharkhunter, not the very earliest batch, but very early. They are North American bezels, with feet indication instead of meters. They have the correct matte inner ring and polished outer ring, and luckily, they do NOT have inner hash marks that extend from the innermost edge to the divider between "time" and "depth" marks. Whew! Man oh man ... I'll tell you what, Lani - you are one fortunate guy! Lady Luck has kissed you on the cheek. If your watchmaker is unable to make them click onto the case ... if I were you ... I would do as before and I'd just epoxy one in place. Face it, you're not going to time dives with that bezel, so as long as it's sitting flush to the case and aligned right, who cares if it doesn't turn? I am in awe, my friend. What an absolutely unbelievably GORGEOUS watch you have there! And soon you'll see that "once you go vintage Doxa, you'll never go back." Magnificent!

Ooops, I dropped mine in the snow!