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Yep. And that was my last gen vintage tropic 39. [emoji1361]

We've even made pressure testers from Nalgene bottles. Check it out. I figure if I intend to get a watch wet (and I mean seriously wet) then I'll check it first. Even then it's only good until I unscrew the crown again. The Big Gonzo has a gen 8mm crown and it would seal one day and not the next. It turned out to be the gasket didn't fit the crown and stem right and was moving around.

Maybe it's more accurate to say "people that try to impress others by the possessions they own are fake people". It's supposed to be about the content of our character not the content of our bank account.

I'd like to nominate him for the very first "name and shame". He told me in front of the whole class that "You're a jerk and will never amount to anything." Hah! Eat those words, jack! :neener:

Ruh rohhhhhh is that a crack in the plexi at 3:00? Ask me how I know....

Exactly. Your eye sees things your brain doesn't register and your subconscious puts it all together as acceptably coherent or as a disjointed collection of pieces. For example what is it about the Delgado picture that "feels" wrong? Look at the perfect brushed surface around the perimeter of the highly worn caseback. That doesn't add up. Then look at my brushed ring around my caseback. It's full of tiny scratches and marks from hard use. THAT adds up but your eye doesn't see it until it's had a comparison that isn't quite right.

Yeah that's a tricky curve to replicate. Here's some more:

Like Freddy said, pick a target and focus on it. And pay attention to the side profile of the CGs, they have a very distinctive shape. Here's a reference if it's any help:

Absolutely! Makes me want to fish out the Big Gonzo.

Welcome...... to the Dark Side [emoji41]

Welcome...... back? [emoji12] I bet you'd like the sterile Helenarou 3-6-9 Big Crowns.

I saw that... without a UV lamp or any sunshine to speak of though, I'd be waiting till next June to cure it.

Goldie... what a gorgeous piece!

Boy is it nice to see all you old timers back again! Stick around, we need your "flavor" in our mix!

I like the pinpoint applicators on the clear epoxy. Hmmmmmm

Rats. I forgot about the "no sunlight" thing here.

DaveTheCat! Your Dudeness... it's great to see you again. Now I'm gonna ban you for misspelling my name! Oh wait....... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This "UV cement" mystery of which you speak... is this the elusive "G-S Hypo"? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

"At the risk of derailing"... you're right of course. Draaaaagging this back on topic!

Tell me your shipping address again?? The T21 fits like a glove... I wonder what other plexi domes have the same diameter but thicker material? The T21 is fine for a street watch but I'd like something a smidgen stronger. For obvious reasons! T19 and T39 are both too small in OD, as is a T17 and T16. Any ideas?

Oops. Forgot that one! Probably an even better choice than O Frei.

OFrei sells some nice screw down crowns, here are a couple starting pages. http://www.ofrei.com/page1553.html http://www.ofrei.com/page756.html

Born in the 90s! Dang. Everything I own was made before you were born. I used to work security at a concert venue. There was a whole lotta great music happening, now weirdly captured on CDs. Boy it sounded good live. [emoji450]

I just looked with a loupe and there's a dished ring around the rehaut. A tropic 21 fits perfectly, so if I had steadier hands a thin strip of G-S Hypo around that lip ought to seal it nicely.

:-) Want to see my '59 Les Paul I got for a song (pun intended) in the 80s? Yikes.