Mendota Explorer

Awesome! Yes, that's a great mod to do. A member named Sneed posted a cool pictorial on how to do it with an ETA, also. He also showed how to take the GMT bits off a clone 2836-2 and transplant them onto a low beat 2846, turning it into a low beat GMT movement. All cool stuff!!

Great collection! Very nice pieces, all of them.

I really like that 16700. The MR offering is excellent out of the box with some slight mods. I'm not a GMT case shape expert, but the crown guards on his offering are the best I've seen and are perfect for a 16700 since that model didn't have the highly distinctive boxy shape that the 1675 did.

Those boxes are awesome, too. Where did you find those? All from the same seller?

No. Neither did the 1675. The GMT hand was fixed, and synched with the hour and minutes hands to simply tell the same time but in the 24 hour format. The GMT Master allowed you to tell a 2nd timezone by rotating the bezel.

I don't see the previous sales thread. Will you post a new one when the reprints arrive? Did you make a separate thread for the sub and Explorer, or is everything in the same thread?

LOL!

And why are the holes sometimes in goofy positions on the lugs?

If you can pay 92.000 for a car you could not possibly earn that money by hard work. And even if you did that, you must be a real douche not valuing yourself and money. I bet that if that car was an old fiat nobody would care about it.

That is so off base I don't even know where to begin. I don't know about depreciation across the pond in London, but here in the States cars depreciate in value quite rapidly. You can buy used Aston Martins all day long in the $30k to $40k range. Granted, not a brand new one, but if you are really itching to just get one you can very easily afford one by going used. Like has been previously said, this guy may have wanted one his entire life and saved up the money for years to afford the lease payments or the loan payments if he bought it.

There are union plumbers and electricians who earn significant hourly rates here. I know because some of them are my clients. They work pretty hard. They are also very skilled.

Wow. Very nice build. Enjoy this.

I just looked at these again and they indeed are super cool.  Which sports models will you be offering printed items for, and will this become a regular offering for you?  So when you run out you'll just restock and offer them again?

Here's what I'm noticing on mine. Threads are appearing all jumbled up on the main page of each forum section, but in mine the threads are still arranged in chronological order based on the time stamp of the last post within each thread, just like in the computer version. So within this section right now, I have some threads that were created in May, June, and within the last few days. When I click on each of them the last posts are all in the right order. It just looks kind of funky on my Tapatalk vs when I look at it on my computer because on my computer it emphasizes the date of the last post, not the initial post. Tapatalk is emphasizing the date of the initial post. The last threads are indeed in chronological order, though.

I'm assuming yours isn't like that.

Weird. I went over to another forum, where it was displaying correctly, I came back here and suddenly it is displaying correctly here, too. The same threads are here, but now the date of emphasis displaying for me is on the last post, like it should be. Very weird.

No. They have a .so at the end of their address.

Wow! This same thing recently happened this spring over on RG. A member shipped a watch wrapped in newspaper and put it in a paper envelope. Of course, the watch arrived damaged and many of the markers fell off the dial. The buyer was so cooperative and cool about it but wanted a refund. The seller was a complete [censored] about it and even after the mods got involved and demanded that he refund the buyer and repair it himself, he still only partially refunded the buyer even though the watch was returned to him. Bad situation.

Who on Earth thinks a delicate jewelry item such as a mechanical watch could withstand delivery in a paper envelope? These same members post threads worrying about mowing the lawn with their watch, and yet they ship these in an envelope???

1016 build v2. Just in from Matt. I forgot how comfortable these are to wear.

Fantastic build. Can you share some of the specifics on it? Seriously, one of my favorites in your watch box.

This really is spectacular! I wish I could see it in person.

Wow. Absolutely amazing. Pure genius right there. I really wish I was in a position to embark on this journey. Someday I will be ready.

Hooray!  Good for you for taking the courage to just get in there and try it.  That literally is half the battle right there.  Now that you have opened it up once and successfully closed it, the next time won't feel nearly as daunting.  Pretty soon you will be able to just whip out the tools and open it up without any hesitation.

I'm in a similar situation.  I have a project list a mile long, which includes tinkering with pieces I already own plus building new ones, and I finally decided enough was enough and I needed to just "do it."  I had a bunch of Amazon and Ebay gift cards so I purchased all of the tools I am going to need.  I am just waiting on a hand setter to arrive now before I get to work on anything major. While I am waiting for that to arrive, I am going to open up all of my watches and grease the gaskets to make sure everyone is nice and watertight.

with inflation that 1973 sub is still only $2060

 

my local AD wanted close to $8K for a complete NOS 14060 (non ceramic)sub he had lying around last year

Absolutely ridiculous. Pure stupidity right there. I hope it sits and gums up in his case to the point where it needs a major overhaul. He will never sell it. Nobody, including morons, would ever pay that.

These are really cool. Will you print more when you run out?

I had this same issue. In fact, I was even subscribed to individual members! So I was receiving shotgun blast notifications all day long. I went onto my computer to check the subscription list and after the update I had been subscribed to well over a dozen threads, the entire general lounge area, droptopman, and another random user who hasn't visited here since 2014. I unchecked everything and now it is back to normal!

Thanks. I researched them a little, but I can't figure out which one I need.

Same here. I want the T19 service dome but I can't figure out which one is the correct one. Clark makes it so easy. He just says exactly what it is and whether it is the super dome or service dome profile. That's really convenient and smart on his part.

There are some Sternkreuz crystals that are really nice. They might have a T39 replacement. I can never figure out how to size those Sternkreuz, but the ones I have seen in builds all have a really nice profile shape, excellent clarity, and the price is less than Clark.

That's a great looking piece. Fantastic!

Very nice piece! I agree. Add some chamfer to those lugs and she will really be even more of a beauty.

Chilling by the pool deck on a mini vacation while the kids swim.

Just checking in!