Donerix 2.0

I see you really went all the way to the top with this one. Can't wait to get mine back from service. Managed to get a black bezel from Phong

Vlydog: what endlinks are you using? These are the best fitting so far. DW case? Got this incoming from Master Gordon: Anodized 3-piece dial to finally finish my Angelus-powered 6152-1(two years in the making...) For today my beater sub:

This one is quite an interesting hybrid: Look at the bezel ring and the GMT hand, they look like 1675 parts to me....

Got this sent from a friend and thought it was quite interesting: Where to buy a good watch If you were in the market for a watch in the late 1800's, where would you buy one? You would go to a store, right? Well, of course you could do that, but if you wanted one that was cheaper and a bit better than most of the store watches, you went to the train station! Sound a bit funny? Well, for about 500 towns across the northern United States, that's where the best watches were found. Why were the best watches found at the train station? The railroad company wasn't selling the watches, not at all. The telegraph operator was. Most of the time the telegraph operator was located in the railroad station, because most of the station agents were also skilled telegraph operators, and that was the primary way they communicated with the railroad. And it was the telegraph operator who had the watches. As a matter of fact,the telegraph operators sold more watches than most stores, combined , for a period 9 years. This was all arranged by "Richard", who was a telegraph operator himself. He was on duty in the North Redwood, Minnesota train station when, one day, a load of watches arrived from the east. It was a huge crate of pocket watches. No one ever came to claim them. so Richard sent a telegram to the manufacturer and asked them what they wanted to do with the watches. The manufacturer didn't want to pay the freight back, so they wired Richard to see if he could sell them. So, Richard did.. He sent a wire to every agent in the system asking them if they wanted a cheap, but good, pocket watch. He sold the entire case in less than two days at a handsome profit. That started it all. He ordered more watches from the watch company, and encouraged the telegraph operators to set up a display case in the station offering high quality watches for a cheap price. Travelers loved them. It didn't take long for the word to spread and before long, many travelers came into the station to buy watches. Richard became so busy that he had to hire a professional watch maker to help him with the orders. That was Alvah Roebuck. And they moved to Chicago and sold many watches and much more dry goods, using the railroads to ship their mail-order goods by RR freight.. Their company became Sears and Roebuck. It all started with a telegraph operator, Richard Sears, and his partner, Alvah Roebuck. And now you know the rest of the story.

I actually do Usually have a dozen watches with me, never really had a problem (except that one time in France )

Found this old Croc Jewelry box and turned it into a nice compact travel case for my vintage Rolex collection: Unfortunately I made the mistake to show it to one of my customers and had to let it go ... Should have probably kept it....

Just started working on this one:

Can't wait to turn 50 now

I think it's 34mm and it's for a fairly petite woman She has a gen two-tone DateJust she got from her dad, so I think she will be fine with the size. I just love the look of it and it would be one of those watches that only the ones in the know would stare at it ....

Guys, thanks for the input. Should be a fun project. I will keep you posted.

Freddy: Thanks for the hint, but the link goes to the CWP main site. Can't find anything relating to the project. Cab you give me a hint, maybe I am looking in the wrong sections....

I want to build one for a friend who fell in love with it, but just can't drop the $15K on it right now Released in 1972, made solely for one year. The least expensive watch in the Rolex catalog at the time, it is now one of the rarest Rolex ever made. It features the coveted “Explorer 3,6,9? dial & markers. Considered a spartan version of the famous Explorer, it is thinner as result of the manual wind movement. The watch is especially desirable for the Explorer style in conjunction with the bold “COMMANDO” on dial. So any suggestions on how to get a dial? I have a suitable case and movement ready to go. Would love to get some expert opinions on this one.

I will measure the bezel rings of my NDT and PT bezels tomorrow. Again great effort.

Great work. Do you know if they fit the PT 6542 bezel ring?

Great pics M, as usual. Vlydog: Just bought my Phong black bezel and will be joining you A friend gave me a pair of Persol McQueen sunglasses as a gift, now I really need to find an hour hand so I can wear my 1655 again (anybody has a left over....):

Working on this right now:

Unfortunately my account situation hasn't been sorted out yet, so I can't post my sales thread on RWG at the moment. Some of you that frequent other forums can check it out there. Just thought I let you guys know. Eric

Heads-up!!! I promised a sale and here it is: Sunday, October 23rd, 11AM (ET) which is 8AM(PT) and 5PM in Europe. Straps, Boxes and watches: First come - first serve. Happy shopping. Eric

Thank you guys for the nice welcome. I did get some notifications of messages via email, but I am not sure if I got all of them, so please re-send them

Gen midcase, PT caseback and movement, InGod dial, Yuki bracelet and NDT bezel assembly, Clark crystal

Back from the dead with this work in progress:

Sorry guys, but somehow I was unable to log on after the last server maintenance. So I created Donerix 2.0, but I am still trying to recover my old account. I apologize to all the members who sent me messages (I still received the notifications, but was unable to reply). You can for now reach me here. For the members that also frequent other forums: Sorry guys for my disappearing act but I had taken on a project for a friend which turned into a lot more work than I had estimated and took up all my time during the last 5 weeks. I had to turn this: Into this: I am back now and will be trying to be a valuable member to the community again. I will be holding a a nice sale with straps, boxes and some vintage watches as soon as the rain lets off and I can take some decent pics. My apology to all of you that had to wait so long for my replies to your PMs. It's good to be back