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What the hell is happening here?!?

@Mark: Your work IS perfect. I think the California Dial is a hard one to relume and the work you did on mine is flawless. In fact all the work you did on my 3646 is so good that I only take it off to sleep. My other watches (fiddy included) are resting on a box for the last few months. Please Mark do yourself a favor and REST!!! Keep in mind that your eyes are precious and you will not have the chance to get a rep of them! I am seriously worried with your condition. You already told me about that but I didn't understood that this was a so serious issue. Please do ourselves a favour and REST. I would advise you to slow down and take it easy. We prefer your health to your talent and generosity. Your friend, Marco

Oswald@ Your talents are superb... I wish I had the balls to try it on mine. I am a good cook but I would not risk to roast a dial! The numerals are looking amazing now. Meanwhile give Ubi's suggestion a try... I think a matte coat will "cut" the glow on the dial surface. Cheers, Marco

Welcome and make yourself at home. Marco

Tropic@: Cortebért does not look stunning. It is stunning (you should hear its ticking...) . BTW numerals are more close to the edge because its a fiddy dial. Oswald@: You show an amazing skill not only on metal and plastic working as you do now on brush technique. However and IMHO do not do it with so crispy looking (It looks like the dial was exposed on the seafloor for the last 60 years!). It should sport a milder look so it would match your worn looking case. Keep us mortals amazed with your marvelous work! Marco

Amazing work Philippe. A real eye-catcher! Marco

I am not so recovered as I would like to (I can still hear the waitress saying "Oh its so big..." - about your vintage 6152 of course -) but I am fortunate enough to sport your skill on my wrist. Vintage is definitelly the way to go... Strangely your "bloody" weather helped the vintageizing process of the strap! BTW thanks for the compliment but I think with my spoken english def-con I could hardly survive as a stand up comedian!!! Hope we meet again soon and that Oswald and Gil can join the party! Like we concluded before, what a wonderful community we got here!!!

@Oswald: I would dare say that the spacer ring couldn't be better and that the plexi crystal profile looks really amazing... Thats a real vintage piece of work! Speaking of vintage stuff I must confess I am still in a kind of shock after returning from my trip to Camelot and meeting Mark (a real wonderful chap with a rare latin sense of humor!) who generously took with him some of his "Opere prime" that left me totally knocked-out for the weekend. Cheers, Marco

@tourbillon1801 : May I be of any help?

U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E! Just like the real deal: Your skill is amazing. I love your work. Cheers, Marco

Strap is upside down... Is it on purpose? BTW very nice match! M.

Do not shock... Its only a revamped Moljina.

The fiddy crown should be the most accurate one to use on a 6152 but since this model is using a RXW MM "chassis" it comes with the RXW crown to match... IMHO that will be the reason for that but none better than Davidsen to explain that option. I will use a fiddy crown on my "slo mo" 6152 project whose case is now getting some work done by a special friend... That means some CG lever adjustement and alignements made. BTW the "Brev. Ital." CG engraving looks good (much better than mine!). M.

I understand you so well! I can not longer wear my 44 pams. Fortunatelly I hate Breitlings or I would definitelly get one of those 49mm beasts...

Congrats Mark! The crown engraving looks good once the pic is scaled to its real size. As for the bezel I confess I am speechless... I would say it looks the real thing! Hope you have it all assembled soon so I can testify the "weight" of your project... Marco

Gosh thats pricey! As you must figure I am now saving for a special strap... M.

That is AMAZING G.!!!! Is that "moonshine" inside? Marco

Thanks G. Always great to hear from you! The strap looks great. Only problem is I hate contrast stitchings... M.

I compliment you both. @V - Always an exquisite taste for straps...

I have one of those (polished buttons also) 212's. Also traded with a wonderful fellow. I only miss the Hirsch strap! Where did you get yours? Cheers, Marco

212 on your 212th post! A celebration of some kind... Cheers, Marco

Oswald's project ...

G. Not yet but next time it will be like this: ... with a 618 installed!

G. This one may help you decide to turn your CG up or down. M.