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CatchingFire

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  1. That is a very good point in my opinion. The fact that Rolex designs were classic almost timeless styles were one of the attributes that made the brand appealing. The newer designs seem much more haute couture and follow current fashion trends much more closely than ever before. This is my opinion though as the Rolex brand certainly has not lost any ground in the sales department with their new designs.
  2. MY EYES! MY EYES! Good Lord my EYES! It looks too much like a Swatch I saw in the mall the other day.
  3. I wear dark oiled, Iron Rangers made by Red Wing. Timeless style no matter what the magazines say, timeless styles are classics for a reason!
  4. Beats me where the crystal originated. It was mounted on the case when I recieved it. It has some odd type of patina between the crystal and rehaut so I am suspecting that it has been on the watch a while.
  5. Oh wow! I hadn't seen those! Thanks Nanuq, I am all over those!
  6. I forgot to add a wrist pic. Here is the one I took for the Monday wristcheck.
  7. I will join the SnowFlake family today.
  8. Since my 16610 and 16800 projects are on hold until I replenish the "fun fund", I figure I would show the Tudor project I just picked up from the Watch Smith! After spending a good while trying to decide between building a 6239 Daytona or a 9411 Snowflake. For better or worse, I went with the snowflake. What I wanted was this: So after spending considerable time on ebay and such buying parts I found on Ebay a case/crystal (it has its issues but overall is perfect for this project). A dial which looked nice except the lume had been stripped and never replaced. And finally, a vintage Rolex crown to round everything nicely. The dial is not perfect, but this age of a dial wouldn't be. I wanted a tudor that looked just like the above pic. But my dial and new snowflake hands didnt match each other. My watchsmith didn't have a whole lot of desire to do a bunch of vintaged lume without me paying an arm and a leg. So he gave me the recipe he uses to make the lume and some crapped out dials to practice on. Now the dial and hands are my lume job...for better or worse. I am happy with them though. My WS orderd the proper movement ring. It isn't a spacer ring per say as it is very thin and hugs the movement only serving to lock it into place. but dang if this little ring wasn't $$$. An nice, Swiss ETA movment had its calender bits removed and was dropped in. I am not sure where the Rolex marked weight came from but it my WS had it in his "Hell Box" of parts so he threw it on. The case came with the tube and the crystal already mounted so those were left alone except a nice light sand and polish of the crystal. Insert also came with the case. It is missing the click spring I think but I am not so much worried about that since a watch this age may mot have it anyway. It is on the list for future updates. For right now it is on another Ebay purchase, a cordovan nato. Ok, that is enough blah, blah, blah. Here you go: At this point I am wiching I would have built the 6239 as the Daytona's have really, really grown on me. But at least this project turned out pretty dang good in my newbie opinion! And I was oing to build it sooner or later so I am happy I built it when parts were available.
  9. Yes. It was only a small rider to my home owners insurance to cover our jewelry. And after having my Ellsworth stolen from my garage, my bicycles are also included in my insurance.
  10. That is the best idea yet! You up for the job woof or can you direct me to who can?
  11. Kat Von Dee (sp?) summed it up best when she said "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!"
  12. Yup! I would agree that the "Hampster's" collection is probably legit! And if it wasnt, I would congragulate him on a fine rep collection! Clarkson, I would call out in public for wearing a rep even if he had on a Seiko! - Im not a fan of some one I being an @ss just because they can be. You see so many Vintage Daytonas on stars these days as their daily beaters, I wonder how many of them are fully original pieces or pieces "put together" for them.
  13. What sucks is my watchmaker clipped the dial feet (to fit an ETA) before pointing out to me that the dial was incorrect for my specific purpose. I stopped him before he mounted the dial though. So, it looks like returning it is not an option. But thinking about it Maybe I should transfer the Bezel assebly, crown, etc to a startime case along with this dial. It would make a pretty quick project of an early 16610 or late 16800 wouldnt it? BTW Aligoat, that watch is superb!
  14. As crazy as it seems. I dont smoke my cigars that often. BUT... I chew on a cigar daily. My wife calls my cigars "daddies chew toys. So I buy my cigars from a different standpoint. One that holds the taste of the cigar first and smoke secondary. My current favorite for chewing are Ashton Heritage (Pur Sol).
  15. Bead blasting is about the only way I have seen to get uniform finishes. Even soda blasting has enough oomf to mat the finish a bit depending on the Ti.
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