Yeah. Very cool. But I don't think that's the original bezel. The original ones were 2-piece construction; top half was " German silver" and bottom half was brass I believe.
What does the last sentence imply? A 700 crown (that uses 700-0 tube) can be replaced with a 703 crown????
i.e. a 703 crown can fit on both a 702-0 AND 700-0 tube????
Am I reading that right?
Because of the weak CDN$, most authorized dealers in Canada are sold out of the most popular models. Rumor of a price increase in March.
But, newspaper ads like this are probably not helping:
You know the condo market in Toronto is about to burst when.......
Those are minor relative to the other issues. Coronet is a bit truncated. Fonts are a tad thick, lume plot location/size is off slightly, "oyster perpetual " is too close to the hole and/or the hole is too large, etc.
Again, maybe the lighting/white balance is affecting the font thicknesses.