TeeJay

Heck, I'd settle for having that much hair on my head again

$1000 or

I would totally agree there. The upper class has had enough money to ride things out, the low class gets government benefits to support them, but the middle class, has been well and truly turned upside down... Not enough assets/savings to ride things out, too much income to qualify for government support... Personally, I think the easiest way to solve the issue, is to give every person in the UK

Thanks for the good wishes, and indeed, it's a shame about the economy, but it's good to hear that not everywhere has been as badly affected I know what you mean there about the 'new frontier', and I quite agree with you. That said, until people are in the position to buy more, or get involved with more projects, I think things might remain fairly quiet... In addition to my planned GMTIICSub project (which needs four watches for me to butcher ) I'm also going to have a Tudor Snowflake project in progress as well, and that will be the subject of an upcoming review (of a part) but I don't want to say too much yet, as it will spoil the surprise

I can only speak for myself, but my financial situation has got so bad that even the

No change from this photo for me (although the clothes have been washed since the pic was taken )

Thanks, bro, that's one of the nicest compliments anyone's ever paid me Just to re-touch on the point, as mentioned, this only cost me £20 plus shipping... Ignore that the bracelet failed, anything mechanical is subject to failure, and I have had cheap watches which have not had bracelet failures... Ignore the movement failure, that was most likely a result of the impact when the watch fell, those things could have happened to any watch, at any price. Consider the watch solely on aesthetics, case/bracelet build and appearance, and compare to DJs being sold in the $100-$300 range... No gaping links, no gape at the lugs, all dial markers correctly lined up, all printing clear (not necessarily so from the photo) solid operation of the bracelet clasp, all hands in place when the watch arrived ( ) Why pay more?

Looking good Maybe give the case a bit of a flogging to match with the dial/hands color, and I'd say job done

That's cool that it doesn't affect the lume I just had the crazy idea of using a butane lighter to selectively heat certain areas of the dial (avoiding the text and indices) to try and get the brown look I'll have to wait till I get more parts to try it, but given that it's heat (as was the case with the baking under the grill) I'm wondering if it might work

It's a couple of factors for me... I've been focussing a lot of time on networking trying improve my business, I've also been trying to deal with financial issues which require full attention to research to take care of. On top of that, as mentioned, thanks to financial situations, I haven't been buying much, so feel that I don't really have much input to provide in terms of 'new material'. Sure, I'm happy to help out or discuss topics where available, but I do feel there are only so many times I can post the same wrist shot

It looks fantastic I'm not exactly sure of the factory source for the parts I used in my project, but that got the same browning effect via grilling, so I'm wondering if UV exposure might have done the same thing (out of curiousity, does the bleaching affect the luminous quality at all?) I wouldn't like to say about the insert... I've found that once it 'goes blue', that's a step before it strips down to the bare metal of the insert, so I really wouldn't know what to suggest there...

Interesting Out of curiosity, has that had any impact on the visibility of the lume?

Fantastic, thanks for the link

Just the usual for me My (currently ) favorite watch, to go with my favorite clothes

Now that's a good idea Only problem is getting access to one

As above, if you're not familiar with movements, definitely best to take it to a professional or send it back... I heard a rattling in my wife's DJ after it took a hit when the bracelet failed, thinking it would just be a loose rotor (which technically, it was) I opened the caseback to put it back in place. The only problem was the entire auto-wind assembly had self-destructed, and I was faced with several very small cogs and gears Best of luck getting it taken care of

What an awesome gift Big thumbs up all round

Sounds good, I'll look forward to seeing the results

When I ordered a Vacheron Constantin Overseas with an Asian movement, it was the same case etc as the Swiss version. While I would acknowledge that some of the really cheap reps can be lacking in quality, I would still say that some of the cheaper watches can be just as nice as their more expensive counterparts... Welcome to the party

No problem at all, I'm always glad to help out where I can The crystal method would only work on an acrylic crystal, a sapphire crystal would be un-affected by the abrasives Ahh, that's a much less aggressive bleaching process than I used on mine... The substance I used was labeled as an oven cleaner (which I think contained bleach) and about it did not take long (maybe less than 2 minutes) to completely strip one bezel, and the second one, although I am happy with the bleaching on most of the insert, the extra bleach I applied at 12 and 1 was a mistake, and I was surprised that it stripped the paint as quickly as it did... The one thing I would point out, is that I have found that if you put some scratches across the insert before the bleaching, the bleaching process makes them appear quite 'mild' and well blended, where any scratches done after the bleaching process, appear much more stark [Edit to add] I just realized that I put the toothpaste and nailfile steps in the wrong order, so I amended my original post to correct that

Looks good I know of a gen watch collector who installed a Daytona clasp on his Yacht-Master, to get the more substantial feeling clasp

Fantastic watches all, some fine custom pieces on show as well

Awesome It's not often that we see a blue Seamaster strap

I'm definitely a fan of the vintage look, much less low-key than modern box-fresh All I did with the dial was stuck it under the grill for 30 seconds, nothing fancy I'm just wondering if something over the markers might protect them from the heat, so the dial surface cooks, but the markers don't... That said, thinking about it, if the base of the dial heats up, then that would heat the markers from underneath... I think the only way to find out for sure is to actually do it I think it might work, but, would the emissions of a UV lamp be concentrated enough? I don't want to have to leave it running for 20 years to get the look That's some really interesting feedback, thanks You're absolutely right about the lettering as well, I think this might be an impossible idea... I have to admit, I've never tried heating blutac, I'd wondered if it might have baked hard, but thinking about it, you're probably right about it liquifying over the dial, and that's not really the result I had in mind That's interesting to know that it was specific paint involved in the process as well