HauteHippie

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LOL... ok, ok. I've contacted the guy asking for his references. He says he has many!!

So I've always been a fan of this particular model. And this one appears to be in excellent shape. I'm curious what the Omega fans think in terms of value down the road. Asking price is about $1900. This is the 20th Anniversary model 3590.50 Moon (1989). 2000 of them were produced. It's the Omega cal. 861 based on Lemania 1873. Pics:

Light starch here... otherwise I feel like I'm moving around like Frankenstein.

Wow, way to go Harry! You're becoming quite the modder 'round here!

It's an age old rip off site. Take your time. Do some reading here in the forum. Two tones aren't very popular, but they're out there. The better sub reps are the all stainless 16610s. Check out blkm's forum.

Really nice Ubi. I need to figure out how to get the bracelet off of mine and redress it a little. On the AR, just use common sense. Don't use anything abrasive, but no special cloths are needed. Spit and T-shirt to clean the crystal works just fine.

Two very nice shots, Andei!!

Ziggified

I got a couple that way too. The first has been running for about 9 months but now needs to take a trip to Canada.

Good stuff!!

Very nice results. Long ago I started and then abandoned such a project, and have had my eye on used gens ever since. The dial is of course a night and day difference for this franken, and I really do recommend double AR on the crystal at some point simply because it'll really show off that dial. Nice touch with the 2892 DW... And of course, gen bracelets are so underrated. The look and feel is never matched with the rep versions.... save for maybe the EL 3717. Overall, very nice. Please keep me in mind when you sell.

The purist would say you should replace the gasket with the crystal, but what you have done is generally fine and if you want to take it on any swimming expeditions you should, as Ubi says, have it pressure tested first.

A wise, talented, and well-known watchmaker once told me "well packed watches don't just break in transit". Once (and only once) I had a watch arrive for AR treatment that I was to remove the movement, and crystal in order to have it coated and send everything back reassembled. First thing first, I check to make sure the watch is running before doing anything. This one was not, which as I said was a first (and so far has been a last [knock on wood]). I notified the owner who swore up and down that it was running when it left the UK (if memory serves). Well now what? Bad situation. And at that point I solicited the advice of previously-mentioned watchmaker, which helped tremendously in sorting things out. I don't know if it helps here at all, but in my case things were fairly easily resolved to the satisfaction of both parties which is usually the case after a couple deep breaths and some calm discourse. Good luck.

Huge fan of Micah and his strap here... and that one is perfectly suited to carry around the 233K!!!

Very nice, Pug. You use the exact same storage cases with configurable dividers as I do. Do they have Walmarts across the pond too?! Ohh, I like the sound of that. So unPug-like too!

LOL! Great pic!!

Great job Tribal. I don't think I'd have the patience to get it lined up properly. But the results, in the end, are most certainly worth the aggravation! In fact, these things are getting so good that I really don't think it's safe to buy used gens anymore!!

Thanks to R2D4 on RG for this...

Good stuff. BTW, NASA had an expo this weekend at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory and did have an old moon watch on display (among many other things of interest). There was also a model rocket launch on the Moffett air strip. I took my son to the rocket launch and they allowed him to countdown 5-4-3-2-1 over the PA system and then press the large red launch button to send his rocket up in to the sky. :-)

Nice. I don't think everyone realizes the time, sweat, and tears that often go in to these franken creations. You have a beauty there and I'm sure you'll be enjoying for many years to come. Congrats.

FYI, my SA with gen B13 doesn't reset perfectly to 0 every time either... Also it has a dang noisy rotor. ;-)

Nice one... The 5004 is really growing on me.

Sorry to break your heart, Toad... but I won't be loaning it out for quite a while after it's shipped to me because I'll be busy wearing it.