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I wear it on leather straps of various forms with a 6.5" wrist and love it. It's a bit thick for shirt cuffs...but that's alright as most modern watches are.

The fear for me in this case, is what is that independent watchsmith REALLY doing?? Are they REALLY doing a complete disassembly, full cleaning and proper oiling? If so...that's cheap. I imagine corners are being cut...call me skeptical and flame to high heaven...but if you get a quality full servicing for that price...I think you found Watch Servicing Nirvana!!

If you REALLY have a 7753 movement...don't touch it and get it to a proper watchmaker. That movement on the super lucky deal end goes for $450 unserviced...and closer to $1000 and is very rare. You likely have an A7750 with a tricompax mod on it. I don't have time to provide the link for it...but there is a post showing photos of this. Look for posts using Search with combinations of the following keywords Breitling Montbrillant Legende tricompax subdial a7750

I was just at the AD and saw this...and now I see the review. Great stuff!! Thanks Taka.

What a great setting for a great day. Big congrats.

Anyone for three golden nuts? Three...Three...anyone...one lot of vintage Rolex inserts for 3 golden left nuts...going once...going twice...

It also depends on how/where it's being sold. Antiquorum had a few up in their 2008-Nov sale, and they went over the estimages of between $2500 - $5000 depending on the unit, selling for $4000+. That auction had buyer's fever though...so prices will be over something like El Bay.

Exactly. Vintage parts are brutal. I saw some 6542 perspex inserts no bezel going for $1200 in NY at auction.

Read my guide on using the circular slide rule linked in my signature. The tach instructions are at the bottom of the guide.

Sirtoli straps are pretty high end. Banda's are cheaper. You can also try these folks: Waccex There are more options in the "Links" section at the top-middle of the RWG window.

What's the difference between sexist and sexy??

I wouldn't bet any money on Ti parts...brushed steel probably... I agree that I hope they can get the lume markers straight!

In the summer actually!! We chopped down an apple tree and had to move the piles of cut up logs to the front of the house. As to the letter to Rolex...that would make sense. Can you imagine if they did the full "gen" Rolex treatment on your vintage piece and not only replaced your nicely aged hands and rare tritium dial with new SL ones...but also screwed up your movement? Yikes.

Make macro shots every step of the way...it will help immensely when you wonder where a particular piece is supposed to go and what direction is up or down when you can zoom in on the parts. Non-magnetic tweezers are a must. I learned that lesson pretty quickly. Good luck.

That's looking better.

Very nice collection. You like your Breitlings!!

...or to summarize RobbieG ...this one goes to 11... ...or it's not the using that's important but the having.

I'm assuming this is not the case...but you know the old saying about never "ASS-u-me"...but for a place to be a Rolex Authorized DEALER, do they have to follow certain standard and protocols for receiving and working on watches to maintain that "Authorized" status, or is there a separate "Authorized SERVICE Centre" status? I know there are watchmakers who may or may not be Rolex trained and/or certified...but that doesn't seem to have any requirement on whether or not a place would be authorized to SELL Rolex products. Here in TO...almost all the ADs that sell Rolex don't work on them even though they have their own repair shops...they just send it directly to Rolex itself...not an authorized service centre...but directly to Rolex.

Heh heh...and yes...I WON'T pass you the toilet paper over the bathroom stall wall...even if you ask nicely.

Good luck with this. Not to be a pessimist, but expect to screw up your movement to the point of no repair. Working on a 7750 chrono movement is tough. Trying to fix one with a sticking reversing wheel requires either replacing the wheel if required (good luck finding the part) or cleaning it (hope you have an ultrasonic cleaner. Doing this without the proper tools and no experience with watches 9 times out of 10 results in disaster. There have been reports of people doing this successfully following the guides...but those cases are few. Remember to have fun with it and you'll be fine. Don't treat it as an exercise in needing to get the watch up and running again.

Congrats on the watch and a very nice write up. That is a great looking piece for sure. I think about this one but shy away from it given it's so close to my Skyland in terms of looks and dimension. Like most, the solution to this would probably be to go for the yellow dial, but then I'm not so sure how often I would wear a yellow dialed piece. Either way...it looks great.

The good news is...that if it is indeed an ETA movement you have as pictured above...then the chances of finding somebody that can repair it are higher than if it was not.

I'm not sure when he's accepting new appointments for the next round...so be patient. He usually posts something when he's back to accepting work and not either clearing off his bench or busy with his "real" job.

Say the following with Yoda voice: There is no "feel Like SUCH A NOOB"...only "ARE A NOOB". Welcome to the world of watches my friend. Now that you have gained illumination and enlightenment...don't forget to post pics...and remember to keep having fun.