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Lovegmt73

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  13. Do you love Classic cars?

    in Style and looks

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    I love classic cars. My big disappointment at the moment is the postponement of Le Mans Classic. I had tickets, travel and accommodation all booked. Thankfully most organisations agreed to a refund or re-booking for the following year at no extra charge. I say most because there was one glaring exception - Eurotunnel, who refuse to assist in any way. No you can't have a refund, no you can't change the dates. Yes you can f*** off and we'll keep your money. Thankyou very much. So much for the 'we're all in this together - we must pull together' philosophy.
     
    Anyway moan over...
     
    Here's a photo of the daily driver followed by the weekend fun:
     
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    I would like to go to Goodwood for the Revival or Festival of Speed, it must be fascinating!


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  22. Vintage Daytona 6263

    in The Rolex Area

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    I hate when people post questions, get their answers and then bounce. I also know you guys love photos. First photo is QC, second with an Athaya crown already installed. Third is after reluming with a vintage tint, straightening the hour markers and dying the hands with the same tint. The way I do the hands is to add a bit of the lume pigment to water, simply coat the hand, let dry, and then use damp rodico to remove the dry solution from the metal portion of the hand. If you want to degloss the metal just touch it with the same rodico. 
     
    The athaya crown was the biggest thing to me - you need to see that bevel on both sides. The crown provided is just not good at all. 
     
    Working on these is scary - theres no QC like you get with a branded watch. I found a movement bracket sandwiched between the movement and case used to keep it from moving around. After assembly I noticed you could move the movement around using the crown so I just replaced one of the brackets with a slightly longer one and now its totally secure. 
     
    I lucked out with the movement, this one resets perfectly to 12 every time... a unicorn with these terrible Seagull movements. I cant complain considering how inexpensive they are. The printing on these dials isnt the best. The black chapter ring can sort of "bleed" into the white field (4:15 ish - see QC pic). The smallest Bergeon screwdriver I had was good at scraping that black bleed back (kinda like binding scraping on a guitar) 
     
    I think this is it - not trying to fool anyone. Just a fun little piece. If you go too far with anything like this you're just not satisfied until perfection. 
     
    Did I go too dark on the lume?
     
    Enjoy
     
     
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    Very interesting, thank you!
    The most important is the pleasure you have to dress, especially when you put time, money and skills to do your own piece.


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