Guest Sql_pl Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Long story short - yesterday at night office building of my company was on fire. Horrible night. 8 fire brigades, ambulances, cops, no sleep. Luckily nobody was hurt or injured as it happened at night and fire did not manage to spread to all the warehouse area bulidings - only the offices got hurt. Some pics I took while standing and watching fire fighters doing their job: First fire in my life, it really is unbelievable how fast a building can burn and get completely flooded in flames getting everything destroyed! Unbelievable. Whole roof and the upper floor got totally burned down. Here you can see some quick pics of what was left of the first floor from this morning: While going through the wet mud of ashes in search of anything that could have possibly survived with tons of things that seem to have simply evaporated this is what I managed to find: My V1 (supposedly gen bezeled) RG HBB! Here it is after a quick clean: I am really surprised how well it managed to stand the fire and falling all the way down from the upper floor, where it was left! It was sitting literally just behind the middle windows area at my desk drawer where the biggest flames have been: The strap melted, clasp is gone, all rubber inserts and gaskets are gone but the case, the gold coating and ceramic bezel look almost perfect!! Some tough watches we seem to be getting from our CN based friends - that I can tell you for sure. No need to worry about the gold plating anymore I guess
redwatch Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Good lord! What an incredible fire! Glad you are ok! Sorry about your watch, but it is pretty amazing that it is in that condition!
hackR Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Awesome story and pix...sorry to hear of your loss...
dluddy Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Wow M. Thats amazing. Bummer on the fire though
mjmj Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Oh my A, That is sad news. I hope no one was hurt in the blaze. But great to know that the quality of reps are fire resistant too.
Guest Daytona1984 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Posted November 24, 2011 sorry to hear that mate! glad that you are ok... regarding the hublot, it is really amazing that it still looks this way.
Draven451 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Posted November 27, 2011 Sad news. I'm glad nobody was hurt. That's an a Amazingly tough watch! Thanks for Sharing this story. Sent from my iPhone 4s using Tapatalk
greekgod Posted December 17, 2011 Report Posted December 17, 2011 all it needs is a new strap and she will be as fresh as a flower mate
txcollector Posted December 21, 2011 Report Posted December 21, 2011 now this is precious. Someone else taking your pics are gens after a fire http://watchanish.tumblr.com/page/28
HPoirot Posted December 21, 2011 Report Posted December 21, 2011 have you checked if your dealer can replace that?
HartDoc Posted December 21, 2011 Report Posted December 21, 2011 I say restore it with the same bezel, dials, and hands if possbile. It'll be a great conversation starter and remind you all have to be grateful for. Plus itll be pretty bad ass looking
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