grew Posted March 9, 2012 Report Posted March 9, 2012 Picked this up for cheap. We'll see what comes of it. Stayed tuned! Anyone have any info on the TT folded Bracelet? I haven't seen very many out there?
DeeKa Posted March 9, 2012 Report Posted March 9, 2012 Uuuups... Congratulations on the cheap buy as it's a gen as far as I can see... Dee
grew Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Posted March 9, 2012 Yea I'm only worried about maybe a sliver of the plexi getting in and scratching the dial. I won't know until i get it if the dial has any marks. To me it looks unpolished which is also pretty cool.
freddy333 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Posted March 9, 2012 Should be a nice timepiece once the crystal gets replaced & the case is polished (unlike ss, tt's appearance does not benefit from wear).
grew Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Posted March 15, 2012 So the crystal was barely hanging on and I was worried about it breaking and marring the dial So I broke off the last sliver of connection and this is what I have. The bracelet is going to be quite difficult to salvage, but I am very excited about trying to put that back together. Here's a video of its condition. I'm pretty happy considering what I spent on it http://vimeo.com/38539411
DeeKa Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Great deal - congrats! If it shows that salvaging the bracelet is too much for you, others will try and this one also looks extremely good on a light brown croc strap! Dee
grew Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Posted March 15, 2012 I'm more of a NATO guy when it comes to my Rolexes, do you have any pictures of one on a light brown croc?
Ronin Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Looks good. A Nipple 1675 is on my future build list as well. If you need a crystal PM me. I have quite a collection of GEN 116 and Clark's in various degrees of used. Gratis.
grew Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Posted March 15, 2012 i understand there is not much difference between the acryllic clarks and the 116 or am i mistaken?
Logan Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Wow.. I always liked this coloured model. I hope you post more pics as the restoration progresses.
grew Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Posted March 15, 2012 serial dates it to 1969 which is pretty cool
DeeKa Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 I'm more of a NATO guy when it comes to my Rolexes, do you have any pictures of one on a light brown croc? As I never had a TT 1675 I can't help you there... Dee
grew Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Posted March 15, 2012 Here's the recouperation of the bracelet. No matter how hard I tried it was impossible to get rid of bracelet stretch. but I am pretty happy with the end result with the bracelet. This is how much dirt was in each link (there was even more in some of them!!!) All the parts ready to go back together! Slow Progress! Done for now. It looks WAY better than before and this was just a cleaning and hand polish as I didn't want to remove any gold.
Seacraft Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Fantastic pickup! Definitely watching this ressurect
alligoat Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 That 7836 bracelet doesn't look too bad now that you've cleaned it up. Seems like those ss end pieces were standard operating procedure- sop- in the old days. A service would be good and then you should be good to go. Plus the new crystal, of course and maybe a light polish as Freddy said.
redwatch Posted March 16, 2012 Report Posted March 16, 2012 Fantastic job on the bracelet! Nicely done Looking forward to seeing further pics of the restoration!!
bigjule111 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Posted March 16, 2012 Wow. That was a hell of a job on the bracelet.
EMM Posted March 16, 2012 Report Posted March 16, 2012 Wow. After getting that much dirt out of one link, I would have just thrown up my hands and taken it to the SC.
Prosperity888 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Posted March 17, 2012 Here's the recouperation of the bracelet. No matter how hard I tried it was impossible to get rid of bracelet stretch. but I am pretty happy with the end result with the bracelet. This is how much dirt was in each link (there was even more in some of them!!!) All the parts ready to go back together! Slow Progress! Done for now. It looks WAY better than before and this was just a cleaning and hand polish as I didn't want to remove any gold. Hello, may I say that it is a very fantastic pick up and a nice job you are doing to restore this piece. Great respect to you! May I ask how you were able to remove the fixed links on the bracelet as shown on the 3rd photo? What type of tools do you use and what are the methods? Thanks!
grew Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Posted March 17, 2012 Decided to go with the clarks rather than the gen crystal as its not really worth the extra money especially with how good the clarks is on the acryllic. If this were sapphire I'd probably get the real deal as I've found its significantly better. Hopefully going to try getting everything put together this weekend and then send it out to get an ever so slight polish.
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