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Love this story. Watch looks awesome man.
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Fantastic thread.
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Great story, loved reading it. Regarding your gummed up 911, I've had several vintage cars and motorcycles. You may want to put a fuel additive such as Stabil in the tank. Also, buy the very best fuel available, and I'm assuming 93+ octane???
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Second picture captures the brown of the dial a little bit better. Can only be appreciated in direct sun. 15 years ago I recall the dial being jet black in bright sun. Let's see what next 15 does to it.
Having the original flat gilt hands on the watch totally changes the look of the piece on wrist. The gold hands, lume and gilt text are all close in color and in bright light it all takes on a golden hue. I am very grateful to LA WatchWorks for restoring the gilt hands. They offer a great service and Edvi whom I dealt with was excellent. The NOS bezel ring was super tight when I mounted it to the watch. Would rotate minimally and with difficulty. Phillip did stellar job adjusting and now super smooth and just the right amount of resistance. It's nice having a crisp and sharp bezel ring with original Long 5 insert in place. Original bezel ring is in safe storage. It was still in very good shape and totally serviceable but this is the watch I'm taking my time and making it just how I want to leave it for the next 50 years. |
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Your advice is good and I do the stabil if I'm running car a lot and need to use 93 with ethanol. Motor is tuned with dual plugs and needs 93 octane. Typically I put in 90 non-ethanol fuel at local station (this one station has for boats) and mix in 116 leaded race fuel I purchase in 5 gallon drums to get to around 94 octane. Car has 26 gallon vintage correct race/rally tank. During summer it's not much fun to run car with no AC in Florida and if I use the no ethanol mix and run it at least every two weeks she is happy. Starts right up and runs smooth. Whichever gas I run I've found that the car runs better/smoother if I mix in a product called marvel mystery oil. 4oz to 10 gallons of fuel. Not sure if safe for fuel injected motors but with my 46 PMO carbs it makes a difference for the better. Give the marvel oil a try and let me know what you think. |
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Marvel is great stuff!!! Add a bit to the gas, and the oil. I've used it in everything from cars to motorcycles, even single engine aircraft. Helps with sticky lifters and cleans fuel system. Smells good too!!!
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Took 73 over to friends house yesterday to watch USGP F1 race
also caught nice dial shot. Under 10x loupe in bright sun you can see brown dots scattered across dial. Would be interesting for anybody with a tropical gilt dial to look in bright sun with 10x loupe for color pattern. At least in this 5513 looks like the tropical change starts in distinct spots. Almost looks like pixels in a TV monitor.
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Great story & i especially love the pics with what i assume are some nice vintage VDO gauges in the background,not to mention the GT3RS in the garage.
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Correct on VDO gauges. 10k tach-redline is 8200. 200mph speedo-car is geared to top out at 140 as has shortened Guards straight cut gears from 2-5. Car is basically a wing at that speed and any faster wouldn't end well. |
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Figure out why my dad tossed the Rivet bracelet and wore this on a leather strap
A month ago while wearing the watch on the 7206 that I sourced as part of the restoration an end link separated from the bracelet. I felt it come loose and made a lucky grab catching the watch before hit hit the ground. Disaster averted. I had inspected the bracelet when I first got it and everything looked secure. With wear the folded link attaching the end link to the bracelet had separated enough for it to come apart. It is just a simple piece folded piece of steel. I would imagine this happened a fair bit back in the day which is why so many of these pieces are no longer on the original bracelets.
To avoid any future issues I sent it back to Phillip and he had the end link connectors on both sides laser welded together. You can't tell from the front side that it's been welded. Knew I wouldn't ever trust this bracelet again unless something definitive was done to secure those links. Likely devalued the bracelet but couldn't care less. If you have one of these bracelets take a close look at the end link connectors from time to time to make sure it stays secure. The watches on these are way too valuable to be damaged in a fall. Has anybody else experienced an issue with these bracelets? |
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wow wow wow on all accounts, this is easily what makes a watch something completely priceless with a legacy and story behind it. Also, that R gruppe is completely amazing too!
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Great thread
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Thanks for taking the time to look at this post and for all of the well wishes. It really is appreciated. I'll add some picts from time to time.
Wanted to take the time to thank LA Watchworks for the amazing job they did restoring the original flat gilt hands. The match of the lume to the dial is just perfect. Really like having the original hands back on the watch. For anybody needing to restore tritium hands LAWW has my highest recommendation. Sending in a blank PIP I have and they will do vintage correct lume for PIP. After that there is nothing left to do other than wear it as much as I can. |
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Beautiful watch and story, I really enjoyed reading it and was touched by it.
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Lovely watch but I’m confused at the work done to the hands? They’re now a matte yellow gold finish(almost looks like the whole hand and lume has been airbrushed over together) and were originally polished silver finish?
Someone educate me on this please? |
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I had a similar question for LAWW who did the work. The original flat gilt hands were badly oxidized which is why I pulled them from the watch 15-20 years ago. I wore the watch for years and years with newer style gilt hands that were color matched to dial but not real tritium. Then found NOS color matched tritium hands but also of the later non-flat style. Always preferred the gilt colored hands in watch and wanted the original flat hands back in. LAWW was able to restore the hands original to the watch by stripping them and re-plating them gold. There was a texture to the hands after they were stripped and LAWW said that sanding that down or filling that in would change the shape of the hands and they didn't recommend that. The brass hands were recoated as is which is why there is that texture there. It is not a powder coat or spray on. That is just how the gold reflects light with the texture below it. Watch is 1.3M serial so hands most likely were silver finish from factory but gold hands are possible for that serial range. I have about another 40 years of use out of this 52yo watch then it will go to my daughter. For this next part of it's life I wanted the original hands to be Gilt. Though the mat finish does catch my eye in some light I still think that LAWW did a great job brining them back into condition that enhances the watch and allows me to use the parts original to the watch. At the end of the day I am enjoying the watch more with the flat hands back in and with the flat hands being Gilt. |
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Love the story and restoration. Also great that you’re wearing the hell out of it. You trusting it enough to swim with it?
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Trust it enough to stand next to the pool. Definitely not risking submersion. It pressure tested OK but have no need to tempt fate. Thanks for feedback. |
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Thank you for sharing such beautiful, heart warming story with us. Possibly my favorite one, since being on the forum
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The feedback and comments are appreciated. My thanks to everybody who has taken the time to look at the post and I hope the occasional pictures I post of the watch are enjoyed.
We have a big family event in a few weeks and Mark's watch will be on my wrist for it. |
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This has been my favorite post in all of the forum so far. Thank you for sharing your dad's, and your story, and for the continuous updates on the restoration of the watch.
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