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Old 11 December 2014, 05:27 AM   #31
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1978 sea-dweller
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Old 11 December 2014, 08:17 AM   #32
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Awesome thread! Great rescue and restoration work!! And love that Speedy!!!
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Old 11 December 2014, 08:33 AM   #33
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I picked up to watch at a local auction and I sourced a period dial from VRF. By some sort of weird voodoo I ended up on a prolonged business trip to San Francisco. Everyday I got off the bus to walk the last couple of hundred yards to work, the bus stop was right outside Jaceks shop, the rest is a no-brainer...through Jacek the dial was replaced and a full service carried out, Jacek also offered to have the watch shipped down to ABC in L.A. for the full monty on the case but I declined, I like to wear my watches and if it's too shiny I don't feel comfortable having it on my wrist. The twinlock was replaced with a trip lock as I go to the pool once a week with my kids and am not at ease leaving my watch locker.

This watch is my daily wearer, and I spend most of my days in a workshop working with my hands, welding , machining, moulding, hammering and I only take it off when I'm working on the polishing wheel for common sense safety reasons, and of course when I shower
Nice to hear your story. Seems like that all slotted onto place for a reason!
Great watch ... thanks for posting!
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Old 14 December 2014, 05:41 AM   #34
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My 6494, just purchased it, had a new lens, stem, crown, light polish. Absolutely love it with the blued second hand, roulette calander & its accurate also
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Old 17 December 2014, 07:10 PM   #35
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Wow, I am sure you will now love it even more than ever!!!

Amazing.............
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Old 17 December 2014, 09:10 PM   #36
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I like these before and afters of these vintage Barbies.








It reminds me of those before and after Stay Off Meth ads...

Remember kids, stay off Meth! This could happen to you!!!
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Old 18 December 2014, 03:20 PM   #37
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R u on meth Q? Just kidding!!! LOL
Here is my before n after show





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Old 18 December 2014, 03:40 PM   #38
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I like these before and afters of these vintage Barbies.








It reminds me of those before and after Stay Off Meth ads...

Remember kids, stay off Meth! This could happen to you!!!



wait....so u collect vintage Barbies too?
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Old 18 December 2014, 03:57 PM   #39
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wait....so u collect vintage Barbies too?
Doesn't everyone???
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Old 18 December 2014, 04:02 PM   #40
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Old 19 December 2014, 01:46 AM   #41
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Nice watches guys!
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Old 20 December 2014, 10:19 AM   #42
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Here's mine....
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Old 20 December 2014, 10:22 AM   #43
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Old 20 December 2014, 11:49 AM   #44
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My 6494, just purchased it, had a new lens, stem, crown, light polish. Absolutely love it with the blued second hand, roulette calander & its accurate also
thats awesome!
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Old 20 December 2014, 11:54 AM   #45
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Now that's a raw project ....
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.... but worth saving - great work BK100
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Old 20 December 2014, 05:00 PM   #46
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Old 26 December 2014, 01:12 PM   #47
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This thread is amazing.
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Old 27 December 2014, 03:30 PM   #48
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Wow that is gorgeous but I would have kept the faded insert [img]http://******.com/j6k84[/img][img]http://******.com/paea6[/img]
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Old 27 December 2014, 03:57 PM   #49
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Old 4 January 2015, 03:09 PM   #50
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Great patina.
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Old 5 January 2015, 03:56 AM   #51
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Old 6 January 2015, 12:53 PM   #52
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Red sub
Bought it from a friend for $ 400 - he jumped in pool with the crown unscrewed ..... Spent @ 2k fixing it .... Far from perfect - but I like it !
Here's another before ....




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Old 6 January 2015, 01:00 PM   #53
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And another after ....
1969 MK 2 , tropical dial with some obvious water damage ......
But , hey , for less than $2.5 k , I can live with it !
Keeps PERFECT time +/- 3 seconds a day !

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Old 6 January 2015, 01:22 PM   #54
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I like the green 5 o'clock marker.
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Old 6 January 2015, 02:12 PM   #55
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Loving the watches in this thread, where do you guys go to have this type of work done? I have heard of ABC but are there others that can pull this type of work off, if so who?
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Old 8 January 2015, 03:30 PM   #56
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This thread is really fun. I would love to get my hands on a good project like the ones posted here.
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Old 8 January 2015, 11:09 PM   #57
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Old 9 January 2015, 06:35 AM   #58
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Bought it from a friend for $ 400 - he jumped in pool with the crown unscrewed ..... Spent @ 2k fixing it .... Far from perfect - but I like it !
Here's another before ....
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Great Red Sub results, thanks for sharing!
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Old 12 January 2015, 08:39 AM   #59
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Some truly amazing transformations here! Really beautiful,watches - if only Rolex would go back to these!
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Some truly amazing transformations here! Really beautiful,watches - if only Rolex would go back to these!
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