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I’ll take a pic tmrw, this watch comes with rubber and alligator strap from new, the bracelet was added by the original owner afterwards . Both straps are pretty much unworn I can see why now changing is a faff !
Maybe you will change up to the latest model with the quick release set up. I can then take that one off your hands.
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Mitch Buchannon wrote: »
Maybe you will change up to the latest model with the quick release set up. I can then take that one off your hands.
Been a few on
I think once I get the bracelet refurbed it’ll stay on that looks best on it imo0 -
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Hard to believe its already been 4 months since leaving it into Crystal Jewelers back in March.Would of had it back sooner only for waiting on places to reopen for parts and with shipping.
Huge Thanks to Crystal Jewelers in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre,Lorraine and Barry the watchmaker was fantastic,took the time to talk me through what he had done.
He was able to restore one of the screws for the movement,had to make another from scratch.(Was in a rush,have messaged him for more information,just wanted to get this post up,will add more details later.)
In relation to the movement,he was saying one place makes the movements,another provides the cases.Mentioned what Wibbs had said before about the chemicals used in cleaning the movement might of changed the color appearing as a franken.
It is definitely made from at least 2 different movements,he explained back in the day they used benzene to clean the movements which is extremely toxic.He did not find any markings or anything to help identify the manufacture.
€75 for the service,€194.01 for the watch,really happy with that as its an amazing looking piece with that big crown and the history behind it that i am looking forward to explore more.
Was able to make out the name on the dial,SILVO. Found another on eBay [Link] . Going by the description,various different names could be found on the dials as the parts were from different manufactures.
Again another Huge thank you to Wibbs,way out of my depth on this one so very grateful to have his knowledge and inspirational posts to fall back on,and everyone else for posting as not having a large collection,its a great way to see many watches,many of which i could only dream of owning and the stories that go with them.
Went a bit mad with the camera,here is some more pictures [Link]0 -
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Jesus just changed the bracelet to the alligator strap
It’s not for the faint hearted very tiny screws everywhere
Won’t be doing that too often !
Was it a miracle?
Anyway took a side by side shot and I have to say Damasko really nailed dial clarity and ease of reading the time at a glance. I find myself looking at the Seiko twice to check the time, I never had to do that with the Damasko.
The Seiko has blue for SAT and red for SUN, just to remind me to take an odd day off. The wart does make the day/date easier to read, but unless it's photographed dead on perpendicular it's a balls.
Lume on the Seiko is better, and with a gap at 3 and a good lume pip on the bezel makes it easier to figure out the time at 4 o'clock in the morning. The red pip on the Damasko doesn't really glow at all.
If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.
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Funny you say that you thought Shanghai was undeveloped as it probably was one of the most developed cities in China at the time (the four occupying powers French, British, US and Germans had developed their own "concessions" in Shanghai pre WWII) - it's why if you go there you can see French/British/US/German architecture still in the area.
And you got ripped off majorly with that fiver meal - I'd say you could have probably fed yourself for a month (at least) for a fiver back then - even in 2007 I bought a new bicycle in Beijing for a fiver (1 gear only but hey fixies are hipster). I think my Father's monthly salary in the 80's was something like 3 euro. 0 -
Funny you say that you thought Shanghai was undeveloped as it probably was one of the most developed cities in China at the time (the four occupying powers French, British, US and Germans had developed their own "concessions" in Shanghai pre WWII) - it's why if you go there you can see French/British/US/German architecture still in the area.
And you got ripped off majorly with that fiver meal - I'd say you could have probably fed yourself for a month (at least) for a fiver back then - even in 2007 I bought a new bicycle in Beijing for a fiver (1 gear only but hey fixies are hipster). I think my Father's monthly salary in the 80's was something like 3 euro.
It seemed to me at the time to be relatively unchanged with few buildings that would have been considered of recent vintage. But many of the cities in Asia like Singapore were still recognisably colonial. The skyscrapers came later.
I may have been paying an inflated price by local standards but it still seemed great value compared to prices in HK , Singapore not to mention the UK. I think they called the colonial area the 'bund' and a trip ashore in Shanghai wasn't the same as say Singers because there was no 'night life' at least none we had access to, so it was the seamen's club or nothing.0 -
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