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david

micks_address wrote: »

My Stowa Marine back from service today. Brand new...


I had ordered a house of straps horween shell cordovan strap in Navy which arrived while it was away. Beautiful combination.

This is one definitely a keeper

That is some beauty Mick fair play and well wear. Did you go for the service + clean or the full package incl case refurb? Looks absolutely mint. Winding like butter now?

micks_address

david wrote: »

That is some beauty Mick fair play and well wear. Did you go for the service + clean or the full package incl case refurb? Looks absolutely mint. Winding like butter now?

went for service including refurb... sapphires were replaced as well. It says winding stem to... cost 417 including fedex collection from house and return. There were only light scratches on the case which i thought would hand polish out but they said no... i guess they could have just said no to get more money for me..

It is winding smoother now for sure... although could be the awkward speedmaster winding has hardened me up a bit

longshotvalue

Those pics have made me cop on and not sell mine . Madness . I must get a navy strap for it . A blue strap made a huge difference to a seiko zen garden I got .

micks_address

aidankkk wrote: »

Those pics have made me cop on and not sell mine . Madness . I must get a navy strap for it . A blue strap made a huge difference to a seiko zen garden I got .

what size are the lugs on yours? mines 22mm and i actually have a lovely navy leather from Martu now as welll but i think ill probably keep it on the house of straps one...

Pablo_Flox

New Cocktail Time in the post today.



Having a good think about what strap to put it on...

Frankie5Angels

Pablo_Flox wrote: »

New Cocktail Time in the post today.


Having a good think about what strap to put it on...

When you decide, will you post here - I was looking to sell mine but can't be facing the hassle of adverts just now, so I might as well spruce it up! :pac:

Homer

Out on the water this week so put the Emergency on a white rubber Barton Band

redlead

that's a class piece of kit. I love seeing a tool watch actually still serving a legitimate current day purpose. It hardly ever happens these days.

Pablo_Flox

Frankie5Angels wrote: »

When you decide, will you post here - I was looking to sell mine but can't be facing the hassle of adverts just now, so I might as well spruce it up! :pac:

I put it on a brown leather strap that I had at home for now. It won't stay on that for long though, I am thinking a blue leather strap...

Cassius99

The newest addition to the collection, a 40mm Glycine Airman. The 24hr dial and movement is a big novelty but I like it. Glad I stayed at the 40mm version, the lug length would make the 42mm look ridiculous on my wrist.

Blanchy90

Got my Seiko mod sorted today

Wibbs

I'm lovin the life on the ocean wave dial and the sharkfin bezel B. Well that's what I choose to call them anyway.

micks_address

Blanchy90 wrote: »

Got my Seiko mod sorted today

Did you get someone to do the mod for you?

Blanchy90

Wibbs wrote: »

I'm lovin the life on the ocean wave dial and the sharkfin bezel B. Well that's what I choose to call them anyway.

I love the dial and as soon as I heard about the hidden shark fin in the waves I knew I had to get one haha.

I thought the sharkfin bezel would complement the theme nicely. I think a sharkmesh bracelet will finish it off nicely, I just need to get fat spring bars and a bracelet that will take them

Blanchy90

micks_address wrote: »

Did you get someone to do the mod for you?

I did it myself (on my lunch break ha)


I bought it as a part assembled kit with a dead movement. So I swapped in a new movement.

There are a few minor issues to sort out but I'll wear it as it is for now

Eoin

Just one lunch break???

Blanchy90

Eoin wrote: »

Just one lunch break???

Well all I did was take out the old dial/movement/hands, remove the hands/dial.
Fit the dial and hands to the new movement and refit into the case.

Eoin

Blanchy90 wrote: »

Well all I did was take out the old dial/movement/hands, remove the hands/dial.
Fit the dial and hands to the new movement and refit into the case.

It took me a great deal longer with lots of tantrums to do the same. Getting the hands right was an almighty pita.

Blanchy90

Eoin wrote: »

It took me a great deal longer with lots of tantrums to do the same. Getting the hands right was an almighty pita.

I've modded a few vostoks so I've set a good few hands.

Funny enough this was the first time I used a hand press thing and I managed to slip and ruin the second hand. I managed to bend it back to where the damage isn't noticeable unless your looking for it and look at the right angle.

I think I spent around 30-40 minutes to do this.

banie01

Had my TC-9 bronze diver delivered this morning.
Quite a nice watch, and will get a bit of wrist time from me.
I'm a fan of crown at 4 and it wears quite comfortably.
Thanks to Blanchy for the heads up on this Kickstarter.

The travel case was a nice surprise too

Blanchy90

banie01 wrote: »

Had my TC-9 bronze diver delivered this morning.
Quite a nice watch, and will get a bit of wrist time from me.
I'm a fan of crown at 4 and it wears quite comfortably.
Thanks to Blanchy for the heads up on this Kickstarter.

The travel case was a nice surprise too

That looks great!
I just sprinted down the stairs to check the post... mine hasn't arrived yet :rolleyes:

I wont get to wear it for a couple of weeks until my birthday anyway.

I actually added that navy strap on to my order for the my seiko

banie01

Blanchy90 wrote: »

I actually added that navy strap on to my order for the my seiko

At £15 for the extra Horween strap, it couldn't be passed up TBH!
I bought the blue for my Breitling but it looks so nice on this, it may well stay on it

Blanchy90

banie01 wrote: »

At £15 for the extra Horween strap, it couldn't be passed up TBH!
I bought the blue for my Breitling but it looks so nice on this, it may well stay on it

Exactly for that price it would be mad not to get it

I completely forgot to add it to my order until after the campaign had closed and they had no issue with letting my pay for it using paypal.

Eoin

Blanchy90 wrote: »

I've modded a few vostoks so I've set a good few hands.

Funny enough this was the first time I used a hand press thing and I managed to slip and ruin the second hand. I managed to bend it back to where the damage isn't noticeable unless your looking for it and look at the right angle.

I think I spent around 30-40 minutes to do this.

I've the parts for a watch with a subdial second hand - am dreading trying to set that teeny second hand with my fat mitts.

Blanchy90

Eoin wrote: »

I've the parts for a watch with a subdial second hand - am dreading trying to set that teeny second hand with my fat mitts.

I find these tweezers great when setting the hands.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N6LW24H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

I used the curved one to get the hand in place and push it on. You could use some rodico to hold the hand either.

It gets a lot easier with practice. I started on some wrecked vintage vostoks ( a few years ago when you could pick them up for nothing)

A loupe is very handy for the smaller hands but they can still be a real pain

Pablo_Flox

Got a blue leather strap for the new Cocktail Time it it looks 10 times better. I don't know what Seiko were thinking with the metal strap they sell it with.

Eoin

Bracelets are often what let Seiko down imo. At least it's the easiest thing to fix.

micks_address

Skx007 I ordered for modding...Jesus the bracelet is awful on them. Had this Martu strap lying around that was meant for a steinhart ocean vintage gmt..finally got to put it on something..the orange stitching is out of place..after mods will end up on crafter blue strap..

Cyclingtourist

micks_address wrote: »

Skx007 I ordered for modding...Jesus the bracelet is awful on them. Had this Martu strap lying around that was meant for a steinhart ocean vintage gmt..finally got to put it on something..the orange stitching is out of place..after mods will end up on crafter blue strap..

You do realise the un-modded ones are becoming rare?

The stitching matches the "Diver's 200m" IMO

micks_address

Cyclingtourist wrote: »

You do realise the un-modded ones are becoming rare?

The stitching matches the "Diver's 200m" IMO

i just wanted to play around with one... i suppose i can always unmod at some point