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Old 9 May 2014, 11:40 AM   #31
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All I can say is.........WOW!!!!!!!
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:13 PM   #32
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Awesome!!!! congrats:)
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:16 PM   #33
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Dalton is the man! Your 5513 looks awesome.
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:22 PM   #34
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:29 PM   #35
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:30 PM   #36
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:34 PM   #37
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:36 PM   #38
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They did a fantastic job, those chamfers are truly gorgeous. Is is true that they now own a new numeric buffing machine that allows such a precision work?

Did they just make a polishing/buffing work on the watch or was there some laser welding involved as well, to add a bit of steel?

Anyway, amazing visual improvement, the watch deserves it, congrats.
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Old 9 May 2014, 12:42 PM   #39
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Old 9 May 2014, 01:32 PM   #40
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WOWZER!!! That there is some kind of craftsmanship. Name: bow-downsmiley.gif Views: 250 Size: 265 BytesName: bow-downsmiley.gif Views: 250 Size: 265 Bytes
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Old 9 May 2014, 01:40 PM   #41
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This thread should be dedicated to the guy requesting for help about his 5513 on the vintage sub forum. Very impressive work, it simply looks like another watch. Magnificent outcome.


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Old 9 May 2014, 01:44 PM   #42
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Cool pictures. Is this watch model really nicknamed Bart Simpson?
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Old 9 May 2014, 01:47 PM   #43
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Now that is impressive work. Beautiful!
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Old 9 May 2014, 02:37 PM   #44
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Friggin beautiful watch. Nice bevels too.
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Old 9 May 2014, 02:44 PM   #45
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Holy cow! Incredible.

Seeing that makes me think one can enlarge one's scope when looking to buy. I mean, it's as if ABC created a new watch from a poor blob of an example.

Thanks for the pix, Q.
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Old 9 May 2014, 03:20 PM   #46
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That's fantastic Mr. Q !
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Old 9 May 2014, 03:22 PM   #47
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Wow that looks fantastic!
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Old 9 May 2014, 05:09 PM   #48
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Work well done. Enjoy!
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Old 10 May 2014, 02:26 AM   #49
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Cool pictures. Is this watch model really nicknamed Bart Simpson?
Yeah; look at the coronet (crown logo) on the dial; doesn't that look like him..?
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Old 10 May 2014, 04:43 AM   #50
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That's some great work, enjoy!
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Old 10 May 2014, 07:19 AM   #51
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Fantastic work. Congratulations Q !
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Old 10 May 2014, 07:32 AM   #52
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Looks great!
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Old 10 May 2014, 07:43 AM   #53
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Old 10 May 2014, 08:04 AM   #54
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I guess the key is to have only a poor polish / but nearly all the metal on the lugs. Otherwise bevels on a skinny lug watch would look terrible.
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Old 10 May 2014, 08:19 AM   #55
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Old 10 May 2014, 08:22 AM   #56
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I guess the key is to have only a poor polish / but nearly all the metal on the lugs. Otherwise bevels on a skinny lug watch would look terrible.
And an excellent dial.
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Old 10 May 2014, 08:48 AM   #57
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wow! you have a beautiful vintage piece!!
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Old 10 May 2014, 09:48 AM   #58
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I guess the key is to have only a poor polish / but nearly all the metal on the lugs. Otherwise bevels on a skinny lug watch would look terrible.
This is why so many people avoid unnecessary polishing; once the metal has been removed it is gone...
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Old 10 May 2014, 01:52 PM   #59
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And an excellent dial.
... with matching hands.

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Old 10 May 2014, 01:55 PM   #60
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... with matching hands.
Hands are not so bad to replace. A dial on a rare watch, that's a pain in the tuchis to replace....
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