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OldeCrow 3T WIS 
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Nothing too lofty here, spent a whole $30.00 getting this and added the hands for $20.00 and the movement from a 30.00 dress watch donor that didn't cost me anything! Still $50.00 more than an old Orient is worth but it was fun!  I just thought I would share some pictures of my latest Orient, fresh off my workbench with a serious cleaning, movement transplant, swap original day/date wheels into new movement, new crown and stem, new gaskets. I left all the "vintage" visible on this one contrary to my restoration preference and even used an old beat up nato to complete the look, It's kind of growing on me... seriously I forgot to wash the nato first and something is growing on me!  This is a midsized diver measuring 38mm across the bezel and it has 20mm lugs. The only mod's done are the Plongeur hands.       |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Lookin' good, Chris . But isn't that Nato a little too narrow for the lugs? The tension imbalance exerted on the spring bars from the narrow strap width might cause you problems down the road, amigo. |
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stew77 Admin 
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Very cool Chris...sounds like you had great fun putting this one together! Did you consider adding a little extra wabbi/aging to the hands on this one?...those new hands look almost too squeakly clean against that great looking vintage dial. ...easier said than done I suppose... But I still think the end result looks great... "vintage good"!  |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Cool Chris!...it looks like my vintage Citizen only with different hands...Congrats. |
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