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 Post subject: Ref 7661...
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... just finished up a 2 month project on a 7661 for a customer in the UK. This one took a bath in salt water nearly 20 years ago and the movement was beyond repair. Built a cal 12 movement from a box of parts containing about 3 movements and a lot of bad or broken parts. I won't do that again!


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Awesome!
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Location: Santa Marta colombia on our way to french polynesia
looks absolutely stunning !

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Dracha wrote:
looks absolutely stunning !

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:lingsrock: Another phenomenal restoration as usual.

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Surely a challenging restoration Craig, well done, have any before pics, esp of the dial?
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Amazing Craig. Simply amazing.

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Here are some more pics of this one. The dial was just fine but the outer bezel ring had to be refinished. The movement was total rust! I did manage to clean up the original Breitling chrono bridge (muriatic acid) so it could be used on the new movement. One of the pics shows the 2 + cal 12 movements in parts (some good and some bad) - what a mess! It took me between 10 and 12 hours to build 2 complete cal 12 movements. A challenging project for sure.


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Amazing job Craig, and it just shows how something can be brought back with the right craftsman!
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Looking at those pics... if someone told me to take on this task, I would've just broken down and cried like a little b***h.

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Craig, from the before pics, am stunned you brought that movement and watch back to life, well done!
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