Dracha wrote:
looks absolutely stunning !
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| Author: | chronodeco [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:44 am ] |
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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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| Author: | vintage [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:58 am ] |
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Awesome! |
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| Author: | Dracha [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:03 am ] |
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looks absolutely stunning ! |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:14 am ] |
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Dracha wrote: looks absolutely stunning !
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| Author: | rick [ Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:53 am ] |
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 Another phenomenal restoration as usual.
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| Author: | cruvon [ Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:16 am ] |
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Surely a challenging restoration Craig, well done, have any before pics, esp of the dial? |
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| Author: | jlee5050 [ Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:54 pm ] |
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Amazing Craig. Simply amazing. |
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| Author: | chronodeco [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ref 7661... the rest of the story. |
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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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:53 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | jlee5050 [ Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:47 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | cruvon [ Sun Mar 30, 2014 2:17 am ] |
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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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