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PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 2:00 am 
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another watch that arrived back from The Dalles Spa on Friday; a ref. 7101 Bullhead, Valjoux 7740.

this one had been waiting for the "right" hands for some time, in the first restoration we had
no correct Cal.11/12 hour and minute hand, so Craig fabbed them from hands of a ref. 7104;
great work, but slightly imperfect. Albert Wajs did not have any left, but then Watchco listed
a batch of correct hands (thanks, Phil, for the headsup) and now I have ample stock for
future projects. :oops:

on the OEM bracelet, quite nice now, hope some of you will enjoy it.

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PostPosted: Sat May 25, 2013 2:43 am 
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Stunning piece as usual and great restoration work. It looks gorgeous. I envy you again.
Thanks for sharing.


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Awesome, Fred. Enjoy!


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Holy moly. I think I've exhausted the thesaurus for stunning, so I'll just say, stunning. The colour combination there is one of the most gorgeous I've ever seen.


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:drool: :drool: :drool:

Beautiful. That's all i can say.

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Great color combos on this one Fred. The orange looks quite bright - I like it.

Thanks for posting!

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Nice and minty fresh look to that one. Great piece Fred, and very jealous of that one - especially as my birthday year.


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Just super!! Words can't describe it!

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thanks, all !

grabbed some more pics of the recent arrivals on terrace & tables; quite a decent ref. 824 has sneaked into the pics :oops:

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Roffensian wrote:
Nice and minty fresh look to that one. Great piece Fred, and very jealous of that one.

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You sure know how to "do" classic watches Fred. That looks absolutely stunning.

I've looked at getting a Pult/Pupitre a couple of times, but most out there whenever I've looked are a little to ratty for me to get involved with. But that restoration is simply superb.

(PS - If Hank ever gets pensioned off, I'd love to see Breitling do a re-release of this in the same vein as Omega are doing with their Seamaster bullhead).

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