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bravo806

Post subject: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:38 am

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Got the Navitimer back from Chronodeco several weeks ago. What a transformation ! Hard to believe it's the same watch we sent him. Thanks to the forum for stearing us to Craig, but more importantly Thank You Craig ! Carefull, thoughtfull, expert work------and some good off-topic conversations. I am having trouble, as usual,loading a pic Craig provided of the "new" watch face. I'll work on that tonight. Hey, everybody likes "show & tell".

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bravo806

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:11 am

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finally.

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WatchFred

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:12 am

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we'd really love to see the watch ?

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bravo806

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:59 am

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Pics of watch, finally, finally Thank you Craig for the clear photos.

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rick

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:27 am

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Absolutely Beautiful. Another fantastic restoration by Craig.

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WatchFred

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:07 am

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lovely, congratulations !

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buddman

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:15 am

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Very good, congrats. I was trilled to find my all-black Navi, and I'm sure you will be proud of yours.

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cruvon

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:07 am

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Congrats, a beauty!

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bravo806

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:48 pm

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Wonder what the S. stands for in Craig's name,----Surgeon ?

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bravo806

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:31 am

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Can anyone suggest a realistic value range for this '55 aopa venus 806? We have decided to sell it, and can't find recent sale activity. This is not a happy moment for us, and not our original plan, but we all agree it's the right thing to do. Discriptions, and history are available on our posts ( bravo806 ) Thanks, Steve

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WatchFred

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:40 am

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around 3.5k would be realistic. S stands for Sherman btw.

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faded_lume

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:10 pm

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What exactly did he do to the dial? It looks gorgeous.

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chronodeco

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:12 pm

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The cleaning solutions and cleaning techniques used on the dials that I clean are something that took me the better part of 5 years to develope after testing a LOT of spare old dials that were rendered useless. Someday when I hang it up, I will share this information.
Yes my first name is Sherman. This guy was my great, great grandfather - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman
The name Sherman has been given to the 1st born of each generation since then.
Thanks to all for the nice comments - happy I can do it.

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faded_lume

Post subject: Re: '55 806 aopa anvitimer

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:40 pm

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Thanks for the post Sherman, I was wondering if it was purely cleaning that was done or if the dial or lume needed to be altered in any way to achieve this result. Great work

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