I'm quickly back on the Timex Marlin Skin Diver.. or as Lawrence @NewbombTurk likes to call it, The watch formerly known as Colonel Kurtz
I asked for your opinion and I went with the overall consensus and fitted the black bezel without colour coding it.
In hindsight, I think I should have fitted a new crystal before replacing the bezel, but I'm not taking it back off now.
Lastly. I think I stated a couple of days ago, that the watch was a 1976 vintage. It's actually 1974.. 50 years old, how cool is that 😎
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Nice shot!
Great job John, I was liking the no bezel Kurtz vibe as well 😉
Have a great day!
Your EX Colonel Kurtz (XColK) looks hot in black!
Congrats John, job well done!🔥👏
Looking really good with that new bezel John! 👌🎯💯 . You have the magic touch😎
Love the new bezel! And my favorite case shape. Great combo John!
Looks swell, John! Great job! I had to go way back in your gallery to find a pic with the original blue bezel. I think the black one suits it just fine! Hope to see it more often in rotation, now, although I also dug the "topless" look. 😂
I'm going to have to pull an LBJ, and let you know that "I shall not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 😁
Absolutely beautiful 😍 John! I would say this is my favorite out of your collection but they are all my faves. You don't have any bad picks my friend. Batting 1000!!!!
Wow, great photo, John! Sweet watch too
Looks good with the black bezel as the dial fades to black itself. Careful with this one lest you become the Colonel again...
Nice shot!
Thank you 🤓
Great job John, I was liking the no bezel Kurtz vibe as well 😉
Have a great day!
Thanks a lot. Rusty 🤓
Your EX Colonel Kurtz (XColK) looks hot in black!
Congrats John, job well done!🔥👏
Thanks a lot, Willard.
Xcolk.. I like it 👍🏻
Cheers, Luke 🤓
Looking really good with that new bezel John! 👌🎯💯 . You have the magic touch😎
Thanks a lot, Tony.
Lookout for my 62 tomorrow, I'm keen to hear what you think 🤓
Love the new bezel! And my favorite case shape. Great combo John!
Thanks a lot, David. I think I deserved the Ka Boom for this one 💥
Looks swell, John! Great job! I had to go way back in your gallery to find a pic with the original blue bezel. I think the black one suits it just fine! Hope to see it more often in rotation, now, although I also dug the "topless" look. 😂
I'm going to have to pull an LBJ, and let you know that "I shall not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 😁
Thanks a lot Larence, although I'm not sure I can get away with the topless look 😲
Lol.. like the LBJ quote, but I felt sure you were going for the "Swing Vote" today 🤣🤣🤣
Oh John this is then my birth year watch! It exists in the world as many years I do so I will see it as a close friend coming for a visit from now on whenever you post it on the Crunch ❤
I bow in front of your Colonel Kurtz
Absolutely beautiful 😍 John! I would say this is my favorite out of your collection but they are all my faves. You don't have any bad picks my friend. Batting 1000!!!!
Mega high praise there, Danilo.
Many thanks 🙏🏻
Wow, great photo, John! Sweet watch too
Thanks a lot, James 🤓
Looks good with the black bezel as the dial fades to black itself. Careful with this one lest you become the Colonel again...
Thanks, Al. I will be careful with this one. But I'm not going to mollycoddle it. It will do its duty just like all the others. And if it gets winged (pun intended) in battle. The Kurtz will make a comeback.
Oh John this is then my birth year watch! It exists in the world as many years I do so I will see it as a close friend coming for a visit from now on whenever you post it on the Crunch ❤
I bow in front of your Colonel Kurtz
Why Kostas.. you're just a young thing 😉
Thanks a lot, Tony.
Lookout for my 62 tomorrow, I'm keen to hear what you think 🤓
Looking forward to it!
Why Kostas.. you're just a young thing 😉
Oh but I don’t say I am old, not young either 😂
Somewhere in the middle! Transitioning from younger to older 😀🥂
I was mostly focusing on the fact that your beauty is the same age as I am 🥳
Oh but I don’t say I am old, not young either 😂
Somewhere in the middle! Transitioning from younger to older 😀🥂
I was mostly focusing on the fact that your beauty is the same age as I am 🥳
I'm sure you're in just as good condition too 🤓
The black bezel works really well - mirroring the dial perfectly from black to blue. Do you have a picture of what it looked like originally when it was first released?
Thanks a lot, David. I think I deserved the Ka Boom for this one 💥
Damn right you do
It's my birth year watch as well as @watchguard77 's Jon. A year that produced many fine things... and me.
It's my birth year watch as well as @watchguard77 's Jon. A year that produced many fine things... and me.
Cheers, my friend 🍷