Sporting a 49 year old Timex, a recently completed restoration project, for #ThrowbackThursday. // 1975 Timex Electric Dynabeat 771511- Round chrome plated bezel, full numberal dial, sweeping seconds - 3rd party brown leather strap
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Bytemonkey
builder of websites, fixer of computers, player of old video games, watcher of anime, collector of yo-yos, comic books, action figures and cheap watches
Pensacola, Florida, USA
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
Wow! You've just knocked me down. What a beauty. How did you get the case so smooth and shiny?
Love it 💯
Wow! You've just knocked me down. What a beauty. How did you get the case so smooth and shiny?
Love it 💯
Polywatch and a Dremel on the lowest setting.
Polywatch and a Dremel on the lowest setting.
Polywatch on the case? Sorry to ask but I would love to get a high finish like this on some of my watches
Timex is a great watch brand!
Polywatch on the case? Sorry to ask but I would love to get a high finish like this on some of my watches
This was my experiment to see if Polywatch would do anything and it did work but required some buffing with a polishing dremmel. You could also try some "NO 7. Metal and Chrome Polish" which I have used in the past and have had decent results. Let it dry on the metal and then buff it out. You'll need to use a brush to do a deep clean afterwards. Just start small until you get the feel for it. Took me several tries until I got comfortable with it.
This was my experiment to see if Polywatch would do anything and it did work but required some buffing with a polishing dremmel. You could also try some "NO 7. Metal and Chrome Polish" which I have used in the past and have had decent results. Let it dry on the metal and then buff it out. You'll need to use a brush to do a deep clean afterwards. Just start small until you get the feel for it. Took me several tries until I got comfortable with it.
You've got me trying to decide what watch to practice on. Many thanks 🤓