A few weeks ago my good mate Craig @Guvnor64 sadly lost his Mum. There's a much longer story there but it's not mine to tell. The long and the short o...
I've been working on quite a few bits and bobs recently. The one pictured above is from 1971 and has a quirky 7006 movement. There's a quick set date...
So, at long last, we come to the point that, quite literally, some of us have been waiting for. After months of decisions and, in the case of the hand...
....to go back in the water. So, I've been approached by @Aurelian who has kindly donated this little chap to the charity cause. Its current winging i...
So, I picked these little chaps up on eBay last week and they're both in line for a day or two at the Gasworks spa. This one is a champagne dial 7019...
Good morning all. Just a final update to this long running saga. This morning I donated the proceeds from the winning bid to Dementia Jersey. Thank yo...
So, when I picked this up off eBay it was feeling pretty sorry for itself. It had an incorrect stem/crown, an incorrect movement holder, a broken dial...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... I'm just putting together the disparate parts of the WC Project Watch and it's clear there has been a decision that I think needs a review....
So, after many weeks of polls to choose the parts and a rather hurried re-vote on the handset... we finally have the finished article. Here's all the...
It's been a while since I posted one of these refurb posts but this is a little Citizen Eagle 7 that I've been working on recently. I picked it up off...
I'm working on an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak homages/alternatives article. I thought fellow Watch Crunchies would be interested in what I've found so f...
What are the most iconic, perhaps divisive, perhaps misunderstood, watch design “imperfections”? The first two that come to my mind are the SMP300 hel...
Guess this is serving as my #Welcome post. My first serious watch in a long time happened to be a watch that wasn't on my radar. My wife and I were va...
I just got this on Saturday. My new Rangemaster. I put it on a Barton saddle leather strap. Just not a fan of bracelets, but I think it looks really g...
This is my first automatic watch. I was drawn to its all-black finish, Milanese bracelet, and the black pilot watch dial. Picking up the dead watch, t...
Seiko Alpinist no. 3 (of 4 now) is on duty this weekend in the Italian Alps. Need to get s tropic strap for day time activities- then can swap for a D...