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... I will tell you when I have any new informations. Best regards, frame65

... Girard-Perregaux does not have any more glasses/crystals. My watchdealer tries to get one from IWC for a 816 AD, but I think there it will be the same ... Best regards, frame65

... old and young diver... ;-)

a little update: unfortunately the watchmaker in Hamburg also did not succeed in getting a new crystal. So I decided for now to keep and wear the watch like it is. Beside this I asked my watch dealer here in Lübeck if he probably will get a crystal for a IWC 816AD. I am not optimistic but we will se

... they should neither touch case nor dial. The watch must keep it's appearance as a used watch from the seventies... I think the watchmaker knows what to do. He has his workshop in Hamburg for over 50 years and is well known in the scene. There had been an article in a big German newspaper about h

... to a black patterned made of silicone the watch now looks a little bit to me like the tropic band in the old advertisement (thank you for that, blomman) ... ;-) Giving a revision to the watch seems to be a little bit difficult, my watchmaker told me that he cannot ( or will not...) do it, but I

Hello MTF, thank you for your warm welcome. I am not sure, but I think the numbers on the dial have something to do with the minutes of decompression time. I think I have read it (here...?) somewhere... The depth on the bottom is 20ATM though it is meanwhile hardly visible as you can see on the pict

I just was at my watchmaker, unfortunately they are closed at the moment because of having painter and craftmen in their shop. So I will try again at the end of the week... I come from Lübeck/North Germany (Bomman, I suppose you are from Sweden, so you propably know it from driving by or visiting it

Thank you for your tips! Today I go to the watchmaker and will bet him to Check the Information you have asked for... Best regards, frame65

Thank you all for your warm welcome! I will send some other fotos when the watch comes back from my watchmaker. I Intend to install a black silikone wristband, perhaps with a similar structure to the tropic band shown in the old advertisement blomman posted here in the forum. Best wishes, frame65