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This Fortis is just silly fun, anyone have a watch they see this way?

This one reminds me to not take myself seriously.
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By: Larrykelley11
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Larrykelley11
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Restoration of my grand-father's watch: an update

Some of you may remember that, a few months ago, I sent my grand-father's watch , a Jaeger-LeCoultre Uniplan Etrier , to Le Sentier for a complete restoration . After asking if I could get some photos of the work in progress , I received the following doc
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By: quattro
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quattro
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Replaced original strap and buckle

Accidentally bought the deployant with the IWC logo but decided to keep it anyway. Much better now!
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By: ripper444
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Larrykelley11
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Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 & its background

For this thread, I’m testing a new presentation mode with the text coming gradually with the photos. Best to you all, Emmanuel A/ Zenith Calibre 135 Presented in 1948 , the Zenith Calibre 135 was created by Ephrem Jobin (born in 1909, cf. image below) and
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By: quattro
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quattro
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Still a source of great joy...!!

...i wonder if that feeling will last forever....over the past years I have welcomed many watches and let them go again as the initial love disappeard...but the love for this Memovox is still VERY strong!...do you have watches in your collection which sti
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By: The Swiss guy
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jml_watches
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The intoxicating beauty of click springs

In some of my previous threads, I've highlighted this small , but crucial and sometimes wonderfully beautiful component of a watch's movement. The click is a pawl often shaped like a beak or as a cam with two tips. It's held in tension by a spring that fo
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By: quattro
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quattro
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Patek Philippe ref. 585

Today, I felt like I needed something truly special on my virtual "watchprosite wrist". So, here's the best I could find: Patek Philippe 's ref. 585 . As indicated in the Extract from the Archives (cf. below), the movement of this watch was manufactured i
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By: quattro
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quattro
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my watch maker and I

when i have my vintage pieces serviced and overhauled and I ask my watch maker to include a WET and DRY pressure test on my pieces " one of these days, ..... one of these days ... one of them is gonna fail " ... as he walks away from me shaking his head a
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By: hmmmcamu
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Besançon
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A late posthumous Happy Birthday to Gerald Genta

Imagine designing the PP Nautilus, the Universal Geneve Polerouter and of course the AP Royal Oak -and all the watches under that design’s influence -truly a astonishing influence on modern horology
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By: mjcruiser42
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Larrykelley11
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Jardur Bezelmeter: Paper please!

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By: FranckAlexandre
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FranckAlexandre
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