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Completely non-mustang related restoration project before and after

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ko67

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Some of you know that I am trained as a watchmaker and I restore old watches as a hobby. I just finished the restoration of a nice Corum watch for a friend. I failed to take before and after pics of Jerry Coleman's watch when I restored it, but here is a before and after shot of the Corum. Came out really nice. the restoration cost as much as the value of the watch, but it was sentimental.

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Damn! Great job. But I guess when you are accustomed to working with small things, watch repair comes second nature.


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"70_Fastback" said:
Damn! Great job. But I guess when you are accustomed to working with small things, watch repair comes second nature.


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Now that's funny right there.....................

Nice work btw.
 
kev,

nice to know someone else here fools with watches. i don't much anymore, but used to do a few restorations. here are a few i have now ranging from WW1-WW2, all military & flight related.

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probably my best one was this 1936 weems navigation watch. i did farm out the mech on this one as i was afraid i would screw up on something valuable, but relumed the hands/dial , polished the case, installed new crystal etc. myself. i sold this one to fund my ar-15.
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if you are interested, i've got an old pocketwatch thats been handed down thru the family that needs a servicing (probably just a cleaning/oiling) & also have a WW2 elgin a-8 bomb timer that needs work....
 
"Fast68back" said:
That one on the far right must be one of those stealth jobs..Nice work BTW
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ha! actually, that is a band i was in the process of reproducing for the one next to it (yes, i sew, but i'm NOT :homo) . it is the ww1 trench watch & at almost 100 yrs old, i didn't want to take a chance on damaging the original band.
 
Very cool that we have some watch geeks on the forum.

I need to have this one restored..

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"mmw68" said:
Very cool that we have some watch geeks on the forum.

I need to have this one restored..

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Don't you DARE touch that watch. Mechanical repairs are fine, but leave the dial and hands alone. That is a very rare and valuable model. Pm me for details.
 
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"SELLERSRODSHOP" said:
probably my best one was this 1936 weems navigation watch. i did farm out the mech on this one as i was afraid i would screw up on something valuable, but relumed the hands/dial , polished the case, installed new crystal etc. myself. i sold this one to fund my ar-15.

Nice work. Longines made those for the Navy. Ought to be worth $750 to $1000 retail, more with USN numbers.

if you are interested, i've got an old pocketwatch thats been handed down thru the family that needs a servicing (probably just a cleaning/oiling) & also have a WW2 elgin a-8 bomb timer that needs work....
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Pm me? Elgin artillery timers are tough old stop watches.
 
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