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 Posted: Fri Sep 17th, 2010 11:26 am
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OldeCrow



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 Nothing too lofty here, spent a whole $30.00 getting this and added the hands for $20.00 and the movement from a 30.00 dress watch donor that didn't cost me anything! Still $50.00 more than an old Orient is worth but it was fun! subtlelaugh.gif

I just thought I would share some pictures of my latest Orient,
fresh off my workbench with a serious cleaning, movement transplant, swap original day/date wheels into new movement, new crown and stem, new gaskets.
I left all the "vintage" visible on this one contrary to my restoration preference and even used an old beat up nato to complete the look, It's kind of growing on me... seriously I forgot to wash the nato first and something is growing on me!

This is a midsized diver measuring 38mm across the bezel and it has 20mm lugs. The only mod's done are the Plongeur hands.