What are you working on now?

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Taking an old pocket watch apart.
Next step would be … movement dissembling.
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Gonna build this piece for my dad, he is 85 and has very poor eyesight.Image

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Amuthon wrote: December 21st, 2022, 12:58 pm Gonna build this piece for my dad, he is 85 and has very poor eyesight.Image

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Ohohoho, great one! 😂
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A thin original silver dial, cedar veneer on that, shellac and finishing it with Arabic numerals in gold.

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:clap: :clap: :o @Amuthon meraviglioso
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Playing with UV paint
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Wasn't in a good condition, doing my best ...ImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Now, it’s in a very best vintage condition
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Amuthon wrote: December 21st, 2022, 12:58 pm Gonna build this piece for my dad, he is 85 and has very poor eyesight.Image

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What a profile!
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence”

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I have taken apart an Elgin grade 471 and size 37s, it was made 1923, double barrelled and 8 day movement from an aeroplane.
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