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About a month ago I spent a 4 days vacation in the South of France. so we paid a visit to my father in law (he's a nice guy ... and has a nice terrace just in front of the sea).
I had my 6538 SYL on the wrist and when he saw it he immediatly felt in love with it and we begun to talk watches.
He talked to me about an old (and not working) 16610 Rep he had and asked if I could have a look at it, try to fix it and give it a better look.
I should have dodged that issue but ... I said "why not" !!!
So he searched his drawers and show up the "thing" I'll see below, definitely a cheapie among the cheapies.
But a "why not" is really close to a "yes" and my father in law is, as I already said, a really nice guy, so ... "challenge accepted".
I put the "watch" in my luggage and took it home and decided to forget about it for a few days.
But I had alost made a promise so I had a first close look at it, opened the case and wiped some.
Then I begun what was supposed to be just a refurbishment but finished being what I would call a real plastic surgery.
So here's the story and I hope you'll like it ... and sorry if I'm too chatty
EDIT :
1 - after posting everything in 1 post I think it's better to make multiple posts than only one
2 - if somebody can explain me how I can make my pics "a little less" big ... fell free
3 - I have resized most of the pics ... High PICs will be for the finished watch
I had my 6538 SYL on the wrist and when he saw it he immediatly felt in love with it and we begun to talk watches.
He talked to me about an old (and not working) 16610 Rep he had and asked if I could have a look at it, try to fix it and give it a better look.
I should have dodged that issue but ... I said "why not" !!!
So he searched his drawers and show up the "thing" I'll see below, definitely a cheapie among the cheapies.
But a "why not" is really close to a "yes" and my father in law is, as I already said, a really nice guy, so ... "challenge accepted".
I put the "watch" in my luggage and took it home and decided to forget about it for a few days.
But I had alost made a promise so I had a first close look at it, opened the case and wiped some.
Then I begun what was supposed to be just a refurbishment but finished being what I would call a real plastic surgery.
So here's the story and I hope you'll like it ... and sorry if I'm too chatty
EDIT :
1 - after posting everything in 1 post I think it's better to make multiple posts than only one
2 - if somebody can explain me how I can make my pics "a little less" big ... fell free
3 - I have resized most of the pics ... High PICs will be for the finished watch