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Little Steps
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Sorry for lack of response here lately, but I have been mad busy work wise and building wise, plus Christmas stuff.
Anyway, I'll do some better pics later, but over the last week I bagged a few M2M all were great bargains, a couple need a little fettling, but since I am a tinkerer that's right up my street.
Left to right on stands :-
PP Nautilus 5712 SS/SS PPF / ZF - A240. Spanking new just has 4 links missing which I have here, top drawer & fully functional. M2M
All the rest are in excellent condition without any major marks, the Omega needs some work on the movement but is keeping time, it's centre second hand is a little jumpy at times ....
AP ROO Qtz SS / grey rubber M2M
PP Nautilus not sure of model number, lovely piece, mechanical auto winder, without functional stopwatch. Private sale
Breitling Superocean, SS / Milanese. Private sale.
Omega Seamaster Americas Cup edition, SS / SS. Private sale
Bottom of pic not on stand :-
Breitling Chronomat Qtz SS / RG , not sure how much I'll wear this, but a great addition to my display cabinet M2M
Anyway, I'll do some better pics later, but over the last week I bagged a few M2M all were great bargains, a couple need a little fettling, but since I am a tinkerer that's right up my street.
Left to right on stands :-
PP Nautilus 5712 SS/SS PPF / ZF - A240. Spanking new just has 4 links missing which I have here, top drawer & fully functional. M2M
All the rest are in excellent condition without any major marks, the Omega needs some work on the movement but is keeping time, it's centre second hand is a little jumpy at times ....
AP ROO Qtz SS / grey rubber M2M
PP Nautilus not sure of model number, lovely piece, mechanical auto winder, without functional stopwatch. Private sale
Breitling Superocean, SS / Milanese. Private sale.
Omega Seamaster Americas Cup edition, SS / SS. Private sale
Bottom of pic not on stand :-
Breitling Chronomat Qtz SS / RG , not sure how much I'll wear this, but a great addition to my display cabinet M2M
Aside from going on a Christmas grub, beer and "Bear / Minxie" treats spree on Saturday coming I have finished all my Christmas stuff, and just got the rear door on the Car port to hang and clad.
Yesterday I did a big round trip and visited all my regular local customers, both trade and retail, and gave them their annual Christmas Boxes, Card and Booze for the other garages and fleet owners, and Card with a 5lt Screenwash, 2 x De-Icer sprays and a Scraper for the loyal retail customers.
It's just something I've always done in all my years in the Motor Trade, and they appreciate it just as much as I appreciate their business throughout the year
So that left me with a bit of time yesterday afternoon to check out Mels wee Ford Fusion for it's forthcoming MOT and it is fine, changed the Oil and Filter, and nothing else needed, so I got to looking into the new Display Cabinet.
I have now bought 2 cabinets same as the one I got, plan is to build one large Cabinet outta the 2 and when that's finished I will add the existing cabinet so I triple my 50 watch capacity to 150.
I've also the lighting for it, will also be able to fit at least 1 extra shelf per Cabinet as the spacing in the existing one isn't perfect, so that then adds another 30 giving a total capacity of around 180 watches.
Hopefully I will get all the bits before New Year and be able to build it all up exactly how I want it
I will likely put the sub display of the 2 Rotating Rolex vs Omega Deepsea Challenge watches on the top of the whole chebang this time, as they don't get worn that often, so I won't need to stretch up to reach the top shelf of the Cabinet, which will be almost at ceiling level.
If I ever get to the point I've filled this new one up, l think the next option will be a full on "fitted triple wardrobe" size cabinet with glass shelves and glass sliding doors, music, and a monitor screen displaying a slideshow of every watch in sequence, naked dancing girls, exotic cars etc etc
Yesterday I did a big round trip and visited all my regular local customers, both trade and retail, and gave them their annual Christmas Boxes, Card and Booze for the other garages and fleet owners, and Card with a 5lt Screenwash, 2 x De-Icer sprays and a Scraper for the loyal retail customers.
It's just something I've always done in all my years in the Motor Trade, and they appreciate it just as much as I appreciate their business throughout the year
So that left me with a bit of time yesterday afternoon to check out Mels wee Ford Fusion for it's forthcoming MOT and it is fine, changed the Oil and Filter, and nothing else needed, so I got to looking into the new Display Cabinet.
I have now bought 2 cabinets same as the one I got, plan is to build one large Cabinet outta the 2 and when that's finished I will add the existing cabinet so I triple my 50 watch capacity to 150.
I've also the lighting for it, will also be able to fit at least 1 extra shelf per Cabinet as the spacing in the existing one isn't perfect, so that then adds another 30 giving a total capacity of around 180 watches.
Hopefully I will get all the bits before New Year and be able to build it all up exactly how I want it
I will likely put the sub display of the 2 Rotating Rolex vs Omega Deepsea Challenge watches on the top of the whole chebang this time, as they don't get worn that often, so I won't need to stretch up to reach the top shelf of the Cabinet, which will be almost at ceiling level.
If I ever get to the point I've filled this new one up, l think the next option will be a full on "fitted triple wardrobe" size cabinet with glass shelves and glass sliding doors, music, and a monitor screen displaying a slideshow of every watch in sequence, naked dancing girls, exotic cars etc etc
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New Year update.
So the 2 new Cabinets and the lighting arrived, what with all the festivities, family up here etc I haven't built it yet.
I'm on the first thing today, which is building some new bedside cabs, so I can get the bigger display above it.
Also got the second 2025 purchase Watch today, the first purchase is coming from Australia so will be a while yet before that arrives.
So, the one from Australia YTA is a Gulf Colours TAG Heuer Monaco (Openworks Dial) and the other that came today is a cheap but nice AP ROO Michael Schumacher edition in Rose Gold.
It does have a glaring tell, (which I spotted before purchase), and that is the Datewheel Font is in White rather than Red which the Gen has, but aside from that, it is nice enough and I will be replacing that Datewheel for the correct one when I find someone who will make me one
It was still well worth the silly cheap price I paid and a great addition to my collection.
Here's a bunch of piccies ....
That's all for now, Happy New Year to y'all and thanks for reading my RWI Blog
So the 2 new Cabinets and the lighting arrived, what with all the festivities, family up here etc I haven't built it yet.
I'm on the first thing today, which is building some new bedside cabs, so I can get the bigger display above it.
Also got the second 2025 purchase Watch today, the first purchase is coming from Australia so will be a while yet before that arrives.
So, the one from Australia YTA is a Gulf Colours TAG Heuer Monaco (Openworks Dial) and the other that came today is a cheap but nice AP ROO Michael Schumacher edition in Rose Gold.
It does have a glaring tell, (which I spotted before purchase), and that is the Datewheel Font is in White rather than Red which the Gen has, but aside from that, it is nice enough and I will be replacing that Datewheel for the correct one when I find someone who will make me one
It was still well worth the silly cheap price I paid and a great addition to my collection.
Here's a bunch of piccies
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That's all for now, Happy New Year to y'all and thanks for reading my RWI Blog
Another small update ....
Watch wise for 2025, I made a third purchase today, a TAG Heuer Calibre 16 Chrono
Hopefully it should arrive at some point this week. Nice piece for a very decent price ....
New Bedside Cabinets installed, ready for the (yet to build) bigger main watch cabinet. This is not yet done due to an unforseen compressor issue in the workshop needed fixed plus regular equipment maintenance before I open up again next week.
I'll update again when the 2 YTA TAG Heuers get here, although that will be 3 watches soon as I'm swithering on buying a Breitling Cockpit but unsure exactly which one of 3 models I like
TBC ............
Watch wise for 2025, I made a third purchase today, a TAG Heuer Calibre 16 Chrono
Hopefully it should arrive at some point this week. Nice piece for a very decent price
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New Bedside Cabinets installed, ready for the (yet to build) bigger main watch cabinet. This is not yet done due to an unforseen compressor issue in the workshop needed fixed plus regular equipment maintenance before I open up again next week.
I'll update again when the 2 YTA TAG Heuers get here, although that will be 3 watches soon as I'm swithering on buying a Breitling Cockpit but unsure exactly which one of 3 models I like
TBC ............
After getting some help here in General Discussion earlier with my deadlocked decision making I finally pulled the trigger on a Breitling Cockpit B50 this afternoon
I knew I wanted Black Dial with Blue hr & min Hands, also wanted a Bracelet as opposed to a Strap, but I simply could not decide on which Case / Bracelet.
Finally ordered a SS Case / SS Bracelet model.
So as of today, the Gulf TAG Heuer Monaco is still winging it's way from Australia, the TAG Heuer Calibre 16 is on it's way in UK, and the Breitling Cockpit B50 will be dispatched from China shortly
I knew I wanted Black Dial with Blue hr & min Hands, also wanted a Bracelet as opposed to a Strap, but I simply could not decide on which Case / Bracelet.
Finally ordered a SS Case / SS Bracelet model.
So as of today, the Gulf TAG Heuer Monaco is still winging it's way from Australia, the TAG Heuer Calibre 16 is on it's way in UK, and the Breitling Cockpit B50 will be dispatched from China shortly