Qbos Panerai homage

Nice work, Ricky. Thumbs up!

Ya gotta love Arthur Brown. Thumbs up!

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Mark C. -- November 01, 2009 03:22AM (Views: 11)

Thank you Mark. What can I say, that song fit my mood when the job was done. Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off

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Ricky Lee -- November 01, 2009 04:42AM (Views: 21)

Outstanding work, Ricky! Glad you got 'er up and running! Applause!

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MCV -- November 01, 2009 02:59AM (Views: 10)

My pleasure! 'twouldn't have been possible without you, though.. Thank you! Did you..
Ricky Lee -- November 01, 2009 04:33AM (Views: 39)
..catch that I was able to keep the OEM hour and minute hands? WIS Honeymoon

Happily, they were the same 70/120 sizes required by the ESA movement. The seconds hand was a .17, though, where the ESA needs a .20 size. So I used that blue Uncle Otto seconds hand and, not to toot me own horn, but it's about a 240% improvement over the red-tipped silver 'meatball' hand that it had as OEM. Wink

I'm diggin' it totally! WIS Honeymoon

Thanks again, Marc!

-Ricky

Thought the second hand looked different, big improvement! (n/t)
MCV -- November 01, 2009 04:57AM (Views: 10)

Interesting Epoxy method I am smiling

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Reto -- November 01, 2009 01:58AM (Views: 12)

Thanks boss! Wink, wink...

I've put quite a bit of R & D into the method..
Ricky Lee -- November 01, 2009 04:22AM (Views: 12)

..both in technique and with different adhesives. The result is not exactly elegant.. but I've got it to a point now where it flat works. Smile

I use 2 dial dots (visible at 3 and 8 in the 3rd photo) to tack the movement in place, backed up with the 2 Rodico balls at 6 & 12. The best epoxy I've found thus far is JB Weld 'Kwik'. Very tenacious indeed, yet not impossible to remove if required

-Ricky

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Reto -- November 03, 2009 06:19AM (Views: 9)

I love Rodico putty. Laughing out loud!

That is one classy caveman piece! Thumbs up!

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Dave Murphy -- October 31, 2009 09:47PM (Views: 34)

Oh, and you'll note that I did..
Ricky Lee -- November 01, 2009 04:50AM (Views: 13)

Quote
Dave Murphy
..I'm going to give you a hand setting lesson the next time I'm in Northern Mississippi.

..get those hands pretty darned close this time! I am angry!

-Ricky

Note that I use the Rodico only to TEMPORARILY hold the movement..
Ricky Lee -- November 01, 2009 04:09AM (Views: 13)
..in place, while the epoxy cures. I have (so far) resisted the temptation to leave it in place, as you once suggested. Wink

-Ricky

Psssst! Hey Ricky did you know the dial's not centered ? (n/t)
ARupard -- November 02, 2009 11:57PM (Views: 10)

I know. {sigh} Dad-gummed DIY plastic centering ring. I am angry!

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Ricky Lee -- November 04, 2009 12:51AM (Views: 7)

Outstanding! That blue second hand really seals the deal! Glad you got it together so well! Applause!

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MCV -- November 02, 2009 09:23PM (Views: 10)

You know, that blue seconds hand DOES 'make the watch', for me. Thumbs up!

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Ricky Lee -- November 02, 2009 09:48PM (Views: 9)

A PMWF Challenge answered. Marc Vernon sent me this Chinese Puzzle Watch Kit, ye see..

Catalog shots of the Chinese Kit Watch especially for MCV..