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Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee. The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'." The second Catholic man chirps, "My son is a Bishop. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Grace'." The third Catholic gent says, "My son is a Cardinal. When he enters a room everyone says 'Your Eminence'." The fourth Catholic man then says, "My son is the Pope. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Holiness'." Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping her coffee in silence, the four men give her a subtle, "Well....?" She proudly replies, "I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38D breast, 24" waist and 34" hips. When she walks into a room, people say, "Oh My God!"

I needed something splash proof to wear while pressure washing the car earlier. This little kinetic fitted the bill.

Hello All, This is my first post so I thought I would show a little finishing technique I learnt a while back. It basically turns the ratchet or crown wheel into a matte/ frosted finish. It was popular back in the day with some high end companies and still looks good in my opinion. I'll run through how it's done and try answer your questions as best as possible. What you need: 1. glass plate 2. Micron paper in various grits. 20 and 12 will do. 3. Tetrabor 800 grit/ mesh 4. Ultrasonic or cleaning machine 5. rodico First thing first, you have to flatten your ratchet wheel. To do this I use some lapping paper on glass. I start on a 20 micron and rub the ratchet wheel with my finger in a figure 8 pattern or circular or however I feel. (we arent trying to achieve black polishing flatness) If you are worried you can set up a jig to hold the ratchet wheel. but I often find using your finger will suffice. Once happy, move onto a 12 or 9 micron and do the same. At this point it is imperative to clean the wheel so that you remove all the grit from the paper that may be stuck between the teeth. So chuck it in an ultrasonic or your cleaning machine. Next place some tetrabor onto your plate, no need to add oil or water. place wheel onto plate and start rubbing it in. Generally it doesn't take to long no longer than a min or so. Doesn't hurt to check the piece to see how the finish is developing. if you want to check you can dab it with rodico, very carefully to remove the tetrabor. Do NOT wipe with a tissue or anything, this finish scratches so easy its crazy!! you can always chuck it through the ultrasonic (carefully) to see how the pattern is going. Its the checking and chasing that one last scratch which takes up the most time. The slightest bit of dust or dirt on the glass plate will scratch the wheel. You can always blue the wheel after, it comes out with an interesting tone when blued with this finish. This technique is fairly hard and does take some time to get good at, because it's just so easy to scratch and because of this scratches stand out against the matte surface. I'll try answer questions as best as possible. I try and post interesting stuff on Instagram regularly at least 3 to 4 times a week. obr_horology is my account on insta. its just time consuming to post (slow at typing) I plan on doing a youtube video in the coming weeks to better explain it. I learnt this from Henrick Korpela. Check him out if you haven't heard of him. He also writes in the AWCI and gives away a lot of info. Thanks O

Well, when Nigel Farag's lot have dragged us all back to 1926, I'm sure we will all be measuring our cloth in cubits, drinking our beer by the firkin and tugging our forelocks to our imperial masters once more. In the meantime I'll stick with Napoleon's system.. apart from kilometers of course 'cos those are bonkers. Speaking of which.. Lincolnshire archaeologists have found the grave of what is believed to be Britain's oldest man. The headstone was discovered by the side of a road that was once an ancient trackway. Careful examination of the enigmatic carvings on the stone have revealed not just his age (147) but the fact that his name was Miles from London !!!

cool. good luck with it. I am not overly familiar with the ronda 703. I have played around a bit with the 515. If it will fit, it is my understanding that it's dial feet position are the same as the ETA 28XX calibers. this would give you a lot of dial options.

In honor of Andy and all blondes: Two blonds were attending a series of lectures at a large nature conservancy regarding the flora and fauna of their area when the instructor suggested a one hour break so that the students could avail themselves of a quick walk to some nearby woods to put their newly gained knowledge to use. The two blondes, being the only ladies in the class paired up naturally. They were enjoying their walk when they happened upon some fresh tracks. "Oh look," said the first blonde. "Deer tracks". "No, responded the second blonde." Those are wolf tracks." "I'm certain those are deer tracks" responded the first blonde rather heatedly. "Well, unlike you, I actually paid attention during the lectures and those are beyond any doubt, wolf tracks" responded the second blonde, also with a bit of an attitude. They were still standing in the middle of the tracks arguing when the noon train came along and ran them both down.

Its a blue dial day today. I'm wearing a Nino 17 Jewel swiss, while assisting my wife with her patchwork quilting designs. It had a slight rust issue when it arrived a few months back, but it is ticking along nicely now. I even restored the brushed case finish.

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As a once blond Scott, I feel I need to return the jibe... Q: Why are there so many unsolved murders in Texas? A: There are no dental records and everyone has the same DNA ... although being an ex-blond, you might need to explain that one to me.

In a similar vein: An old cowboy, who also happened to be blind, walked into a blonde biker chick bar without being aware of it's specific clientele. He just wanted a beer. He perched on a stool at the bar and order a cold one. When the bartender delivered his brew, he asked if she would like to hear a good blonde joke. A hush came over the entire bar as the bartender responded. "I'm a blonde and I can bench press 250 lbs. The lady on your right is blonde and she's a professional wrestler. The lady on your left is blonde and she teaches karate". "Are you certain that you want to tell a blonde joke in here?" Well, not if I'm going to have to tell it three times" the old cowboy replied.

Jd the best tool for holding an HS collet is this you can clamp it where you like and you have a good platform for the HS to rest on if you need to manipulate the HS hope this helps Kaz Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The problem with collecting old pieces are sometimes the uninvited insects eggs as bonus. I keep then in ziploc for a year or two.

Just for the sake of this science and if rogart63 don't find the parts, I would have a spare 56GT to offer for free. It has a broken pivot on the Balance but otherwise seems OK, but on the other hand this one has the "Standard" non shock on it so that part wouldn't have fitted anyway.. As I'm always curious on interchangeability I could send it to you as a last resort. Just pop a pm if you are intrested

I’m on my local sellers group and always keep an eye on things that come up cheap. This weekend I collected from a house clearance three non-working clocks. Two are mechanical one a quartz. i started on this one first and after taking the case apart giving that a good clean, resetting the hands which were loose and cleaning up the battery contacts it’s like a good-un

Thanks, yankeedog. I could feel that it wasn't allowing a complete disengagement. It wouldn't get a solid "click" when pressed in for winding position. I ordered another stem for it. I'll cut it a touch longer to allow more inward movement. It won't look as good, due to it's being further from the case, but it should work. BTW: The mainspring is new, and is not slipping. And thanks for thinking the little watch is cool. The hands and case are in pretty darn good shape, with minimal pitting, for the type and period. It'll look good with the new band.

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Sorry I'm kind of new in the whole forum world so trying to learn as I go. And for the tools I kind of figured quality is key but figured I'd ask seeing I'm only doing this as a hobby. I will also definitely check out that book. Thanks !!!!

There are many threads covering this. In fact, one recently is largely the exact same topic, so maybe add to that thread to keep the useful results contained in one place. Buy Practical Watch Repairing by De Carle. Stick with good quality tools in general: Get some Dumont tweezers (number 2 or 3) and European-made screwdrivers (eg. AF Swiss) as these parts replace your fingers since you will rarely touch the watch parts with your hands. Cousins is an excellent online shop in the UK. But best advice would be to use the search function!