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  1. Here's one of my favorite watches. It is powered by an ESA 9154 with a Hacking feature and calendar, and this thing keeps time within 3 seconds a day! Its as good as any of my Omega certified chronometers and I got it for about $40...a little maintenance and a new crystal/gasket and here it is!
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  2. Living in North Wales I have been done twice and been on two courses, once for doing 34 in a 30 zone and again for 37 in a 30 zone, it's just a money making exercise. Having driven for over 50 years without having killed or injured anyone I feel I cannot be that bad a driver. I used to drive to the conditions, that was before moving to North Wales, I now spend more time looking at the speedo than out the windscreen. There is no opportunity on the course to express an opinion, such as "You are all bunch of lowlife money grasping w%$*^&s" because if you do they will expel you from the course, without refunding the £90 fee, you will then get a speeding fine and points on your licence. Do not think for a minute that the police are your friends, the police work for the state and do as they are told.
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  3. Take a look at the crystal.
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  5. @mark - yep, I bought the replacement from cousins....expensive habit, this watchmaking lark. My wife describes my watch obsession as a combination of hobby and habit - a Hobbit :) I assure her I can quit any time...
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  6. Hi Bob. Using silver solder is similar to brazing, but uses a lot less heat. You will need a micro torch, silver solder and flux. When silver soldering I wear clear goggles rather than green to prevent me overheating the work. 1) First make a fixture or use small clamps to keep the parts in alignment, but also ensure that they hold the work in such a way that they don't create a massive heat sink. 2) Align the parts carefully and secure tightly. 3) Apply some flux where the parts are to be joined. 4) Heat parts to dull cherry red. 5) Using a very thin piece of silver solder, touch the joint. The solder should ideally melt from the contained within the work, but due to its size may require just the slightest heat from the torch at this point. 6) Allow to cool and finish off as required. If you have not done any brazing or silver soldering before, I would suggest taking the parts to a competent jeweller to have done.
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