404 Club
@AndyHull and I have been chatting, and we think it's time to formalize the 404 Club. 404 is the HTTP standard response code returned when a file (page) is requested and not found. You've probably seen the "404 Not Found" page a few times in your internetting adventures. Turns out though, watches can be found for such a tiny sum! Some surprisingly nice ones even!
Every currency doesn't have the same buying power though. Fortunately, the Dollar to Pound conversion at the moment works out to
Another 404 in the bag, this one went very smoothly and came up very well, the watch is now punching well above its weight. This Silony (Cal. 320) was part of a batch of 7 I got from eBay and so has an individual cost £3.71. The watch arrived as a non-runner, mainly due to gummy lubrication and a LOT of fibres inside the watch. After a clean and service I changed out the crystal as the original was yellowed and added a new strap. Before and after shots below:
The watch before (with my new 3
