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Hi all, I decided to take on a few ladies watches and did three in three days, starting at small, tiny and micro...

Here are the before and afters:

Small Before:

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And here it is after with a new crystal and original bracelet

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Here are the tiny watch before and after shots

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And here it is 100% original

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Finally the micro watch, smallest thing I have ever worked on, literally the size of my little finger nail:

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And here is the finished item, all original, but I didn't want to remove the bracelet during cleaning as it was soldered in place and the ultrasonic stripped off the plate during cleaning, so I had to re-plate the case, very happy with the results 🙂

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Initial timegrapher results

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Finished watch

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Yes, doesn't make sense why the ladies watches don't have the same value as the equivalent men's. They were harder to work on, but since I got my new scope with zoom, it's just the turn of a knob and its like working on a pocket watch.

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