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Bought this today on eBay--BB Crystal press


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14 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

two!!

Yes I would agree that's why have two of them. Although my reason was actually that one of these surplus electronics stores a very long time ago when actually existed in physical forms locally. His liquidating one of the watch companies with the LCD modules and I got the press for practically nothing but nothing to push just the press. The other thing they were selling it was interesting day I managed to pick up the waterproof case opener similar type constructions is probably the same manufacture. The store was just swamped with people because the electronics people didn't grasp the value of the watch repair tools.

Then it won't be for several years until I met a nawcc regional meeting where I see one for $20 but none of the accessories how sad? So I walk away but I walked back and ask and all of them were in the box underneath. Always important to ask if you don't see something is maybe it's lurking. In the old days where the regional meetings people and have stuff and eBay hasn't influenced the prices yet. The same seller had the plastic box with the meter and all of the tuning fork accessories for Bulova I'll skip over the price of that it was really good at. It's amazing all the wonderful tools that I purchased at the regional meeting over the years at least until eBay came.

But the asses always nice to have more than one just in case something undesirable happens. Which probably never will a few have two of them will only happen if you have one of them.

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