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[RichardHarris123]

No, a light.

PS, it's a Unicorn   hehe. 

[AndyGSi]

50 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

The most important watch repair ever.  No not a long lost John Harrison or the like but my three year old granddaughter's.  £2.99 but "Grandpa, my watch is broken, can you fix it.  How could I say no?

So where did you take it? Was it the Sons of Timp?

Edited 18 hours ago by AndyGSi

[RichardHarris123]

14 minutes ago, AndyGSi said:

So where did you take it? Was it the Sons of Timp?

Cheeky bugger, I fixed it myself, very difficult.  Put lighting module back, push the back on. Took all night  

[zx6rfool]

[mbwatch]

1 hour ago, RichardHarris123 said:

No, a light.

PS, it's a Unicorn   hehe. 

Fancy! - Unicorn has Wilsdorf heritage.

[EtherJunky]

Восток 2403/581096

 

 

So a while back I discovered the website of the Vostok factory. It didn't come up on google but was mentioned in some youtoob video. The information was all in Russian and the English translation wasn't fantastic. The "Put in Basket" button was translated to "Put in Garbage". The prices mentioned were also rather jarring. When looking at this piece the numbers were "Three THOUSAND .... two HUNDRED...." and I was thinking 'aww that's a big number' .... "err rubles". I googled the exchange rate and it turned out to only be 30 something squid, so I put in garbage.

The postage said "eight HUNDRED ... and seventy!" and again I was thinking 'aww that's a big number' ... "err rubles". It turned out to only be around 8 quid for international delivery, so I threw in an Amphibia for about five THOUSAND - coz I'm such a big spender.

I've replaced the straps on multiple occasions and have been abusing this ever since.

Funnily enough fleabay would occasionally have similar models (not the sexy tilted dial) for about double the price. So it appears to be a decent business model. Unfortunately nowadays, and not entirely due to politics, it's gotten trickier to order these. The actual payment would need a slight workaround, and I wouldn't trust the Baltic postmen either (they appear to have a reputation of having sticky fingers).

For anyone interested, and the prices would've changed over the years, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to put url's in comments because I wasn't paying attention when reading the forum rules, is this: https://online.vostokinc.ru