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A member of another forum was giving away 4 watches - 3 HMT Indian models and 1 Chinese - to the first person to get in touch with him. All runners, no guarantees - perhaps NOS. So I jumped in - and I get them tomorrow (I hope). No straps or lug pins, but that's no problem. We'll see what they're like...

 

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They arrived this morning - simple but OK and in very good nick with just a bit of wear and oil here and there. Pics:

 

First the Chunlei:

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The HMT Kohinoor:

 

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The HMT Suraj:

 

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The HMT Vijay:

 

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Very nice. Like the Vijay.

BTW whats up with the Chunlei? Did you adjust it that far? Was it running way too fast?

I haven't touched it as I just wanted to see how it's running. It was wound and set at 10am'ish this morning and is spot on to the second as I write this (10.46pm).

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I ordered some cheap straps for the freebie watches and they arrived this morning. I'm contemplating putting at least three of the watches on eBay (the fourth one - the Vijay - has the rogue case back...). However, if anyone on the forum wants one for a tenner plus postage - either as a keeper or to tinker with - I'm happy to oblige. I'm going to give anything I make on them to the Spina Bifida Association. (I had a younger brother who died from Spina Bifida, age two months, so it's a cause I support).

 

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