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Very nice Sea Wolf brought in for repair.  Nice to see this brought in from sitting in a drawer to getting worn daily.

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Cleaned in the Elma RM90

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Reassembled but next will re-luminous the hands.

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Hands complete.  I didn't attempt to remove or polish the spots on the hands for fear of maring the mirror polish from original issue.

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This watch has the threaded speed regulator so getting to a accurate gain/loss was a pleasure.  Steady had to get in beat via friction adjuster though.

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New crystal to arrive this week along with a new crown and she is ready to go.

 

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Very nice. Always have been a fan of Zodiac watches, especially the vintage ones. Quite underappreciated but the new ones aren't as high quality as the former ones are quite a bit expensive.

What type of crystal are you installing on it ? A standard tensioned domed acrylic ?

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6 hours ago, Chopin said:

Very nice. Always have been a fan of Zodiac watches, especially the vintage ones. Quite underappreciated but the new ones aren't as high quality as the former ones are quite a bit expensive.

What type of crystal are you installing on it ? A standard tensioned domed acrylic ?

Hello, Chopin.  I found the crystal here thinking that I may find it in my GS crystal cabinets but that particular slot was empty.

If you haven't checked that site out, it is a good one.  Has a good online eCatalog of the older paper one.

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