Breitling Tri-Compax

Elgin B.W. Raymond Railroad watch
The original arbor stem that came with it was too short. You could either screw it completely into the crown and as a result it wasn't long enough to reset the hacking system or you could push the stem in all the way, but the crown wouldn't attach.Luckily I found a couple of NOS arbor stems for the 730A. It just took a little patience to grind it to the correct length. Bottom line, I now have a functioning, hackable B.W. Raymond RR watch. It runs the 730A, 23 jewel movement, which is adjusted to 6 positions. According to Ranfft, the 730a runs at 18,000 bph, and has a power reserve of 40 hours. Cosmetically, the 10K GF case has a few dings, but overall is in my more than acceptable range. The dial has a few spots, but overall is in nice condition. I ended up putting it on a dark brown leather band from JP Leatherworks (if you are looking for an inexpensive, but decent leather band, you might look at the brand).

Keeping Da Photos in Da Bucket
I was reviewing my post on WTF/WRUW and my happy finger clicked on the photo and...voil¨¤ I was returned to my photo hosting service. All of my albums were open for viewing. I wondered if this was just me so I returned to WTF and clicked on posts by other members and there are LOTS of us who are unaware of the privacy settings on the photo hosting sights.It seems that the default settings of my hosting service allow anyone I send a photo to have access to my complete album. I made the privacy settings that I wanted, but they are not retroactive, that means that all the photo's I've posted without privacy settings will continue to give open access to my album.

Advice please: "International Warranty"
I'm considering purchasing a BNIB Omega Speedmaster from a trusted seller with excellent feedback on TRF. He's offering an International Warranty. Obviously, this is not a US Warranty. Is this a problem at all?

Question on older Constellation
image.jpgAn old friend of mine passed away and he left me his well used Connstellation. I was trying to learn a bit more about it. He told me he bought it when he was in the service in the late Vietnam era, I think that is correct for this model. I wanted to look up the serial number but the number on the movement is unlike others I've seen. Is this a replacement movement or something of that sort? Also the band is missing one of the links closest to the case, I have no idea how that came to be but if I want to wear it I'd need at least two links and it sure would look better if it wasn't missing that link. Am I right in assuming I should just be on the lookout for a complete bracelet assuming I ever decided to wear it?

Possible to interchange 5276 bracelet to strap?
Kindly help if its doable and need your advise. Thank you