Cartier Cle Flinque Sunray Effect Dial Ladies Watch WJCL0006

Letting down mainsprings
Hi Everyone,I'm a newbie and this is my virgin post. I'm relatively new to watch collecting but an old hand at collecting. In the few short months that I've been interested in vintage watches (new watches have little or no interest for me, I'm afraid) I've taken a liking to Favre-Leuba watches and I now have 8 or 9. I'll create a collection for perusal in due course.I started, like so many I suspect, with a Mumbai special - a Sea Chief with a repainted dial. It was cheap but runs fine and is actually quite a clean watch internally. To be honest, on a very limited income, I'm never going to be able to afford high end stuff, unless I'm very lucky, but I do get lucky occasionally. Like today ....I bid on and won a cal.253 Sea Chief that is a non-runner. It's gold plated and came with a nice Fixo-Flex bracelet. I paid peanuts and wasn't expecting much - a parts watch at best or a reasonable case to drop a spare movement into. The watch arrived this morning and was way nicer than I had anti

Attempt at Custom Modification
I was at my local jeweler picking up an item for my grand daughter when I saw a watch bracelet made of 22kt gold. It looked similar to a Rolex bracelet. I love Rolex watches but IMHO their bracelets are ordinary except those made in precious metals.. After some haggling I purchased bracelet and installed on my DateJust I like it and think its different Please be gentle but honest weighing in Here we go

Rhone-Fusterie aka Red Themes today!
Loving this latest acquisition. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Why no AP logo on the Diver's dial?
I was wondering why is it that the Diver seems to be the only RO or ROO (not counting the skeletonized dials) that does not have an AP on the dial?The strange thing is that the original Wempe Scuba, and then the 3 other ScubaS (blue, orange and red) all had an AP on the dial.Anyone knows?

Speedmaster sapphire caseback fitting
Just thought I would share with you my Speedy caseback transformation utilising a Thomas Preik sappire caseback. This is an easy DIY job and all you need is a tool that has an end like this:You simply adjust to size and unscrew the existing caseback. Here's mine from 1969 for anyone that hasn't seen a pre-moon Speedy caseback obviously lacking the FIRST WATCH ON THE MOON wording When the caseback is removed you will be faced with a shiny dust cover which just needs prising off with something sharp to get into the join.After having removed this you will need to sit the spacer provided with the caseback on top of the movement edge. The spacer looks like this: And when in place like this:Next is to make sure the new caseback is clean so careful of finger marks. This is the inside of it.And simply screw it back in place, initially finger tight and then with the tool.I absolutely love it since it seemed such a shame to keep the glorious 861 manual wind movement under wraps.The website for