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More Elgin military frankensteins.
Some of my favorite movements are the hacking movements used in WWII military watches. Elgin 532/539, Hamilton 987s, Bulova 10akcsh and Waltham 6/0 '42. I've been searching Ebay for parts and watches. I'm not really excited by the military case forms used for the A-11 and FSSC-88s but I thought I would put together an example of each to compare and contrast with the recased models that were popular after the war. Previously, I hadn't paid any attention to the military watches other that to note that prices seemed inflated by the service related cache. Now I'm studying the watches more closely and have noticed a wide range of offerings from genuine to marriages to outright fakes. I guess high prices lead to all kinds of scams. In a previous post I asked about a wind-at-six Elgin with a U.S. Navy Property dial. I keep seeing these dials as real military issue and suspect they are all wrong. Here is one WW2 ELGIN MILITARY A-11 US NAVY PROPERTY that has a Swiss 629 movement in an A-11 case

Some color
I see that this isn't for everyone, but I decided to pull the trigger over the weekend. Life's too short, why not add some colors! A gift from the wife for my upcoming B-Day. Also had the chance to view the new chrono's at the boutique, they are very tempting. Then some delicious food and beer to end the evening.It was a good day

Speedmaster Pro twins, but some facial differences
Hi allDo the dial markers appear different. Was the lume applied differently, or was the dial on the right touched-up at some point?thanks in advance

Back from RSC New York, Care of Rolex Mich Ave. 111% satisfied!!
Dear All,So I gently complained about the $1350.00 RSC charge, but am super satisfied. First off, like to thank Rolex Boutique, Mich. Ave (Sales associates, Ben and Andrew) for their customer service and hospitality. Second, I don't have pics prior to service, since I didn't think about it, but my watch was pretty beat up. I dailyed it literally for 6 years and it was pretty beat up. It had a 1/5 of inch scar on the bezel at the 200 mark. There was a significant scratch/dent on the clasp and I know I dinged the crown/lugs a couple of times on my kitchen counter. Additionally, minute scratches all over the watch. Third, I took about 10 pics for those of you who want finer detail as to the RSC service. I was wearing a swatch for about a month and noticed how the Daytona bezel was really pronounced this time. Like it had a heft to it. Also, I told the sale associate to not polish the bezel, but it was polished anyway. Other Rolexers would prob. be mad, but I was happy that the