Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

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Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

Post by vegaban » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:15 pm

It came like this...

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After polishing the case and bezel, brushing the outer part of it, cleaning the dial and painting the scales of the bezel...Here's the final result... :love:

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With a relative... :whistle:

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Post by matt.wu » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:19 pm

:shock: :love:

Fantastic job. Brushed bezel looks :thumbsup:
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Post by polaco23 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:20 pm

wow!
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wait till Red see's this one!

I love it, great work! :thumbsup:
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Post by ezcheese » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:05 pm

Great job! :excited:
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Post by SCM64 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:15 pm

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing, and that is a great watch. :cheers:
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Post by Diaboliq » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:26 pm

HOLY CRAP! THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Re: Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

Post by Jamie » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:35 pm

Wow just wow
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Post by Smurfe » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:39 pm

Absolutely Fantabulous! You did this yourself? Nice work. :salute:
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Post by Dedalus » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:47 pm

Wow :love:
Did you do the work yourself?
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Post by DEMO » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:06 pm

WOW, beautiful restoration. Gorgeous looking Searambler.
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Post by River Rat » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:05 pm

Nice job :thumbsup: I am still looking for a bezel ring for a vintage doxa.
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Post by Lush » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:13 pm

Great before and after photos, nice job. :clap:

Couple of questions for yah, what did you use to clean up the dial & was the lume dot under the black or relumed.
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Post by vegaban » Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:39 pm

Dedalus wrote:Wow :love:
Did you do the work yourself?
Yes I did it myself...I like to do the easy things ( Polishing, brushing, reluming, changing dials and hands ). Touching the caliber is a task for my watchmaker... :mrgreen:
Lush wrote:Great before and after photos, nice job. :clap:

Couple of questions for yah, what did you use to clean up the dial & was the lume dot under the black or relumed.
To clean the dial, great care was taken and rodico, a pencil eraser and cotton. ( Rodico is that blue thing watchmakers use )

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The lume dot was relumed with noctilumina.

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Post by lilreddivinghood » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:40 am

Excellent job....Very nice SR. :clap:
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Post by Rambam » Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:58 am

Oh, man that is sweet :excited: Would love a 300t some day. What year is that?
Very nice job and as always kickass pics :headbang:
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Post by Pasquale » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:18 am

Rambam wrote:Oh, man that is sweet :excited: Would love a 300t some day. What year is that?
Very nice job and as always kickass pics :headbang:

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Re: Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

Post by esantelli » Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:19 am

great job!
is it me or does that aqualung symbol have some phallic meaning when viewed upsidedown? :scratch:
nevermind it is been a long week with the JCAHO in the hospital
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Post by vegaban » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:18 am

Rambam wrote:.... Would love a 300t some day. What year is that? ...
Well the first 300T was released in 1967... until 1977 when the watch was retired from production.

http://www.doxa300t.com/other.htm
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Post by moishlashen » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:24 am

Very nice Juan-as usual. :salute:
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Post by HalifaxNS » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:16 pm

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Post by nhoJ » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:58 pm

a second life...
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Post by DMB » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:29 pm

Awesome man .... I love your posts.


Hey, you still owe us a Flieger slide show. :pray:
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Post by vegaban » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:07 am

DMB wrote:Awesome man .... I love your posts.


Hey, you still owe us a Flieger slide show. :pray:
I don't forget it... :thumbsup:
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Re: Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

Post by ezcheese » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:20 am

vegaban wrote:
DMB wrote:Awesome man .... I love your posts.


Hey, you still owe us a Flieger slide show. :pray:
I don't forget it... :thumbsup:
And the Orient ana-digi with the B'ling too! :dance:
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Re: Restoring a Doxa 300T Searambler...

Post by ANOMALY » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:22 am

The pure PATIENCE required to do that is STAGGERING to me!

Looks GREAT!
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