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Benthos 500

Post by andrema » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:01 am

So, my Aquastar has been a work in progress for about 6 months now and it is just about finished. I first had ABC Watchwerks do some work on the case and bezel to take care of some battle scars. Then it was off to Jack at IWW for a movement service and dial/hand work...

I just received an email from Jack and, man, he did a great job with this one...service and hand/dial work... it's too bad the movement decided to blow up today :shrug: :shock: :banghead: At least it happened while at his shop and didn't happen when it was back with me! He is now going to take a look at it to see what went wrong...

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Post by andrema » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:11 am

The second photo is post case refinish. When I received the watch it was refinished incorrectly with circular brushing and had dents on the sides of the case. ABC took care of the dents with microwelding and rebrushed the entire watch.
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Re: Benthos 500

Post by demer03 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:18 am

Lovely. I need one....
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Post by andrema » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:30 am

It'll be on the block when it returns :)
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Post by mattwool83 » Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:41 pm

How can you bear to part with it? Especially after having it restored!
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Post by lilhoody » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:39 pm

Why did you use ABC for one service and IWW for the other? I thought each were equally competent.
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Post by toxicavenger » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:23 pm

lilhoody wrote:Why did you use ABC for one service and IWW for the other? I thought each were equally competent.
ABC doesn't do lume work
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Re: Benthos 500

Post by andrema » Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:39 am

toxicavenger wrote:
lilhoody wrote:Why did you use ABC for one service and IWW for the other? I thought each were equally competent.
ABC doesn't do lume work
yep
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Re: Benthos 500

Post by andrema » Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:39 am

mattwool83 wrote:How can you bear to part with it? Especially after having it restored!
i am cold hearted :)
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Re: Benthos 500

Post by mattwool83 » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:08 pm

andrema wrote:
mattwool83 wrote:How can you bear to part with it? Especially after having it restored!
i am cold hearted :)
Haha :)
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Re: Benthos 500

Post by T.R. » Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:57 am

I've long considered that one of the coolest divers of all times.
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