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Rambam
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by Rambam » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:19 am
Some have bad hair days and others..well they have bad watch days
Smacked my Magrette into a metal door frame at work friday and cracked the crystal
I`ve only had it for a week or so
Guess I should take a hint and just accept the fact that it`s too darn big for me.
Then I got home and had a look in the watchbox for something to cheer me up, pull out the Marathon with it`s awesome new custom Nato and wind it up. Smoooth, smo...WTF?
Now I turn the crown and the rotor spins like crazy
Karma has been such a bitch lately
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aikiman44
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by aikiman44 » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:21 am
Welp, now it's a beater.
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by vbuskirk » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:22 am
A moment of silence ...
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by Rambam » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:27 am
aikiman44 wrote:Welp, now it's a beater.
That`s one way of looking at it
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fastward
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by fastward » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:29 am
Too bad.
You can get the crystal replaced and forget about the whole incident.
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by mattcantwin » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:31 am
Damn!
Tomorrow's gonna' be better!
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by Sukispop » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:31 am
Sorry that you're having a bad watch day, Kenneth.
Here's to better watch days, ahead!
(even with the chipped crystal, those are beautiful pics.
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by TikkTakk » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:35 am
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by manitoujoe » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:47 am
Sorry, buddy. That sucks.
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watchdaddy1
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by watchdaddy1 » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:49 am
That's a bummer I have those days too Kenneth
heres to it getn' better
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by moishlashen » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:58 am
That blows K-Man. There has to be a local guy or even someone in Norway you can mail it to. Theres gotta be someone nearby that can fix a 2824 rotor issue.
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by Geoffrey » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:02 am
when good watches go bad, they become monsters!
feel better.
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by DMB » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:05 am
Kenneth, turn that frown upside down. hehe. OK, seriously, here are the positives:
1. The crystal issue could have been waaaaay worse. Most times, whena crystal is shattered it warrants a complete service due to pieces of crystal possibly working their way down into the movement. In your case, a new crystal seems to be more than enough. btw, 1 word: ACRYLIC
2. The rotor issue is an easy fix. Pain in the ass, YES. Expensive, probably not.
3. The best news is, you still have that bad ass Oyster Perpetual. You ... DO ... still have that bad ass Oyster Perpetual, ... right? Kenneth ..... tell me you still have the Rollie.
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by dukerules » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:08 am
Sorry Kenneth. Sucks x 2, but as people have said, these are not terrible fixes.
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Rambam
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by Rambam » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:08 am
DMB wrote: The best news is, you still have that bad ass Oyster Perpetual. You ... DO ... still have that bad ass Oyster Perpetual, ... right? Kenneth ..... tell me you still have the Rollie.
I do, David
The OP isn`t going anywhere, love everything about it
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by Chris S. » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:14 am
Rambam bust out the Jagermeister and it will be all better
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by Rick-Holland » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:17 am
that sucks but remembering my one i know the chrystal was very thin ;-(
just ask for a free new chrystal ... sure you get it!
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Rambam
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by Rambam » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:20 am
Honey Badger FTW!!!
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by jimyritz » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:55 am
Kenneth,
Sorry to hear about the Magrette and the MSAR....
Like David said, hopefully not too expensive to fix...
Maybe to get an idea you could send an e-mail to
Jay at Motor City Watch Works or PM him MCWW as
he is a member here...
http://www.motorcitywatchworks.com/
Good luck
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by SCM64 » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:00 pm
Sorry about the small run of bad luck buddy.
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by snootydog » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:12 pm
Sorry to hear about the damage Kenneth. I'll break out the Jager.........as if we need an excuse
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by demer03 » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:50 pm
Feel for ya brother....sent a vintage Alera out once for restoration, came back and on day one it flipped off the bathroom counter right onto the tile floor crazing the crystal...
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by SuperLeo » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:35 pm
damn that sucks man. replace that crystal asap.
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