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Old 23 October 2017, 09:37 AM   #31
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well done that looks amazing ! Thanks for taking us on that journey !
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Old 23 October 2017, 09:55 AM   #32
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I love how great these turned out. Beautiful color selection on dial.


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Old 23 October 2017, 10:14 AM   #33
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What a great project and stunning watch, thank you for sharing Jocke and as always the great pictures my friend!
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Old 23 October 2017, 10:25 AM   #34
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Well done, Jocke.
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Old 23 October 2017, 10:35 AM   #35
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Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed that!
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Old 23 October 2017, 10:48 AM   #36
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Beautiful timepiece and story too! Also nice watch box and presentation. Awesome.
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Old 23 October 2017, 10:54 AM   #37
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Amazing project. It reminds me of IWC. Very good looking.
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Old 23 October 2017, 10:58 AM   #38
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Insanely great! Thanks for sharing!

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Old 23 October 2017, 11:35 AM   #39
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Thanks for sharing.. wish I could do something like this!
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Old 24 October 2017, 04:26 AM   #40
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Old 24 October 2017, 04:31 AM   #41
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Thank you all for your kind words my friends.

This project has been a great adventure and a good experience of compromises and how to reach a decision that all participants
are satisfied with. Only the trip to Kalbe had 3 different options to choose from. So sure it was a trial but we are still all friends and
everyone is more than happy with the end result. So this became a very good experience in many ways.
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Old 24 October 2017, 04:57 AM   #42
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Old 24 October 2017, 06:08 AM   #43
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This is all kinds of awesome.......
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Old 24 October 2017, 10:10 AM   #44
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That right there is a WIS’s dream. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the timepiece.
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Old 24 October 2017, 11:36 AM   #45
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Thank you for this Jocke, Excellence and passion.
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Old 24 October 2017, 11:56 AM   #46
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Jocke: That was a great review and a wonderful experience to read about. The watches look fantastic!

Thanks for sharing!
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Old 24 October 2017, 12:26 PM   #47
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Our journey is over, follow it from start to finish>>
Inspired effort. And now a band of watch brothers who share a link perhaps from time immemorial...


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Old 24 October 2017, 01:24 PM   #48
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Truly a wonderful story!!! thanks for sharing!
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Old 24 October 2017, 01:58 PM   #49
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Awesome , congrats to you all
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Old 24 October 2017, 02:31 PM   #50
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What an amazing project.
I am surprised that they were able to work with such a small production run, and still offer individual detail options.
Thanks for taking us on the trip.
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Old 24 October 2017, 03:03 PM   #51
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Awesome!

What I find so inspiring here is that while the Watch started the journey - in the end it was about making new friends and sharing a common passion!

Bravo!
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Old 24 October 2017, 06:33 PM   #52
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Whilst that was an interesting write up it was probably lacking a few pictures!

What a watch/experience - looks fantastic.
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Old 24 October 2017, 06:51 PM   #53
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Wow what a great experience
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Old 24 October 2017, 08:49 PM   #54
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So interesting! Thanks for sharing such a cool watch and story.
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Old 24 October 2017, 08:59 PM   #55
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Looks good except I can't believe you didn't get #1.

I guess they all wanted it?
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Old 24 October 2017, 09:08 PM   #56
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I guess they all wanted it?
My guess is he didn't want it because the #1 shows poorly on the dial and the #2 fills it out better.
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Old 24 October 2017, 11:41 PM   #57
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Old 25 October 2017, 01:26 AM   #58
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My guess is he didn't want it because the #1 shows poorly on the dial and the #2 fills it out better.
The first one in a production use to have all the problems.

It's Tony's forum, of course he should have nr1.
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Old 25 October 2017, 04:42 AM   #59
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Old 25 October 2017, 06:47 AM   #60
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WoW! Awesome. Thanks for sharing!!
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