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29 March 2018, 01:44 AM | #1 |
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Is this case repairable?
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29 March 2018, 02:05 AM | #2 |
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Easy fix.
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29 March 2018, 02:07 AM | #3 |
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id leave it, thats a good lookin nic
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29 March 2018, 02:32 AM | #4 |
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Ouch!
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29 March 2018, 02:37 AM | #5 |
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Yep, can be laser welded. Never had it done myself but I had a very similar gouge on an explorer 2 lug and was told fine to repair. How did yours occur and how many times did you have to look again with disbelief?
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29 March 2018, 02:39 AM | #6 |
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Wow, how did that happen? lol. If you're normally rough on your watches, it really wouldn't be worth a repair.
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29 March 2018, 05:21 AM | #7 |
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I think it adds character Lol
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29 March 2018, 06:51 AM | #8 | |
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I’m still in dis belief it fell off my bathroom sink where it was sitting on a shirt I grabbed the shirt forgetting the watch was on it and it went airborne and landed on marble floor about 3-4 feet at most I have no idea how that kind of a fall would make that gash Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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29 March 2018, 06:51 AM | #9 | |
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29 March 2018, 07:07 AM | #10 |
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I never had it done in the end, but the firm was in the UK and were very helpful when I was considering my options. Watchworks in Bristol.
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29 March 2018, 07:11 AM | #11 | |
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Wow, sorry to hear it..... it always seems to be these most obscure and dull events that do the worst. The way the hulk prices are going I'm sure you're still in the black even with the damage., |
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29 March 2018, 07:28 AM | #12 |
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Laser welding is an option, but it will loose its value. Collectors and buyers hates laser welded watches... Leave it.
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29 March 2018, 11:24 AM | #13 |
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That's a bad one for sure.
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29 March 2018, 11:26 AM | #14 |
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Is this case repairable?
Watch isnt going anywhere - will be handed down to one of my sons.. can u tell if it’s been laser welded ? Is it a clean repair ?
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29 March 2018, 11:32 AM | #15 |
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29 March 2018, 11:32 AM | #16 | |
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Contact LAWW, Los Angeles Watch Works, it’s an easy fix.
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29 March 2018, 11:47 AM | #17 |
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fix if you want to flip( to non collector) OR if it bothers you
agree with fabrice (collectors hate) sorta think its got character even if thats an ouch |
29 March 2018, 01:02 PM | #18 |
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Not to rub salt in the wound but your bezel as well as the insert have been damaged too.
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29 March 2018, 02:52 PM | #19 |
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After a drop like that I'd like to see the hairspring of your watch, I bet it is slightly bent out of place (easy fix).
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29 March 2018, 04:09 PM | #20 |
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29 March 2018, 10:28 PM | #21 |
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These are smudges?
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30 March 2018, 03:35 AM | #22 | |
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30 March 2018, 04:38 AM | #23 |
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30 March 2018, 04:41 AM | #24 |
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Definitely hurts to see but being a dive watch it adds a bit of character. Just tell everyone that you were doing some underwater demolition setup a hit it on an ordinance.
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30 March 2018, 05:20 AM | #25 |
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I stand corrected
I’d probably end up sending it off to LAWW if it were me. It’s going to bug you every time that you look at it. If that’s your decision I’m sure that all here would love to see the after pics.
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30 March 2018, 06:06 AM | #26 |
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Yep, get it fixed and it'll look perfect, it's like wizardry what they can achieve. I know you don't plan on selling but no-one would ever know it has been done, and i for one wouldn't care less if a case has been welded up. Better that than battle scarred.
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30 March 2018, 06:28 AM | #27 |
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Still looks like the bezel has a ding on it that lines up with the one on the lug.
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30 March 2018, 07:34 AM | #28 |
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I'd leave it as is, but what I'm really curious about it whether the movement suffered any damage. Any knock that can take a chunk out of the case would have to be pretty formidable.
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30 March 2018, 08:17 AM | #29 |
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That’s what’s odd it just fell from The bathroom sink counter to the floor - like 3-4 feet Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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