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1970's Gold Waltham Restoration

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This is the first in a series of posts that I'll do, chronicling various vintage watch resto projects.

We'll kick things off with this 1970's Waltham.

I bought it as a non-runner, in pretty rough shape.

The movement apparently had water damage, so I have a replacement on the way.

Here's what I started with:



And after a good polishing and some elbow grease:





I'll post another update when the movement comes in.

Until then, any ideas for a strap?

Any thoughts on what I should do "while I'm in there?"
 
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The polish is a good reproduction of the original. Nice job.

I was just at LVMH's North American Service Facility in New Jersey (there will be a writeup in the TAGHeuer forum soon) and the VP of service said it is much harder to get good folks who can polish cases than it is to get folks who can work on movements. Amateurs overpolish and make every thing shiny. Good folks preserve the original facets and finish.
 
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Cool watch, with my fave band on. That colour is a kind of antique Dr. Marten Oxblood!
Can we see the "under the hood" shots, ya tease ya!
 
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So, I broke the watch.

I removed the stem to shorten it, everything was going well, but when i reinserted it into the movement, it went all the way in, and the watch would no longer wind.

In its "fully pushed in" position, you could set the time. I lost the ability to wind the movement.

So, in the trash this beautiful watch went.

Maybe this isn't the right hobby for me...
 
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I'll take it! :-d
 
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