A bit of a cheer up after my troubles with the watch cleaning machine, I got the call on an Ed White! I dropped everything and headed to my boutique and picked it up.

I was afraid it would be too much like my Hesalite 1861, but frankly, they are oddly more different than i had expected, and I suspect I'll wear them both a ton!

Bracelet is super comfy, dial is different enough while still beautiful, and the case is just different enough in the lugs and lack of crown guards to have a unique…

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As many have seen, I've been on a watch-cleaning-machine-repair-journey. The WHOLE point of that was to make my watch servicing adventure more enjoyable So far I've been sticking to mostly Seikos (though the above project has a vintage Longines and Tissot in a 1/2 done state!), while looking out for good deals/good candidates for repair!

So far I've found 3 good Omegas that I think I'll enjoy working on. The 2nd just showed up today, so I figured I'd take a few pictures and share…

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I've been looking for a good cleaning machine for a while, and found this 'reasonably' priced with a 'make an offer' on Ebay, and it finally showed up today!

It is a L&R Console machine, sold 'as is', and mentioned that the motor worked, but the ultrasonic did not. I pulled it out and gave it a shot under a dim-bulb tester, and found that the ultrasonic AND heater/fan didn't seem to work, AND the motor only worked when all-the-way on. AND the motor didn't do the auto-reverse even when the…

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