Oof, that is starting to be a lot of money for an unsalvageable watch!

“Ebay Description” said:

For your consideration an IWC Aquatimer diver watch that was in a house fire recently. Obviously being sold for spares or Repair. My watchmaker or I could not open the watch up. I’m sure someone out there could though.

Even the case back and bezel have spalling from getting so hot. The dial is ruined, the crystal is toast (ha), what would you trust in the movement after getting that hot? And they cannot open it, so who knows what you are getting…

Oof, that is starting to be a lot of money for an unsalvageable watch!

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Exposing Polarizing Ideas (a review of a polarized light source and filter for a microscope)

I saw a product on Amazon that I thought may prove useful. It is a microscope ring light with two circular polarizing filters. One over the LEDs and one over the lens.

The theory is, you polarize the source light, and then filter any specular highlights and reflections that are interfering with your work with a polarizing filter. If you’ve ever dabbled in photography, you may have used a polarizing filter to remove reflections off glass or water.

There are times I am trying to view the…

Exposing Polarizing Ideas (a review of a polarized light source and filter for a microscope)

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