Very nice Elgin,
Here's my Bulova A-11 just back from restoration. New Crystal, NOS dial, and replaced second and minute hands. This is the Sterling silver version from 1943. Original band which is still wearable.
and the "before"
That's a nice watch. I was looking at one in pristine condition at a watch show a while back.
I keep forgetting to post this watch. Not very fancy, but it has been my everyday watch for most of this year. I was wearing my Timex Titanium watch since the late 80s, excellent watch, always on time. In the past year, I went from needing a battery every few years to 3 in eight months! Batteries are not cheap anymore, so i looked through my watches and found this one, which was given to me in the 90s. I found another battery watch with this band, switched them out and voila! It was gaining about a minute a day, no big deal since I have to wind it. In October, I rode my motorcycle to the Emma Crowford Coffin races, in the parking lot one of the spring bars let lose, the watch went down on the asphalt hard. It is true, "takes a licking, keeps on ticking!" On the funny side, it now keeps perfect time. Watch repair person, we don't need no stinking watch repair person!
[video=youtube;HVatUaplyVU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVatUaplyVU[/video]
They supposedly used a Rolex movement in a Timex case for the commercial.
Beautiful Hamilton there......here's a Roamer Standard sub dial that I sorted for a friend, he thought it was gold plated but as soon as I saw the gold back I new it was all gold(9ct), I cleaned the dial a little, polished the case.
When you work on watches every so often one comes along that you really don't want to give it back, this was one such watch, I really like the dial and the number font used is great, I think it's 50's /60's not sure but it looks that way.
