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I bit of a discussion about that here

http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heu ... d;id=75196[/quote]

That's interesting Neil. One thing for sure is that no self respecting 1960's racing driver went to work without wearing a triple register chrono :)

Here's another recent ' find '.

https://boldwatches.wordpress.com/2015/ ... rpa-graph/
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Tony wrote:The gloves were Kangaroo leather, black or brown, originally sold by Les Leston I think - so might be a bit of a hunt! Dents used to make a lot of driving glove in that period, still in business I think, so might be a place to start.

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Anybody else seen this excellent watch repair blog? He shows some nice detailed pictures of the movements he works on. Christian says he is a master on German car mechanics so maybe on DDK?

http://watchguy.co.uk/about/
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Christian has done 3 watches for me: absolutely excellent.

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I thought i'd ask those in the know, where should i be looking for a new Rally style strap for my 60s Toptime Breitling?

I would also consider buying a couple to swap around and enjoy the different looks, or a period metal chain possibly.


Any tips would be gratefully received.
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James Hyman of DB10 is good.

I have a few leather ones from him, much to the amusement of DDK's watch elite at Hedingham :lol:

Have another on order, no not tan ! :lol:

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Another vote for James at DB10

Love his straps
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40 scout wrote:I have a few leather ones from him, much to the amusement of DDK's watch elite at Hedingham :lol:
Huh?
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You had to be there Neil.

Steve have got a bit of a brown leather fetish
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BALLS !! Can someone fix this please ? :(

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Am in the process of trying to sort a deal on this, über rare 1972 1675 Radial dial with all red GMT hand.
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jury wrote:BALLS !! Can someone fix this please ? :(

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Nine One One wrote:
jury wrote:BALLS !! Can someone fix this please ? :(

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Chris
http://watchguy.co.uk/about/
You missed this page!

http://watchguy.co.uk/cgi-bin/book.pl

"Sorry

Sorry, but we have to take a little break accepting new work. The workshop is full to the rafters, and waiting times have gone past what we would like them to be.

We will make new slots available when we have managed to work our way through some of the backlog. If you come back once a week, you will have plenty of time to catch the time and date of the next set of repair slots.

Thank you for being understanding."

Try

http://www.rytetimewatchrepairs.co.uk/

I've used and I think that Jason uses them too
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I've already told him what crystal he needs and where to buy it ;)
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Any thoughts on this?

Omega "anakin Skywalker"

I really like it but not sure its worth whats being asked

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