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a reminder of the good old days…………..

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Despite me picking the winning act, is it wrong that the best song at last nights Eurovision was Alcazar,s Crying at the discotheque ?

Cant beat a bit of 70s inspired disco music.

Pretty sure that’s after market/generic.

A rare outing for a vintage Omega

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Im finding this an appealing package, and not a huge uplift in price over the standard tricompax.
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How about the 25th anniversary 9F

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Very nice David, ltd edition Fleigeruhr?

Nice to see that its been done sympathetically, and not went for the full NOS finish.

Great looking watch and a job well done.

Fancied a bit of vintage today

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I actually like that too, and not to sillily priced.

Am I correct in thinking there is not a Uk distributor for Mido watches.

Im not a big fan of visitors, least of all cooking for them.

Brother, wife and niece coming over this afternoon and they will get coffee and cake at best.

How old is the thread Mike?

That is the correct method but can only be done Ito a certain timescale, not sure what it is but a couple weeks up to month maybe seems to ring a bell.

Battery you need is either 395 or SR936SW

Ah, I see.

Could you consider using Omega/swatch in Southampton, they will send you a service pouch and arrange collection fully insured.

Not nay I’m afraid.

Why are you sending a 10k watch to a PO Box? Get in the car or on the train.

370 is a high drain battery usually for alarm calibres where as the 371 is low drain fro time only calibres.

That said the 371 is what you need and is what is referenced for the ETA 255.461 which...

That has been a big part of my search criteria along with the idea of a cheap guitar will not play as well as a more expensive one that’s been put together better.

I like the idea/spec of the GS...

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thank you for your insightful post, very enlightening and food for thought. I perhaps have been getting caught up in specs but would appear thats not necessarily a pre requisite for a...

Thanks for all the replies guys, helpful as ever.

Well, just back from London and no time for guitar shopping I’m afraid so may have look a little closer to home, a few choices in Exeter and...

Interesting, one on the list of possibilities is a GS mini of some description. My thought process being a smaller body one shorter scale maybe beneficial to a newbie.

They certainly seen to be...

I’m on the cusp of buying my first acoustic guitar (first guitar of any kind to be fair) and have spent the last few months swatting up on all things acoustic.

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That’s a great pic Dave.

You should offer lessons to some of those frequenting SC, LOL.

I see you went overboard on the IWC chocolates.

that’s a shame, terrestrial tv only for me