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by mik
Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?
Replies: 10
Views: 460

Re: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?

@tikkathree awesome - thank you! :thumbup:

C1000 might be anodised black, but they appear to be an identical size.

Sorry to continue the thread hijack, but could you please confirm the model no for the watch you took that from so I can approach CW? :)
by mik
Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?
Replies: 10
Views: 460

Re: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?

Zero rush from my side gents - it’s been 1 screw down for quite some time :)
by mik
Tue Apr 15, 2025 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?
Replies: 10
Views: 460

Re: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?

tikkathree ah - with the image I now fully get your earlier point :lol: I’d be really grateful if you could remove one of the hex screws from your watch to confirm that they look like this (just removed from my C1000 to photograph). Edit: not asking if your can take a picture of it etc - happy to t...
by mik
Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?
Replies: 10
Views: 460

Re: Case back secured with screws but hex/allen or Torx?

tikkathree are you sure the screw heads in the Twelve have 12 flats? They look like std hex in your images? (I may have misunderstood your comment) Asking as I still need a screw for my C1000 (as per this thread . CW don’t have any C1000 screws left, but I suspect those from the Twelve are probably...
by mik
Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: Vintage Watches (AVO's Playground)
Topic: Seeking advice - 100yr old ladies Rolex
Replies: 5
Views: 247

Seeking advice - 100yr old ladies Rolex

Posting on behalf of a friend. I'm going to quote his comments verbatim in italics below : =-=-=-=-=-=-= I have been investigating a Rolex found in a drawer of my parents house and it's a bit odd/sad/weird. It's a 1921 ladies Rolex my grandmother bought for herself with money gifted from a great gre...
by mik
Sat Mar 08, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: C1000 Typhoon CE - black or tan strap?
Replies: 20
Views: 652

Re: C1000 Typhoon CE - black or tan strap?

Not answering your question - but my C1000CE spends most of its time on a Hirsch Robby. The yellow works very well with the dial accents (IMHO)

Old pic.

Image
by mik
Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:56 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Six Nations 2025
Replies: 34
Views: 2247

Re: Six Nations 2025

And yet another one point game? I know Scotland fans will feel hard done by, with some justification, but as I said earlier in this thread I do enjoy these close finishes Scotland fell apart for a chunk of the second half and gave away what felt like a gazillion penalties. Finn’s last conversion at...
by mik
Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking
Replies: 21
Views: 1615

Re: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking

Update: CW responded today (so direct email is better than web form). Unfortunately they don't have any screws :( , but have suggested that I should return the watch for inspection. This seems a bit OTT when there is nothing else wrong with the watch, and I'm not sure they can effect a repair if the...
by mik
Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking
Replies: 21
Views: 1615

Re: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking

I filled in the e-form on the website. No response so far :(

Have now sent an email to CS instead (with a photo). In fact my Outlook kept telling me there was an error, so I’ve actually bombarded them with about 6 identical messages :oops:

Let’s see if I get a response now :?
by mik
Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking
Replies: 21
Views: 1615

Re: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking

As it’s my fault for tagging onto an aged thread - I’d like to apologise to @tikkathree and @rkovars for getting them to reply to the original 3yr old problem. :oops: :D

Thanks for the thought confirmation though - message sent to CW.
by mik
Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking
Replies: 21
Views: 1615

Re: C1000 (or general Valjoux 7750) clicking

My C1000CE started rattling today when the balance was moving. I took the case back off, and as I suspected - the screw holding the balance had come loose, and tightening it effected a fix. Phew! I do appear however to have lost one of the tiny case-back screws as there wasn't one in the 'ole when I...
by mik
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: A fun surprise
Replies: 6
Views: 504

Re: A fun surprise

Very nice.
A very cool and thoughtful mate.
8)
by mik
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Watch Service Providers
Topic: Milek & Co watchmaker Stockport - first class service
Replies: 11
Views: 1854

Re: Milek & Co watchmaker Stockport - first class service

Bit of a thread bump, but I had the pleasure of using Simon's services again very recently when mrs mik managed to crack the crystal on her Rado Centrix (auto). Sent the watch down to him (he's now shifted his workshop slightly to Mirfield), and received a call the following morning to assure me of ...
by mik
Sat Jun 04, 2022 2:23 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Spinnaker HASS X-MCS
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Re: Spinnaker HASS X-MCS

Probably - although it looks pretty deep in this video too (skip the first 75seconds to get to the watch)

https://youtu.be/85ENeGYLEj0
by mik
Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:08 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: Spinnaker HASS X-MCS
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Spinnaker HASS X-MCS

A bit of a chunky monkey at 16mm thick, but this seems to have allowed them to create a pretty extreme depth of dial! 8) https://i0.wp.com/masterhorologer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Spinnaker-SP-5104-HASS-X-MCS-Limited-Edition-3.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0070/6134/0213/files/BANNER-I...