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I have a soft spot for it, i wear it the most by a long way. No, I never notice the crown when wearing it.

My recent purchases, Old faithful on the wrist today.

As above, the new dial etc will be on the mandatory work list. Do it all or they won’t do anything, see it regularly. I get where they are coming from as far as warranty etc, but originality is what I am more concerned with, I would find and independent and keep it as original as pos.

50s Tudor Oyster Prince today. The watch has a great back story having travelled the world serving in various military arenas with its original owner. Tried out its big brother last week but I didn’t fancy it at all.

No, watch servicing has become almost totally centralised. The ring fencing of spares was a big part of that.

If it has sat for a few years with a dead battery, the battery has likely split. If that is the case, the movement is dead. Most likely the reason they are saying that a new part (movement) cannot be sourced. It will prob have two batteries in it, a 377 and a 2032 or something.

Cheers, I will give that a go.

Today’s project was to have a go at adding “patina”. Not to everyone’s taste I’m sure, I like the outcome.

It is a BC3 day date 7500, 40mm. Looked like this before.

This Oris was gifted to me and was my first decent mechanical watch, daily use and abuse had it looking a bit rough. There were some pretty deep scratches and I wanted to give it a matte look so I went over the case with a scotchbrite wheel on my polisher, added the suede strap and brushed the stainless buckle to match the case. I am happy with the result and it has breathed a bit of life back into a watch that was destined to be taken out of circulation.

Went electronic today.

Good book , would recommend.

Cool, I’ll just throw them on as is. I doubt the 2.5mm would make the difference that losing 10kg would! :)

I’ll ride the 175s and see if I notice anything. Lots of contradictory info out there when you google it. Had a calculator based on inseam say i “needed” longer than 175s.

I have only ever ridden 172.5 on a road bike, not sure what difference the longer cranks would make, if any.

Yes, I am happy just swapping the power meter over onto the shorter cranks with the rings that are on it and losing the spider rings. I am wondering if it is a bit of a faff to go from 175mm to 172.5 mm cranks.

Also, thanks for the info.

Great, thanks for the reply. I have a vice, will pick up the tool and torque wrench etc.

Also not affiliated but was chatting to Ross at a race as he is a friend of a friend. Really nice guy and the bags looked awesome. Bought a synapse for some long rides/touring and will be ordering the bags from there.

New to power meters, my bike at the min has a hologram si crankset and I have impulse bought a hologram si crankset with a power2max power meter on it. The power meter crankset is not the crank length I usually ride. Can I just take the spider rings off my crankset, take the power meter and chainrings off the other and swap them over?

Yes, 32 according to Cannondale but have seen people with larger fitted.

Synapse arrived, very happy thus far. Still messing with fit.

English gravel may be rubbish, but Scottish gravel is plentiful.

Thanks, bike looks great! Looking forward to mine arriving.

I have just ordered a 2019 synapse, are there any odd specs to take into account when ordering wheels for it?

It’s a slammed quill stem.