Rolex

Today I was close to lost my beater because the bracelet fell in two parts. When I look at the watch I suppose it's time fore some cleaning of my beter. LOL So I start to pull off the bracelet I guess a cleaning will be in place. So I have to open it up. ...  

I really liked your picture story-book And, although it shouldn't surprise anyone, I liked seeing the contrast: even when the outside is really dirty, the inside is still immaculate. Good job! Tien

Maybe a blessing in disguise that the bracelet broke as otherwise you may not have given the watch its long overdue bath. cheers fernando

lightened your watch from the accumulated dirt. The result is a beautiful watch with charming patina. One of my colleagues lost his deep sea last week in the harbour due to a defect bracelet tube, hired a diver and found the watch at the vertical of the f... 

I had so much fun looking at your repair/cleaning process photo's. Best Drew

I enjoyed it.... job well done... cheers

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that is by far the dirtiest watch i have ever seen or i can ever imagine!! what do you do for a living to get your watch into such shocking stage of wear and "soiled"?? - now i know i must be crazy to wash my watch almost everyday.. and those bezel's cond... 

I had a lot of pleasure to see you working on this Rolex, my friend. Thanks a lot! Best, Nicolas

. . . with a redemption theme, kinda like the Prodigal Son, but with a charm that only Jocke could impart.

...and what an amazing transformation without replacing a thing. Goes to show what you can do! Regards, Peter

Looking good! Wow! Looks great! Thank you for taking us through the step by step process!

Dear Jocke Thankyou for a excellent pictorial journey Jocke. It was great to see this in all its details. Probably a work "easy" if you can but probably something not every watch collector should start with. But I really apreciated this. To bad you didn't... 

to revive the watch. i'd never be able to do it without sending it to the watch maker, else the watch will end up in the junkyard. i must add that the blue dial looks brilliant without the glass, was the dial colour photo-shopped?