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Finished with the fake Rolex. Stripped down, cleaned, broken bits for the calendar change replaced from another broken fake which seems to have been a just about identical movement, oiled and greased and to my amazement it worked. Can't help but wish it was a decent watch considering all the work but it was my first mechanical auto movement and I did learn quite a bit from the exercise. It was astonishing how poor the workmanship was. Inside there were metal shavings all over the place and yet it worked when bought. There was next to no lubrication in the watch and it appears it could have been put together dry. No identifying marks but I am pretty sure it was a Chinese ST6 type used in loads of fakes as I was able to find a tear down of one used in a fake Omega. I feel a bit more confident tackling a watch for my son now, ANACB Bulova - should be fun, got a working movement for £14.00 and found a chunky case to fit.

Wow - that's a looker! But you'll never get it on your wrist... :D

Very nice and you have a nice high ceilinged room to keep it in, I see you have the servants bells, do you still keep the servants?

Hi, Thought I would jump in here for a bit. Your spaceview does appear genuine. The converted one typically do not have the chapter ring. The ring is made to fit the case and will not fit into a regular 214 case. Some people have taken to cutting the outside part of 214 dials off to make chapter rings but you can easily tell the difference. On these when you remove the movement from the case the ring also will come out. A factory spaceview ring can only be removed by removing the crystal. The original spaceview case also does not need a spacer ring installed to make up for not having a dial. Now that I have said all that I would like to include that many of the converted spaceviews actually came from the dealer that way. To keep up with the demand for the spaceview Bulova developed a conversion kit so that their dealers could build them in their stores. This kit typically consisted of a mr 401 spacer ring to allow removal of the dial, a crystal with chapters printed on it and a set of white alpha hands. Charles

Hi Lee, that's a really nice looking example that you have managed to acquire. I'm glad that posting a picture has ended up with you getting one. Enjoy! That's me just back from holiday and I had my Omega hummer with me for a change. A word of warning though, if you leave it on a bedside cabinet that is empty, the cabinet acts as a sound board and you will end up with an amplified 300 htz keeping you off your sleep. It took a while before I worked out where the noise was coming from!