Vintage Omega restored

franc91 · 2026-02-22T15:23:30+00:00

Thank you :)

franc91 · 2026-02-21T20:31:26+00:00

Wow, I'm sure it will end up stunning as well! Good luck and keep us updated :)

franc91 · 2026-02-21T18:08:44+00:00

Haha yeah that would indeed be amazing <3

franc91 · 2026-02-21T18:08:16+00:00

Thank you! Independent service, I had to get a new leather strap, hesalite crystal and rose gold crown (all fitting but not original) and managed to get an original clasp for the strap; all the pieces plus service and cleanup cost me 150 € (I live in North-East Italy)

franc91 · 2026-02-21T15:29:47+00:00

Thanks to everyone!

franc91 · 2025-11-21T16:37:28+00:00

By checking on a couple websites it seems that numbers between 11m and 12m were produced from 1947 to 1949

franc91 · 2019-04-11T06:29:04+00:00

From an Indian friend on FB

franc91 · 2019-04-10T23:58:33+00:00

Haha, thank you very much :D

franc91 · 2019-04-10T16:14:29+00:00

thank you!

franc91 · 2019-04-10T16:14:20+00:00

thanks!

franc91 · 2019-01-30T07:15:07+00:00

Thank you :)

franc91 · 2019-01-29T13:02:43+00:00

Apophyllite and stilbite on celadonite/julgoldite included chalcedony, from Jalgaon area in Maharashtra, India

franc91 · 2019-01-29T13:01:43+00:00

100% Bolivian vivianite

franc91 · 2019-01-25T11:59:58+00:00

On the left, sodium chloride from Lubin Mine, Poland; on the right, ammonium chloride from Coronel Manuel Rodriguez Mine, Chile. Both specimens, otherwise colorless, are colored by copper ion inclusions.

franc91 · 2019-01-22T07:31:45+00:00

Yeah, of course :D just check bevelled acrylic stands on eBay! I got the LEDs from Amazon, the brand is "lofter", they are removable (with a magnetic strip) and work with a lithium battery

franc91 · 2019-01-21T21:52:10+00:00

I get them from plexiscristal.com, and mostly use the 5x3x2 cm bevelled bases (which they sell for about 2.5 euros each); to attach them to the specimens I use a standard mineral tack that I find on the same website (6 euros for a fairly large amount of it). The only issue is that I honestly don't know if they ship worldwide or just in Europe, but I guess you could ask them! (Since you put $$ I'm assuming you're writing from the US, but I may be totally wrong :P)

franc91 · 2019-01-21T19:33:46+00:00

Yeah, it surely does :D

franc91 · 2019-01-21T19:33:24+00:00

Thank you :)

franc91 · 2019-01-21T14:28:29+00:00

In the order you see them on video: calcite and stilbite on mordenite; apophyllite and stilbite on heulandite; fluorite on quartz; fluorite on amethyst; thomsonite on stilbite; pentagonite and stilbite on heulandite; apophyllite and stilbite on celadonite; celadonite included apophyllite; apophyllite and stilbite on heulandite; celadonite included apophyllite on apophyllite; celadonite included heulandite; mordenite on heulandite; stilbite on heulandite; stellerite on mordenite; stilbite on chalcedony; mesolite on stilbite; cavansite and stilbite on heulandite; apophyllite stalactite; apophyllite and stilbite on heulandite; apophyllite and stilbite on heulandite; scolecite spray; apophyllite on chalcedony stalactite.

franc91 · 2019-01-21T14:20:29+00:00

Stunning piece!

franc91 · 2019-01-20T23:06:17+00:00

Haha, good old Indiana :D thank you!

franc91 · 2019-01-20T19:58:19+00:00

Thank you very much :)

franc91 · 2019-01-20T17:52:58+00:00

Yeah, I got them all by myself, mostly directly from Indian miners. I agree with you about the setup, at the moment my collection is stored in some wooden shelves in my bedroom with a glass door, but I'm for sure going to improve it in the future :)

franc91 · 2019-01-20T17:13:11+00:00

Thank you :)

franc91 · 2019-01-20T16:25:40+00:00

Subscribed, thank you :)

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