HedgeHopper resto

Hi

Thought you might like to see this restoration of a 1972 145.026 Cal. 911 ' HedgeHopper ' Flightmaster.

The previous owner was a decorated US Special Forces Medic who served in Vietnam.

From this:


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cje89...ojmusdpw&raw=1


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/feh6k...wef9d9k2&raw=1


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m086q...0ovzdsl5&raw=1


to this:


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lqhw3...eyxz38ek&raw=1


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yagkh...liqasatl&raw=1


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j8j2b...q3itpju0&raw=1


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/43ucl...b42w3k1u&raw=1

HAGWE -

Best Neil

Nice to see that its been done sympathetically, and not went for the full NOS finish.

Great looking watch and a job well done.

Very nice & retaining the story of it's life.

Thank you for the kind comments....

I managed to source ( ultra rare ) NOS crowns & pushers from a chap in Switzerland and a very good original correct T-Swiss dial from the Netherlands.

STS did all the really hard work sorting the movement out which had suffered some water ingress ( hence the state of the dial ).

3x months and 4x figure outlay for the above and it's finally project completed !

Best Neil

Excellent restoration, nice to see it's not been 'over done'.

That's lovely, well done for making it happen,

Lovely restoration, well done!

That’s a nice sympathetic restoration.
Looks great