Fantastic job there Abel !! Not bad for a guy surviving on broken nights sleep :-)
You're just the right man for the job on this one too. We've emailed previously on this topic and i have to say i'm super impressed with your results here. May i ask what is the mark on the left hand side of the underside? Is it a 18 catat mark or is it your own design hallmark?
My gold buckle is in the process of being being cleaned up and replated by my girlfriend (as a result of her being a dental technician working with gold) but your self crafted solid gold buckle puts everything into perspective - Quality work as always Abel, its nice to see some modern innovation thoughtfully placed into our vintage world.
All the best - Darren

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: ...wearing a golden watch is something special. Some people like
: it...a lot of people don't like it.

: I must confess I often wear a Golden watch...I only have two. My
: Rose Gold Grand Carrera...which I wear very often and my
: precious vintage Heuer Carrera 1158CH, which I only wear at
: special events.

: The 1158CH I love to wear on a black Corfam strap...just a perfect
: vintage look and feel...just look at the pictures to be
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: However, untill today there was one little thing that disturbed
: me very much while wearing this watch. The buckle as in the
: pictures above looks also like it's made out of gold...however
: it's goldplated, thus "not real". Wearing something
: that looks like gold and...actually isn't gold at all just feels
: plain wrong to me...it's like cheating on yourself...but that's
: just my thought ofcourse ;-)

: For me it was fairly easy to make such an Heuer buckle in
: yellow gold myself, well besides the lack of time ofcourse ;-)
: So, here it is...a nice self-made Heuer buckle in 18 carat
: yellow gold (it still needs some refined polishing at the
: back)...perfectly made to fit my vintage 1158CH...it's the
: little things that make it!!

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: I hope you like it,
: Abel.