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Hello I recently bought an Air King case, dial and hands ref 5500 and wanted to build a watch using a 2824 movement and these parts. I bought a Yuki adapter ring for 15X0 and an old 2824 movement. At the moment everything seems to fit, modified the hand tubes to fit 2824 size, put together all the parts but somethings wrong: the stem doesn't sit properly in the case and is too tight in the tube. When I remove the dial I have a perfect fit. The dial sits directly on the movement and will be attached by double sided watchmaker tape, then the ring sits around the movement and the movement is tighten wit screws to the ring. What can I do next? I've bought a raffles #2 ring, maybe it will fit Sand down the dial to make it slimmer Sand the case on the interior were the dial sits to fit the movement better, but I don't know if the second hand wont be stuck in the cristal Sand the ring were the screws that hold the movement fit to get the movement lower Don't use the Yuki ring and try to make another ring Some pictures maybe you can help me
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Excited to have this el cheapo 6694 turned out to be a precious Explorer 6610 1. Flea market 6694 34mm 2. EXP dial from rafflesdial 3. gold hands from rafflesdial Had a hard time fitting the hands since my movement is dg2813 and i got an ETA hands. slightly worked on making the minute's hole bigger and second's hole smaller (by pinching). slightly buffed with scotch brite allowing it to have this unshiny, lightly scratched hands. Ageing both dials and hand lume with kid's colored marker (brown) and fading it with the use of cotton buds. Slight case buffing to make corners rounders. but i'm still contemplating on giving it a rock and nail box to achieve some knick and knacks. Dial slightly sprayed with lacquer to achieve dial imperfections. Might not have a correct case size (34mm) but i'm feeling happy with the result Thanks for viewing!
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