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Hey gang, Long time since I’ve been on the forum; hope all is well with everyone and things are good. Wanted to share this little story of luck, as there is some watch relevance involved and who better to share with than my pals here? Picked up this little porcelain figure at a recent estate sale for my daughter; it’s a little piggy bank painted like a dog. She saw it and immediately thought of our own little doggy, a 12lb Yorkie that coincidentally thinks she’s a pig We paid a small price for the little piggy and got it home where I started prepping it to put in my daughter’s room for piggy bank use. It was packed/stuffed with tissue paper and when I removed all the tissue, this fell out: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ha… Only kidding. I *wish* I were that lucky! No, no… Rather, this is just my latest build that I’ve been working on; a 1940’s era steel PPCo As with most of my builds, this one started with a genuine dial with original hard enamel fonts/printings still in tact and in great shape considering (remember, these watches from this time period were not water or element resistant; considering it’s 70-ish years old or so, it’s got some aging, but all very subtle in the overall picture) I managed to pick this dial up for stupid cheap… Less than $100: And shortly thereafter I happened upon the correct 12’’’120 movement to go with it: From there I had the dimensions of the movement measured and a custom case fabricated. Got the case back the other day and got everything together… To finish off, I added a gen Patek gator strap with period correct gen Patek buckle. Has the appearance and feel of being a much larger watch than it's 36mm size might otherwise suggest: Okay, so while I wasn’t lucky enough to happen upon this gem in such a fortunate manner, I do feel fortunate to have managed to see this one through to where it is now Thanks for looking! //ubi

Josh case reworked and crown turned down, relumed MBW dial and hands, MBW bezel and crystal retaining ring, Clark crystal (gen on order), WSO 580 endlinks and gen spring bars ... more to follow

I know Teejay, trust me. In this world the only fair thing to do is do as one wishes to do. No one really cares, and if they pretennd to do so, you're still doing what you want to do. @OP, Get the damn watch already! lol for $40, you cannot do anything but win.

5514 today...

Or buy an Invicta 8926c and call it good. 200m out of the box, homage to the Submariner, sapphire crystal and looks good. Just get rid of the damn INVICTA etching on the side. No one is going to call you out on the Invicta

Funny you mention that legend I just happen to have two coming in, one will be sent to a friend of mine minus some links for my monstrous wrists as his are quite small (hint) ! But this may take awhile as they will be serviced and water proofed first.

What...has he posted 3000 other posts under another name !?? Seriously mate congrats..... You certainly have been a great asset to our community Look forward to 3000 more

I think the standard hands would be fine. From taking a quick measurement it appears that the GMTIIC has roughly the same size dial and the hands look normal on that. Also they are readily available for a 2893 including the GMT hand if you were inclined to change them all.

I dont know why but I was thinking about sex and then thought about your strap issue !! Yeah I know !! Anywaz I was thinking you should try an Artillery Strap mate for one of your Rollies !

Still looking for blanks. Again, if anyone can point me to a supplier that fits my needs...maybe I'll throw them a free dial Also started the manhunt for a factory that can print on stainless steel 0.07mm thick (for the vintage date wheel overlays) which is proving to be a headache. I have a feeling the date wheel overlays will be more expensive to produce than originally anticipated If I can't perfect a stainless steel overlay, would anyone be interested in a paper version? I'm currently tinkering with a vector created by rolojack, but am having some problems with it - might need to start from scratch with this one. Enjoy my last sarcastic smiley

2 months in and I am pleased to report that the ol' 12'''120 has settled down to +2 sec/day and an unreal 51 hours of power reserve Not bad for a 70 year old movement. Zig did a superb job in overhauling and fine tuning this one!

diesal power, I already have the vector artwork for a beautiful drsd 1665 ready Just need the dial blanks figured out. Here's a sneak peek

Rolex dials: 5512, 5513, 1680 (all varieties), 1665, 1675 Tudor dials: 9401 (black & blue), 9411 (black & blue), 7928 These would all be in demand and sell like hot cakes. Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk 2

Yeah it does... Looking at all the QC threads in the different forums I think I wont be getting one after all, not for the money they go for I expect better. all the same I will just go back to waiting for the Tudor black bay to come out.