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Here is a nice video over one winter, this is all <5 miles from my house http://vimeo.com/45105667

Come visit Alaska, you'll love it! This is a nice walk from my front door.

There are few on Jacobs site mate.... Here is one for example.. http://www.jacobstraps.com/Serie%20DavGaz%20Hublot.htm Plus just ask he has loads of pics....so does K

Thats because of your membership level mate.... you need to upgrade to get those privileges

Awesome build for sure. The trick is always the epoxy you use and the conditions. I definitely will have to get into one of these.

Fantastic post, blue.! Seeing these pictures makes me fall in love with with the 1016 all over again. Luckily, I'm just a few feet away from my watch box! Regarding the crystals, the problem with the MBW (and almost all 1016 reps) is that the dome is too low. On the gen, the crystal protrudes by nearly 1mm before the crystal starts to curve. Like so: No. On Lanikai's Gilt 1016 build, he asked Zigmeister to shave a Clark T22 so that it would fit the MBW. The results were not pretty, as the modifications completely killed the profile of the crystal. This is not a knock on Zig's work (which is always exemplary), but more an observation of how you can't squeeze a square peg in a round hole.

Beautiful pictures Deckard Omega for me today

The problem with cementing dial feet is that they often fall off. At least that has been my experience. I posted a tutorial several years ago, but it may have been lost during 1 of the site upgrades. The only sure-fire way to permanently attach them is by soldering & there are tools designed for that purpose to avoid damaging the painted surface. Again, there is a tutorial that was floating around here that you may be able to locate via the Search.

Another guy, bonesey, primarily over at RWI, is doing stuff with dial feet. As I recall, it's similar to your method where he uses a template, sets the feet and then glues them to the dial which he sets on the template.

Beautiful watch, excellent work indeed

Totally unacceptable attitude from the dealer, the watch should have lasted considerably longer... My experience is that for the most, watches tend to be fairly solid (although a generation of the Planet Ocean was very prone to crown/tube failure) so I'd actually suggest buying the exact same piece again. I doubt you will have the same issue again

Try the link to Super Reps in my signature mate read a little too, you'll learn more and find some great guys here to help you too!

I have cut & pasted my post which I added to this Forum yesterday. It will tell you what lens I used to hide the unsightly step you see when trying to fit a high domed lens & how to reduce the outside diameter of the lens so as to allow the Tachymetre to be refitted. regards Lazoon. ps I hope to put some photos of my modified Speedmaster this weekend. HOW I FITTED THE HIGH DOMED "STERNKREUZ XAC 342.594" CRYSTAL:- The "Sternkreuz XAC 342.594" comes complete with the Metal Chrome Strip fitted inside it, this cures the problem of having the unsightly step which you get if you fit the STERNKREUZ hW 33.6 High Dome Crystal. What you will need to do before you fit the XAC 342.594 in place is to carefully remove the 'Tachymetre Bezel' (this will be used as a size gauge later). You will then need to turn down the outside diameter of the 'XAC 342.594' until you can place it on a flat surface & then drop the 'Tachymetre Bezel' over it so it sits nicely on the same surface as the 'XAC 342.594' is sitting on. If you then drop the modified 'XAC 342.594' into the body of your Speedmaster, then place the 'Tachymetre Bezel' back into its correct seating, you will then see that you have a Speedmaster with a really nice looking domed lens, but without that horrible step. I bonded my modified crystal in place using Super Glue (I tried using G-S hypo cement But it was not very successful), I bonded the 'Tachymetre Bezel'in place using evo-stick. I didn't have any special tools to turn down the 'XAC 342.594' crystal. This is how I turned down my 'XAC 342.594' crystal which I purchased from "Cousins" web site for about