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Only way to solve this is to eat less burgers and try not to touch the crystal with sticky fingers

I wanted to take a short break from building and take a photo shoot on some of my finished prjects. Wife was meeting with freidns for coffee and I had some alone time to shoot. First up we have a Bronze 6154 Legno MMLP with a 3602 engine along with a 2533 Cream Rolerai with a gen Swiss ETA 6498 engine Next up is a 3646 Cali with a 3601 engine lastly are two of my favorite pieces (for now 6154 LP with a 3602 Rolex engraved engine and a 2533 LP with a 6497 w/ P.3000 plated engine Heres the entire pamily and the engines :thumbup:

I was going to say "This is Sparta!" but not this day

thank you brother!! I am going to be working on a 3646 low bezel Cali, with Blue heat treated hands for a friend of mines. This is what I am working with I have 2 Cortebert 616's and a 3601 molnija. I think for this project I am going to go with the second Cort 616. I cleaned and serviced it First step, which is always my most nerve wrecking is removing seconds. Before After Success!! close is clear. I notice that the 616 is a little loose in the 616 movement ring, so I added some brass flaps near the movement screws to keep it nice and tight. Afterwards I put the caseback on just to make sure is clears without any obstructions. I added some movement legs on the dial so keep it in place So far so good. The hour hand went on without a problem, the minute hand however was a PITA and I didnt realize that it had to pressed on with some force and then kind of clicked in to position. Well, thats a first, but fortunately it worked out. Thats the beauty when building, no matter how many times you've done it, even using the same pieces, you never truly know what type of road blocks you will run in to until you actually start the building process :thumbup: Lastly I added a faux cp. I had to bring out the files and this was another PITA removing the other side of the pin, so that it can lay flat. The cp is so small that its hard to grip and get a good file on it. What I did was press it into a piece of cardboard and then file it down, success :thumbup: Up next is aging, shaping and polishing the mid case and bezel. I already did the color text fill on the caseback as well After a morning of cleaning, laundry etc, wife went shopping so that left me with time to play I brought out my trusty files and began to reshape, then some sanding and polishing. Such a tedious process. I remember when irate told me "once you start filing, you will soon hear whispers every time a new case set arrives." Well I hear those whispers alright and my hands hate them, HA! after some reshaping and the works even did some work on the bezel I was a little nervous resizing the 616 stem because if I screw it up, it was going to be a while until I can get my hands on a new one, and their pretty pricey. Neckyzips worked on this one for me a while back and I had it on reserve for this project. I took my time and filled little by little until it was a perfect fit 1) Text fill on the display back-Check, 2) vintage staining the plexis-Check, 3) all parts accounted for-Check. 4) Now BUILD This build is for a good friend of mines J.W. He already has a strap for this bad girl so I took two photo shoots using a WWII vintage ammo Strap and a homage "74" Peter Gunny Vintage strap and just to get an idea of how the cali looks with different trousers on. I think I like it with the dark brown Ammo strap better :mrgreen: I present to you J.W.'s reshaped 3646 Cali, with a Cortebert 616 engine I call her: "California Dreaming" and on the Gunny I think he'll like it. But now that thats done, what to build next....??? Il show you guys some goodies and maybe you can help me choose which project to work on next. Some many projects, just not enough time.

Understandable!!!

The TC is getting all the wrist time since she arrived

This unique ML is getting some much needed wrist-time I see!!

This 1700's phrase was revived in the classic 'Catcher in the Rye,'. It is in fact considered one of the highest compliments you can pay to someone, so it may well be Dr. Jekyll you have been conversing with. Waiving the red flag Gunnar

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Master at work again I'd have said Gen too

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Wow. I can see you have trust issues that extend way beyond this forum. This is a rep game, and if you think everyone is out to get you, you're wrong. It's much safer buying a watch here than on craigslist. You have the admin to back you up, you don't get that on craigslist. If you think every pic is the exact watch you will get, your right. They may have a standard pic of the watch so they don't have to take the same pic over and over again. As with any club or forum you will always have someone go bad. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. You're new so we forgive your doubt, but let this end it. You will find the TD's and members are all honest and wanting you to have a good experience. Trust them all, and if something happens, contact the Admin, they will help you.