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Loving my new Gen Zenith Pilot No 6 of 15 AJ

I wish you'd not made this thread and accepted the watch back and then said to him 'cheers for returning my watch you scamming little sh1tbag'

Rolex, its gen.

Reps are just a gateway to the real thing. I am sure they realize that. They probably laugh and say to themselves: "Future customer! Maybe not this year, or next....but eventually they will come back.". [emoji12] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Very heavy metal in this thread, gents.

WOW!!!! Man, that is a fantastic job. Kudos to you for all the time and work. I totally agree about the parts. I probably have three drawers in my tool chest with nothing but parts that were " supposed to fit" but didn't!! I probably need to have a garage sale at some point! To me the 1680 is probably the icon of vintage Rolex watches. I know that many would not agree, especially the guys who are in to vintage Daytonas. But back in it's day, it was THE watch to have if you wanted a rugged, reliable "tool" watch. Yours is a beautiful example. Now all you need is a gen Pearl to finish it off. Great job! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi everyone, I just went through tapping a Silix 6538 case to accept Athaya's 8mm Brevet crown. The cases needed to be drilled first and then needed to be tapped to accept the crown. Hope some of you find this useful Tools & Parts: - Silix 5510/6538 case - Rat tail file - Table Vise - Cordless Drill (>7.8volt) - Lubricant for metal cutting - Tap Wrench - 3.5mm Cobalt Drill Bit - M4x0.35mm Tap First step is to remove the existing tube (look how tiny that Silix tube looks!). I used a rat tail file to grip the inner tube. Once you've got a good grip, simply unscrew counter-clockwise. Voila! Next, you secure the case in the table vise. Lube the hole where the tube was and use the 3.5mm Cobalt drill bit with your cordless drill. I used my 7.8v first, but wasn't as effective so I used my 20v. Had to be patient but wasn't difficult at all. Drill all the way through. Be sure to clean off any burrs. You can use that same rat tail file from earlier. Now you need to put that M4 tap onto the tap wrench. Make sure you get the 0.35mm pitch! 0.7mm are more common, but they won't work! I've purchased mine from Merlintools on Ebay for $12 per. Get a couple while you're at it. I couldn't photograph since both my hands were occupied, but once the tap bites onto the case you do a 1 turn clock-wise and then 1/2 turn counter clock-wise. By going counter clock-wise you're removing the excess steel. Athaya tubes are pretty long so I went all the way through the case. Now you should be able to hand screw that new tube in most of the way. Towards the end I used that rat tail file again to tighten all the way down. NOTE: if you have a choice, use the triangular file. Cone shaped are very difficult to remove from the tube because it bites more area on the tube. And there we go BONUS: So we know 3.5mm Cobalt and an M4x0.35mm tap is needed for the 8mm Brevet Athaya crown and tube. For Rolex Explorer 1016s to accept the 6mm gen crown and tube, you'll need to drill out the case using 0.110" or #35 first and use the M3x0.35mm tap. If you aren't up for it, jmb is your go to TC 16610 to gen tube seems to have the same diameter so drilling doesn't seem necessary. It would use the same tap as the 1016, M3x0.35mm. See here: https://www.replica-watch.info/vb/sh...ll-this-myself Hope this was useful! Good luck!

Yea I am ok with the $700 price tag and have actually started to collect gen pieces. The real issue is that I am not watch compitent at all at this point, so I already contacted BK and might be sending some parts his way to help with the build.