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One for Ms. Nanuq too...

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Nato day! Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G928F met Tapatalk

Great cheap mod mate, that's a nice low cost option to enhance the rep insert New Sharpie on order.....thanks for the tip bud

I could be wrong, but I think it's because of the clearcoat that goes ontop of the dial. I've seen some gen gilt dials where there is more depth but also some with less or almost no depth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I just bought an hr tudor big crown and hope I can get it to look like this and still be water resistant. I wanted a phong but not quite ready to take the plunge just yet, a bit more tinkering on budget builds for a bit of practice first Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

The movement is a nice touch!

Great build, and it might just be the angle but it looks like the dial is tilted to the right a bit? Verstuurd vanaf mijn ONEPLUS A3003 met Tapatalk

"I have 3 i'm building and 58 watches in my two watch drawers in my closet lol of which 8 are high cost frankens, 12 Gens and the rest are various watches i seen and liked over the years.. some modded, some i have no idea when or where i bought them. Of all of those i probably have worn 25 of them." I know exactly what you mean. I have a few I wear and a bunch I never did and never will wear. Every time I look for something, I run across a watch or two that I can not remember where or when I got it. I keep records back into the 1980s so usually it is written down and I can trace the watch. What is bad is when I discover I bought the watch 25+ years ago and now it needs c/o, gaskets etc just to get it in condition to wear or sell. It's a little bit depressing. Some of the watches are in very good condition from the 1950s through the 1980s that would make good 'now and then' watches for someone who likes vintage mechanicals. Recent example...found a 1970s Seth Thomas 'Stingray' dive watch (some were branded Roamer) that I bought in 1993 for $60, traded it away in 1999, and traded for it back in 2009. I did not remember getting it back. Here is a picture of one: http://www.clickover.com//showoriginal.pl?set=91af68a1e748e6a98deb&p=1

what I did with some watches give to my brother in law the ones I really don't care about the other couple that have more value i sold to my cousin or put on Craigslist where I could sell.Now that I have 3 kids gotta see what's more important and keep the best and ones that have some sentimental value even if not worth much but was part of my life for a long time.my one watch I had over 20 plus years and will have another 20 Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk

Couldn't agree with you more ! my problem is really lack of time as i spend almost 7 months of the year offshore and while that was fine when i was single as i had lots of time, but then my fiancee came along, so that was the majority of my time and then a dog lol and now in the past month my first Son.. I have told myself many times in the past new months to sit down and clear out your parts bin of hoarded stuff and get rid of the watches you don't wear or wont wear. I Counted them for shits and giggles this morning. I have 3 im building and 58 watches in my two watch drawers in my closet lol of which 8 are high cost frankens, 12 Gens and the rest are various watches i seen and liked over the years.. some modded, some i have no idea when or where i bought them. Of all of those i probably have worn 25 of them. Its a bit silly lol Maybe ill clear out some this week before i head back to work and buy just one or put the money in an account for my son or something like that. Oh and Sogeha I agree fully with you, i'm not into this for the investment or worrying about funds to build etc.. i just love this racket lol something about it just grabs you and you. Its only in the past 4 or 5 years i've even had the means of digging into some of the watches i've built and Gens i've bought. Before that I just wore a scrappy few and bought and sold to buy another etc.. but thats where the love of this came from, back in the day when i couldn't afford much at all.

I agree with all @altesporsche wrote except silly. Buying a high end watch isn't really a logical choice when a very low end Quartz is more accurate, buying a rep or franken is also not a choice that involves much logic. Truth is most of us are wedded to mobile 'phones that have a very accurate clock function, we don't need a watch at all. Some things we do for pleasure. Two days ago I took some friends to a restaurant and had a lovely meal and great company at the cost of a couple of hundred euro. How am I ever going to recover my investment on that? Some watches I hope I have some equity in, but gen, rep or franken I buy for the pleasure of it not the clinical financials.

Asking this question will come to all of us sometime in our life,and you might just hit yours.If I was you i would sit in front of your watches and see what you really want to keep and wear.i think a good solid 10 watches is good enough.Its kinda sad to have them just sit in a box not getting any wear time. Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk

Great looking build fella,would love to see the case back when it's done Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I think the problem is when is it enough lol surely I agree that it's silly to pay 75% of the cost of a gen for a franken.. but I've done it. Like many of the fellas have mentioned above, it's about the search and the research of parts and period correctness etc..to get as close to the real deal as possible. I actually think that the guys here know a lot of the Gen watches more than collectors of gens. Ive bought a lot of gens and some quite expensive, but none of them felt as good to wear as a watch you spent, months, weeks or even years on building lol call me crazy but I enjoy it. Will I ever get back what I have out Into this hobby ? Hell no.. I have about 30 watches I'll never wear, but don't know how to sell them as I don't know what they are worth and can't be bothered with haggling with people on price etc.. from time to time I list some of it, if it's in front of me and I know people need it or are looking for it.

Black enamel paint or something. ill give it a go in the next few days and post back.

Really nice build, sir. Excellent. Still one of my favorite watches all time. Hey how will you redo the caseback? Just curious as mine has a DSN caseback that needs retouch too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

it's down again for the time being. and the tech guys need some sleep

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the movement top plate is modified with a clean new hole. I actually also do a perlé finish on the plate for the looks... It can't be seen but it's about pride... Then, the needle base gear is modified.

If you cannot afford it its too much. 30% of a 50.000 watch is too much

Flight time

I hope that the rwi will be back to normal soon. Now i just stick around with rwg.

Ha loonies think alike I just did this mate..

Nope, not negative relief gilt... It's in the same "level" . I've checked several dials with 20x microscope .

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