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Just what it needed to rock: gen T21 and coronet, relumed and reshaped ! Sweet sweet babe...

It was a pleasure my friend, I could not leave one of my "babies" in this condition I'm pleased to read you like it, and I must admit I liked to wear a Silix again for few hours before send it back to you. I allow myself to add some wristcheck and dial photos. And yes I repolished the bevels a little bit.

Ok send me the money and I’ll speak to legend on your behalf.

So, here we go, Gents ! My beloved BC went a bit too deep in the water this summer, accidentally of course, and the dial turn out really "vintagely" hard to read... Sad, I was, before I got in contact with Bart and asked him if he could work his magic one more time on a new dial... Sad, I was no more, as he kindly accepted to do it (Thanks again Pal !) As I was planning/dreaming that new dial, it made me think of other flaws I had with this build : - The Athaya Crown I noticed this instantly when I received it 2 years ago, and you can see that on the photo above : the teeth of the crown are slightly convergent (not parallel) and a bit larger than gen ones I've seen (see photo of a gen below). If it did not bothered me at the time, It quickly became more an more annoying when I was wearing the watch. - The bezel Again, you can clearly see that on the photo above : you can barely distinguish the coin edge (teeth) of the bezel that are supposed to be visible, like - again - on this gen one for instance : So I thought, the dial accident could represent an occasion to enhance the build. And disappointed I was not, when I got back my precious from its original maker... Behold ! (courtesy of Bart Cordell ;-) That is what Bart came back to me with... And needless to say, I was more than pleased... Just look at thoses lines (the beveled chamfers, the crown, the bezel)... Oh ! and look at that dial again (mat and gilt work so well together, lume is the same on indexes, hands and pearl)... and as you (should) know, Silix/Cartel case are designed for a 29mm dial and gen-specs ones are (around) 27mm. So we decided to adapt Bart templates (wich are made from gen dial) to the 29mm dial a bit further then what we did before. That way we keep an original dial design and fit it to a 29mm dial and 28mm "ouverture de boite". Because, and at the same time, you'll want the minute hand to keep in contact with the chapter-ring in order to stay in the heritage or DNA of the Big Crown, and you want to have the chapter-ring close to the rehault (that has been polished again to give a bit more of presence to it). I suspect that Bart also worked on the bevels, thanks mate! (courtesy of Bart Cordell ;-) Of course, it is not gen-specs in many others way : rehault is still too short and not designed in the same way as gen/phong/Rubywatch build, bezel is too short and "squarely" shaped, But imho, that is one of the closest you can get with those kind of builds : the high-end of budget Big Crown reps. Cheers !

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Desire to get rid of annoying deplo + impending Chinese New Year =

Beauty ! ill have to get one ! most others are just wrong. Im in the process of building a 5517 with a 1520 movement in it. its been on the back burner now for some time, but I need something new so im going to finish it.

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That's a nice watch you got there sir ! Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk MM20 on Timebandit's MP43 strap Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Parts-Bin'r.. Little bit of this, little bit of that...

UN day today. Just changed into white to match the shirt. Rugby today - England Vs Wales.

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