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Just landed from Trusty ... Glashutte Original Sixties ... very impressed with this. The dial is stunning and having looked at the original coming through Frankfurt I think it really captures the shade, and it's really pretty close (closer than pics suggest) on dial texture. I had been a little worried as close pics do show a difference with the rep's markings being a bit more regular in height and shape of the blobs. But really, you need to get very close up to get a handle on this and even then it's only apparent face-on, from any sort of angle it looks pretty much correct. Strap as ever was short on me as I have an 8in wrist but I had a 20 x 16mm Hirsch ostrich handy (lug width is actually 19 x 16mm but it squeezed on) which suited to a T. It's a 39mm watch but it's all dial and I don't feel it's small even on my large-ish wrist. It's lovely and thin and they did a nice job of the movement decoration too..

Hi guys been a while on rwi but would like to learn from everyone elsewhere Best regards hap

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Hi all together and a happy new year. I’m a member since 10/2017. My interest in mechnical watches starts twenty years ago (with age of 27). Six years ago i started to work on my own watches. My dream was a 5513 Submariner from 1971. After reading a lot about vintage Submariners i learned that most of them are not 100% original after a long time. I saw the prices they should cost......wow.... I thought: So much money for a (may be) not 100% original vintage Sub ? That‘s not my way ! I decided to build my own 5513 based on aftermarkert part and some original parts. Now, after i build a few 5513 models my next big project for 2019 is to build a 5513 with original 1530/1560 movement based on an phong case. But now let me show you my own builds. They all are based on Richie cases with Various movement. I only use original ETA movements. 2824, 2846, 2472, 2451 Dials and hands on some of them are vintage lumed by myself. Ok, lets have a look.... Cheers…

Happy 2019 to everyone at RWG ! I thank you all for your support which has saved me in a very difficult summer last year. I made it through with your kindness and generosity ! May you be free of suffering, hunger and discord, live a joyful life 🙏❤️ Much love and peace, Stephane

Family wristies and all Rolex ... almost 16234 DJ (my better half), 16800 Comex (my elder son), speed moonwatch (my younger son) and my A/6538 4 watches, 4 "unique" builds, 1 builder of course 😋

Thanks [emoji3] Guess what, the buckle tongue has turned out to be harder part to make. Still, I found way to handle that too. Stainless steel to is the more difficult one especially Sent from my Lenovo K53a48 using Tapatalk I suppose the brass is aged with boiled egg. Am I right? Sent from my Lenovo K53a48 using Tapatalk The brass is aged within boiled egg, I suppose. I'll give it a try. Sent from my Lenovo K53a48 using Tapatalk

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I just noticed that people often post Tudor stuff here and not in the Rolex section.. doh! First off, it's a really nice looking build despite the issues you had. I like the kind of gunmetal coloring which is complimented perfectly by the eggshell lume. I think interest in Tudor subs is on the rise after that cool Talking Watches episode with the Navy SEAL talking about his issued Tudors. I wasn't aware that HR can do dials like this; that makes this reference a pretty economical build, aside from the snafu with the MQ case. Speaking of which, I also had a pretty negative experience with MQ recently. I was looking for an MKIII insert with nice serifs and they were the only one I could find, so I payed the exhorbitant price and prayed. MQ originally insisted they didn't receive my money transfer for several days, to the point that I had to open an investigation with Western Union, at which time the funds magically appeared and he apologized for the error. It was kind of suspicious to say the least. Then the insert arrived and it was faded far beyond what was shown in the QC pic I was sent, to a light blue color that doesn't match my watch at all. I decided it wasn't worth the effort to return it and I'm just going to try to darken it myself. I am definitely through dealing with this guy, especially now that slay is producing his inserts, which are comparable quality and far less expensive. I always assumed MQ was the highest quality since the prices he quoted me were so outrageous, like $700 for a dial, but I'm starting to doubt that now. It certainly feels that way. I think that they just find us to be a nuisance. Most of their business is probably done with tourists or people with more money than brains who just throw a few grand in their direction for a finished replica. The guys that do their own modding and go for low cost builds probably hassle them a lot about exact details and they've just decided it's not worth it to go above and beyond for us. I get that there's a cultural barrier but sometimes it's just miserable to do business with these people. That said, I've had decent experience with Phong and very good experience with Ruby, who would be my default first choice for parts in the future.

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Cheers to the Xmas season

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