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Long story short, I need to occupy my spare time to take my mind off divorce. I will make a limited run of 5 pieces (one is for me). 1) DISCLAIMER, read through it... twice. 1) Even though everything is brand new (except for hands which are NOS from the 70s), consider these USED. A tiny little scratch on the watch might occur. Remember, these are 53 year old watches. 2) My plan is to start shipping in about 4 months. If you guys PM me repeatedly about if I'm done, it will only delay the end results. 3) Deposit is not refundable. If you don't pay the remaining funds within 2 weeks after completion, I'm sorry but the watch is by default mine. I am however not impossible. I know unforseen stuff happens, and we might be able to solve it anyways. 4) These are completely hand-made, variances will exist within the cohort, and when comparing to genuine. See 5). 5) Since one of them will be mine, who gets each watch will be done via a random number generator. Therefore each watch will be made to the finish/detail level that I want from my own. If you're not satisfied with a detail, I would honestly say that your level of detail is unrealistically high, and I don't think you can find a genuine one that fulfills your expectations. 6) As always, if you're watch gets stuck in customs, that is not my problem. I will do everything that I can do so that it passes, without any customs/taxes, but I am not God. (I have however sent at least 500 times the last 10 years, both hifi and watch-related and never had any such issues). 7) This is an offer, and should I feel that your expectations are too high either (through other transactions or forum occurances). Thank you, but no thanks. I want this to be a fun project, and such quarrel isn't fun. 8] No extra customization is possible. To keep it fair (see 5) I can not offer inter-variability. Also Domi will be the final assembler, and he has quite a waiting list. See 10). 9) This is not for profit. There is a 10-20% buffer for unforseen costs. When all is said and done, the final calculation will show the surplus which will be donated to the forum. will not go minus in the bank, however I'm a medic, Consider this a RWG-exclusive offer "by RWG" & "for RWG). 10) If you want to change/add something, let's say a genuine "Mk III"-insert. Fine, you will have to do that afterwards, and all watches will be the same, so I can't give you a discount and "keep the 700 Athaya crown if you want to add a genuine one": ........................................................ 2) What we are going for is this: Additional examples: ........................................................ 3) Build-specs * Custom Vietnam 5513 case with hopefully correct engravings & serials for the watch we are going for. No I can not promise anything, they are not always so easy to deal with, but remember... I'm doing my best. * Aged Ruby early-Mark III-insert (slay's fat font is good, but this is better) slightly matted to look like NOS insert. Custom lumed Athaya pearl (polished). * Custom printed matte HelenaRou 5513-dial with dial feet for ETA, custom lumed in Vietnam. * Modded Vietnam T19 dome, for a better profile and finish (sanding, polishing etc), 0,5 hs work. * Genuine vintage white gold 5513-hands (NOS from late60s/early70s) either with original tritium lume or matching relume in Vietnam (some have cracks, minor missing dots). I haven't decided, but I'm leaning toward reluming them all, even though some are perfect for an even hue and same luminosity. No this will not be optional. I decide what to do with them. Hands will be adapted to fit ETA diameters. * Athaya 7000 crown tube + 700 crown * Brand new ( as in still in unopened plastic tear-open mylar bag) Hamilton/Longines/Tissot (Tissot Powermatic 80, lowbeat-2824-2 21600 bph w/ 80 hrs power reserve). It will be modded to remove date complication and single-hack (time setting, date hack removed). Note seconds hand will stop when setting the time a.k.a. hacking. * Helenarou ETA movement adapter * Domi (hopefully, as he has family issues currently and is in mourning): Servicing & timing. Redrillng/retapping the crown tube placement. Assembly. ........................................................ 4) What's my role? (aka what is included) * Modded crown guard region by me. Slimming, correct profile, crown seat closer to case. Better transition to lugs. This takes about 4-6 hours a piece. * Full rebrush/repolish, slimming of bezel etc to my liking. * Aging the insert to look correct. Polishing the pearl. Yes, I've owned several Tall 5 and regular 5-inserts (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3) and I know how they feel and look. What most people do to age them, I consider incorrect. My method is much more tedious and involves ultrafine brushing to create a gradient from outer diameters inwards. Light heat-treatment to give it duller more tropical colors, also thinning the insert for a sunken fit. This takes aprox 1h/insert and does not involve bleach or ending up with circular scratches. It has taken me at least 20 inserts before I found "my" method. * I'm the master of puppets, i do the contact, quality check, price discussions, group buy-part. It takes time, but we all win on it. * Tracked shipping is included, insured for 900€. Shipping via Recommended letter by Swedish Post, aka Postnord. No I will not send via DHL/UPS/FedEx etc. The watch head only will cost 2700 USD incl. shipping. ........................................................ 5) Optional: Fully modded (hopefully matching, 1967 date stamp) Vietnam 7206 riveted bracelet with 80 end links also fat springbars. This includes a lot of grinding, sanding, polishing, bending... oh boy if you only knew. One bracelet takes me about 3-4 hours of work. The end links will be adapted to your case for non-jiggly fit. I will not make any additional to fit your already built sub. It will look like this: (Ignore the bend in the clasp, that was to accomodate my ex-wifes tiny wrist) A modded bracelet is an additional 400 USD, only with the watch! ........................................................ 6) Pre-order/Payment: 1) hologramet 2) ______________ 3) ______________ 4) ______________ 5) ______________ 1) You get your spot by paying half the sum in deposit (either 1350 USD or 1550 USD). That's 11800 SEK or 13560 SEK. 2) I want the funds in (swedish crowns) SEK, otherwise PayPal makes a lot of cash on crappy exchange rates. 3) PayPal family or friends, otherwise bank wire. I don't want any PayPal-disputes if you didn't follow disclaimer rule 3). Take care, and... remember. Canum latrans, ursus vadis. Ciao!

For the Vintage Watches, no one has build them better than anyone. The charm of vintage watches, each of them aren't the same because it has of its own unique beauty, plus It depends on the budget of the buyer. I wish I'd have a higher budget for this project. Good luck OP.

*unzips pants slowly* They're going to look mint!

Thanx, thats exactly what it was. Just fitted a gen eta stem, cut it 2 threads longer and it works a treat Sent from my SM-T515 using Tapatalk