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Finished some more Doxa dials last week ... BLACKLUNG DIAL and HANDSET ... for NH35 SUB 300 T "NO LOGO" DIAL SUB 300 T "IRISHSTAR" DIAL I'm still waiting to hear back about the SUB 200 CORALLINE print test ... As soon I'll get a "GO" I'll resize the dial down to 17.5mm and proceed to lume work

"Automatico which base watch do you have ?" Dan71 Thanks for responding! I have no idea where the case came from originally because I bought it from an RWG member in December 2014. It is close to genuine spec (going by a Phong 1655 case) except for the dial being a couple tenths mm too big. The case neck might be a hair too big too but one or two of the generic 116 crystals I had worked fine on the case...but the bezel was either too loose or too tight on all of them and the 30.32mm ID bezel is on it now. I will probably go with what you did and sand the OD of the crystal down a little so the bezel will not crack the crystal. I may also need to sand a slight taper on the inside sharp edge of the crystal skirt so it will not shave a sliver of plastic off. I've had a few shave plastic off and end up between the bezel and case if I do not see it. "I just build a 1655 with BP Base watch and inside is engraved 1675." Far as I know the two main differences in a 1675 and 1655 are the GMT mid case is a little bit thinner and the crown guards are shaped differently...maybe because of the 6mm crown on the 1655 vs the 5.3mm crown on the 1675. I tried a Sternkreuz crystal on the watch but it was not a good fit. The crystal I ended up using came in a package with no useful identification and it fits the case neck but the bezel is not quite tight enough. Besides that, the crystal was old and the supply house may have a different supplier by now. If I can find some crystals that fit the case neck and the 30.32mm ID bezel is still too big, I'll machine the ID of one of my other bezels to fit. Next time I have the bezel and crystal off I'll write the case neck size down and not lose it. I am going to order a straight second hand for the watch so the crystal and bezel will be off sooner or later. I found some sweep second hands with long 1.8mm tubes so they should work. I will post any updates in this thread.