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And me also, if it was priced close to the others I might go for it but like you I doubt it. I have an idea for everyone who wants to buy this watch but like me not going to spend 3k on it................ now it will cost you 40 USDs and you have a 1 in 40 chance of getting it...................Hmm MOAB going crazy no buy a chance at our RWG raffle if you win sell all the watches buy the Tudor!!

The watch that launched me on my journey to obsession/madness/watch building was the 203/A. There is just something that resonates with me when I see the contrasting black dial with aged cream colored tritium. And the iconic tan strap against the anthracite colored PVD.... Oh yes... The PVD. That's the one feature that's been hardest for me to get nailed down. Noob still makes great cases that can be reshaped. DSN makes amazing crowns and acceptable CGs. Rolli is constantly producing great dials. There are lots of great caseback options, but the PVD... What to do? Since affordable European sources have dried up all that remains is spending upwards of $1000 for a decent PVD job. So, over the last 2 years I have been trying to work with existing shops to get a decent price on a coating with all the required nuances. The finish should change color based on the lighting. In most outdoor conditions you'll see the classic pencil lead color emerge with a nice contrast of charcoal. On dark days and low inside light, the watch will almost look black Just as important as the anthracite finish is the surface preparation. The case must be bead blasted with the appropriate fine media to achieve the special shimmer that makes the case glow under the finish. Seems easy, right? Not really, not for a decent price. That is until recently when a friend put me in contact with a friend who I was able to work through a few iterations to get the finish just right, in my opinion anyway... the specs on this build: Noob 111M reshaped by me Gen crown with custom tube WSO gen correct double screw bars BM C3 Crystal Southy museum grade dial (only 2 in existence) Jakob caseback Swiss 6497 And on this one, a very special strap... A genunine Pre-V PAV99 with a 22mm buckle The journey was long but worth it in the end!

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Hi, I´ve tried both silver and gilt hands and the gilt ones are so amazing under different lighting conditions/ reflections in the sun or semi-glare in the dark I never went back. As for period correct the objective often is to re-build it as it left the factory. In real life (and in our case out of budget reasons) I often just jump the step and fit whatever is at hand. This is what a watchmaker in the sixties or seventies/eighties in some remote african location or tropical island would had done: attach the hand/ the crown or the plexi that was available, not the one from the RSC center. Even RSC centers started attaching the thick GMT-hour hand to early 6542 or 1675 GMT-Masters that use the small GMT-hour-hand if serviced. It´s only in modern times that because of the value these pieces are retro-fitted again:) To bring the decal-dials yet to another level they´d need a puffy, creamy relume to give them that depth of 3-D effect. Below 2 samples with silver and with gilt hands, home-relumed with a mixture of acrylic white/raw sienna/yellow ochre and Nescafé/lume powder. Some day these will get the Athaya-crown attached, by now I go with the above philosophy (have the crown, just didn´t want to break the stem and destroy the tube - if it needs drilling and retaping I´m stuck and they just work relentlessly well as they are). What fascinates me about Your project is it opens limitless possibilities for special editions/ tropical vintage pieces... it´s mindblowing:) and silver