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After several months of obtaining parts, building, rebuilding, learning how to work on watches, and then rebuilding again I've completed (for now) my 1675 All Red Hand GMT Master. The specs are as follows: - Cartel Case, Crown, Open 6/9 Date Wheel, and Jubilee Bracelet (thank you Mary) - Vietnam Dial (thank you Ruby) - Raffles Time Hand Set (including All Red GMT Hand) - Raffles Time Flat Case Back - Clark's 25-116 Crystal - Watchman Bezel Assembly and Insert - DG3804B (from Esslinger) I relumed both the hand set and dial to match - opting to use a light vintage tone but working lume. It's not "gen vintage" but I want the watch to glow in the dark. Insert has been lightly aged and bleached to a light royal blue and near magenta red. Case has been reshaped to narrow the body as it transitions into the crown guards, crown guards squared off, deep chamfer added to the top edges, tumbled in a bucket of screws, and completely repolished. Bezel has been completely repolished as well. Retaining ring has been machined to allow full function of the friction bezel. Everything is friction/compression fitted together. Gaskets all there and siliconed. Bracelet as been minimally aged and repolished. The build was inspired by a 1970 1675 All Red Hand I stumbled upon on Bulang and Sons. I purchased a non-gilted dial which as I understand it precludes the El Cornino CG's as they were paired together in the 60's. Since I was a matte dial I had to look to 70's era 1675's. For fun, I wanted to include the all red GMT hand so this lead to an early 70's inspired build. While I didn't do so far as to add mass/metal to the CG's to get them taller like a gen nor did I change out the crown, I think it's a pretty nice homage to that era of watch. Maybe once I've enjoyed it on my wrist for a while I will take a look in to swapping out the crown for something better then a stock Cartel. Until then, enjoy some pictures! Thanks for looking!

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Something from the past, i am sure quite a few of the crew in here will recognize this version!

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I can't get enough of these big crowns you all are posting. Inspiration to keep improving ..

Man it's hard to capture a gilt dial. But I keep trying!

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That’s a right nice build!! You identified and partially rectified the biggest tell with 1675/16750 rep watch builds. That is of course the crown opening. The only way to make this build look like a gen is to do what you did and laser weld the crown guards, add some meat inside and then reshape. Most folks either use a 7mm crown or stick a 5.3 mm crown on and the spaces between the crown and the CG’s are huge, and and instant tell from 10 paces!! I may be more aware as I have a gen 16750 and the 5.3mm crown and the CG’s are proportional. Here is my gen 16750 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk