Hello, this is something I have started a long time ago; a pet project I have abandoned and resumed in leaps and bounds , that I would eventually stray from only to be back to from square one at a later time...
Well I am quite happy (and relieved) to announce that, as per the title of this post, the journey has finally ended.
Yesterday afternoon after having fought my way through one of the most impressively tamper/shock/weather-proofed packages I have ever had to open in my life, I got my freshly patinated, relumed, serviced and reassembled 1016 build:
The recipe is the same old one:
192xx midcase (originally reshaped by Akira)
JMB bezel and caseback
gen tube and crown
gen superdome
gen service dial
Helena's 13mm Mercedes handset
2824-2 ETA movement
Modders: SSTEEL and NATAS78 (praises, kudos and standing ovations to both for the A W E S O M E work and for being all-around great fellas!)