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Thanks for the comments ! i will contact staff soon to make that possible. Regards Jorge

I don't know if there's anything better than a MQ gilt 5513 dial, but I have read that MQ can be tough to deal with- that came from Jackflash. After MQ there's Ruby who might be a little slow to respond these days and Phong who is ok to deal with but might be a little more expensive.

It will go full circle when Jane Bond is a black lesbian womaniser. Women’s Lib is emasculating society to the point that there will be no ‘real’ men left.

If this goes on for more than a movie I'm out. As much as I liked 2 of Daniel Craig's performances I have no idea why he's back given his past disparaging comments about the role. If they continue with this pathway then the series will die. They already have ruined Blofeld sadly so it seems it may be another beloved series destroyed by ham-fisted political writing.

I have a copy of an 'official' rlx service and parts manual and it shows the 5513 to have either a 1530 or 1520 movement. According to the same book, the 1530 was 'officially' introduced in 1957 and the 1520 in 1963. As an example, I have a 5501 tutone AK with a 1530 and it is stamped III-62 inside the case back so a 5513 made in III-64 should be Ok with a 1530. Your AK probably has the date in the case back too. I do not put much stock in movements matching case numbers in the 1960s because I have seen a lot of what is according to today's 'rolexperts' to be 'put togethers' but are in reality, more than likely original. (I have hot dog wrappers blowing around in my shop older than many of the new batch of internet know-it-all 'rolexperts') Another example of this is a 1959 1010 OP that I have with a no hack 1570. Not a swapped out movement afaik because I have owned it for 27 years and bought it from a guy who had owned it for years...he said it was his 'deer hunting' watch. "Dear' hunting maybe. I called rlx HQ in NYC when I had connections in the 1990s (before they went crazy) and asked a fellow that worked there who was familiar with these watches about mine having a 1570 in a 1959+/- case. He said this Bombé lug style watch was mostly used for 'A&I' watches (awards and incentives) and the production was very low so the factory had cases made in batches and put dials/movements in them when needed. He had one too but I can not remember the case serial number period or movement calibre. The parts book shows them to have a 1560 or 1570 but I have seen a couple with a 1530 so who knows for sure? Not me. The 1570 was 'officially' introduced in 1965 according to the parts book. When I stick one of these 55xx/1680 projects together, they are never 'period correct' as far as crowns, crystals, bezel inserts etc are concerned, I just use what I have. No applied marker dials on 1960s/early 1970s models or anything that far off but otherwise just close enough not to be an embarrassment...this rule is for 'Frankensteins' only. Outright turkey buzzard replica projects can get by with being an embarrassment as far as I am concerned, mainly because I have quite a few. I don't look ahead very far but it is possible that in a few years a watch like you are planning may be accepted as 'genuine' because with 3 or 5 years of wear the average 'rolexpert' can not tell one way or the other. Besides that, if demand is still strong the best Frankenstein examples will be 'allowed' to qualify for genuine status because of...you guessed it!...Supply and Demand. Looks like some of the rolexperts are already witnessing this phenomenon. I do not know whether to or

That's a valid point. Using height #5 minute, hour, and second wheel/cannons along with a DW from a 2836 and a .5mm dial spacer helps with all of that. In any event, Sellita is a solid alternative to ETA and better made the the asian alternatives. The SW220-1 is the Sellita version of ETA 2836-2. The parts are interchangeable and Sellita parts are about 1/2 the price. http://www.ofrei.com/Sellita-Watch-Movement.html