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font looks too thick to me

match it with the dial.

its the proportions, the gen is definitely wider and more sharp looking at the tips. the second hand also tapers where as the rep hands are square

maybe get a relume on the dial and pair it with TC hands. find a lumi insert and get the CGs done. if you like the almond look of the tritium there are some modders who can relume with an old tritium color. the lume plots on this dial look a little odd but trim the CGs and get TC hands, its not hard to repaint them and color match. those two mods alone will make all the difference, and id start with those

fix the crown guards, get better hands. i wouldnt worry about engravings, nobody looks, and the gens get smudged out anyways from the endlinks. the difference between doing the above work and going a super franken is probably several thousand. you can still get 100% gen tritium two line 14060 no date subs for under $4000 essentially the same as a 5513 but more affordable and more plentiful and with a sapphire crystal which is really the only difference between late period and early period 5513-14060. you can sell what you have there for probably $600 on the low end

pics are terrible. but probably not gen

yeah TC hands. at a glance the hands make it look like a rep. tc hands will eliminate that problem

not bad at all, i would get better hands though

should be a nice build

nice build indeed! the pearl hole in the insert is a bit distracting

ALOHA gents! from the top of Koko head crater

short answer. NO.

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yeah -dont use superglue anywhere on a watch. the oils in the movement could also be effected

i thought there was some consensus they were from dixmont

great job

nice job, cant wait to see it all back together

that mid case is so over polished and possibly not gen. it may even be a franken watch

i bought some 580 endlinks off vrf a while back, paid the price of an A+ set i received them and one was crushed and the other was missing the spring bar loops and completely unusable. the seller didnt understand how i couldnt use it with the loops missing but in the end ultimately accepted the return. so yeah becareful what you buy from vrf

really great job

wish theyd rep the cotton strap

thats really cool

i like where youre going with this.

interesting, does it stretch and compress?

upon further investigation it was in the name of charity... so im alright with this.