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2846 i find the 2783 to have more cumbersome parts to work with (more little springs that love to fly everywhere) aged white dial

do you need one with feet for ETA? got this one here (case is sold)

soft felt polishing disc and green compound, dremel may actually be too fast for fine polishing

i also bought a generic brand and its rock solid, got it on sale $9 with a kit that included accesorries i use it all the time and it has never let me down it fits all licensed dremel parts too. i was originally weary of the low price being too good to be true but i can attest to its reliability and performance, it also does not feel cheap in the slightest this one: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6/Tools/2/CordedPowerTools/RotaryToolKits/PRD~0544777P/Jobmate+24-piece+Rotary+Tool+Kit.jsp?locale=en

came out great! i'd throw it on a nato

still better than 100% made in China. I feel when its cased or assembled at least some siwss quality control plays into it and its not just slapped together by some child labour force, but an actual career trained swiss watch maker. I do believe Rolex still makes all their parts in the EU, even Omega. in my own pursuit to find manufacturers you learn a lot about which companies supply to the big swiss ones, i have a contact for the company that makes the cases for Omega and they are in Switzerland, I also have a contact for the steel company that supplies to them. none of which is in my budget or scale currently i also have contacts for the factories that make bulova, fossil and doxa. i can say the parts made in China is absolutley true, then again these arent overly expensive watches and the finish is decent to say the least. but yes there are huge mark ups and premiums on every swiss watch sold probably around 80%, most people who buy them wont even realize their origin or care to think about it, along as their wrist says Rolex and it's legible from several feet away that theyre wearing one.

love it!

meters first or feet first?

whats your budget?

such a thing?

maybe with enough interest TC could make this a reality? id buy a dial.

cool! i have a chance to go there in may with a few buddies... still deciding. no shower and your brain turning to water leaves me still undecided

i dont think id show my address publicly, just a thought.

it will fit a 5513 case, but not a 16610. i always wondered if TC could just make a run of 16610 dials with no date window and a lume marker at 3 oclock. then off to jmb for some lug holes and thats as close as youre going to get (although it will be a slightly larger sub than an original no date)

nice one!

ive tried before and flattened an insert totally destroyed its shape. but i think using a press is the correct way

what could one say? besides: it looks pretty awesome

so who's gonna buy it?

you are correct, the CAD ones are indeed based on an MBK case ( i have seen gen with straight sides mostly 90s cases). the drawings will need some refinement. i will probably thin the case and the CGs a bit more. still waiting for an actual sample in hand from these drawings because what you see in a drawing and the metal sample arent exactly the same despite being computer programmed , depends on their tooling and finishing (or so my CAD drawer tells me) chinese new year doesnt speed this process much either, i wont know anything until the 18th or so but any feed back you guys have is MUCH appreciated.

good job

PMs SENT to first four replies i'll share some pics of the new CAD drawings i had completed last week, these were done locally not outsourced over seas so no one can steal (with hold and claim) these from me it will probably need some revising once i get a new prototype in hand and can physically inspect it. waiting on a quote for a sample from one manufacturer and shopping around for others that dont have an MOQ of 500 cases or more. this is a base 5513 as every other case its just a variation of this base model. (you can see it draws a lot of symmetry from an MBK case )

hi guys i managed to take delivery of 4X 5514 cases. i have a 5th but i may keep this as a reference for future productions. i am more than likely going to end my relationship with this manufacturer its just not working properly as their quality control is too inconsistent and for some reason they can not seem to be able to produce a bezel ring that accepts a gen insert with out sanding. the bezel rings just seem too tight to force an insert in properly, i believe they are off by 1/10th of a mm. ive tried to have them correct this several times to no avail, they just dont get it (!). second reason im now switching to a new manufacturer, after my current one took a wire transfer of $5K they decided to send me cases with parts missing then proceed to hold the rest of the components "hostage" and tried to extort twice the agreed upon price. they tried to change the terms of our agreement after delivery of 1/2 the cases and only half the components, this is rather unscrupulous IMO and with little recourse in Asia i was lucky to presaude them to release the remaining parts to finish the cases i had but it paints an image of what kind of business to expect from them. i doubt they'll release the machine drawings that they completed for me on my end now, so here in north america i had new drawings made, and am getting a quote based on these this week from a potential new manufacturer, i have no prototype based on these drawings yet so im not sure what needs changing since these are all new drawings. i will share some cad drawings later today or tomorrow hopefully. so i have 4X 5514 cases that i need to sell in order to move forward. these case fit gen dials, gen bars, gen 703 tube, gen crystal, higher than mbk crown position, "5513" caseback engraving (like gen 5514) (NOT laser etched like MBK), 5514 between the lugs with a nice short middle e stroke (the kind those vrf'ers use to determine authentic engravings over fake symmetrical "E" engravings) each serial number is different 4089XXX (correct range for 5514), a nice engraved "ROLEX COMEX" case back NO "no.198" engraving on it like the others have. better CGs than MBK, deeper bezel teeth than the MBK, a working HE valve assembly, and an eta adaptor ring (exactly like yuki sells for $50) which leads me to believe it was milled to accept a 15XX movement (have not tried to fit a rolex movement, do not have one), the inner dimensions are different than that of the eta mbks (my case is wider at the middle, MBK is more narrow) OK NOW 2 things i do not like about this case: cosmetic: the lugs are a bit pointy instead of flatter at the tips (could be sanded down easily) **i actually found a genuine reference where the lugs look identical being a bit pointy so consider this not really an issue, it appears some are flatter than others, perhaps from refinishing over time** functional: it has a gen bezel assembly but a part of the problem as stated above it is too tight to fit a gen insert, this means youd either have to sand an insert or replace the bezel ring with a clarks. originally these were to be priced around $450 (still cheapest around and best value at this price:quality) since i need to sell these and move forward with another manufacturer im hoping to find a home for these at $350 given the issue with the bezel ring. paypal and shipping is at cost. there are only 4 available, maybe a 5th later. if you wish to purchase please tell me to PM you here in this thread, please do not PM me, any questions can be asked and answered here in this thread as well. first reply first served, VIP/PLAT members or veterans with a good rep get priority, pics of these cases: thanks for looking!

i like except that LEC is fricken huge!

i am all parts currently. 5 years and counting

hah, my bad NOS always has a way of looking different, or maybe im just that paranoid about whats gen and whats rep.