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I got the dial from Capice at the GTG

Never mind hobby i want her to get a job with Patek!

Well after the case mod yesterdayEmily (my 10 yr old) built her first panerai, the whole issue did not go as planned with me needing to steal the hands off my 177 as i managed to bent the hour hand trying to get the min hand to sit flat after emily could not press it down far enough, the new hands needed modding as the tube for the min hand was too long (I did the modding) then the case back did not want to sit flat, something about Ti threads always feel rough to me, but it is finished now and she is off to bed. I have got to admit i was never taken by brown dials on bams untill you see one in the flesh, they look wonderful! Have a look for your self Here you can see the effect of the shortend rehaute And one last shot so that you can see the hand that made it Was there ever a destro TI brown dial made???

3717 for me today, i noticed that i had not worn it for a couple of weeks

Once Emily has put it together i will but she is at school right now, it is not right to finish someone elses jig saw!

It should make no real difference in a serviced movement running or not apart from a very slight drop in power reserve, the only problem i tend to run itnto with asian 7750s is the reseting and hand slipage, but as yours is running all the time thish should not be a problem.

Gio What a post, it was truely plesurable to spend the time to read, Thank you for your time!

looks good, i just wish they made the baton dialed version

Do not try this if you are not 110% happy with you power tools or what you are doing with them! This could be a long post but i will make it as short as possible My daughter wanted a panerai, in Titainium, so i said she can build it, i will source the parts, so i eventualy found all the parts i needed (thanks guys) and checked they fitted before she did a very simple build. Well it turned out the case i had was an auto case and the crown stem and tube would not line up, I looked far many ways around the problemm and eventualy settled for modding the case, i think it woiuld have been easyer to thin the movement down in the end, I looked for a friendly face with a lathe who could work Ti but non could be found so it was back on the shelf untill i could find away. All i had to do was remove .37 of a mm by my mesurements from the dial resess to make it all line up enought to work. I knew it was possible to use my mini pillar drill as a mill but how to evenly mill out the bottom of the rehaute evenly, today i found a sollution using:- Proxxon pillar drill broken glass press disk dremill cutting disks coundrum gringing wheel and a lot of time I started by glueing the glass press disk back together as it fitted inside the crystal recess of the Ti case and thus enabeled me to rotate the case on top of it, i then fixed this to the x-y table of the drill. I started with a worn down cutting disk as it would fit in with the long stud fixing the whole contraption down but later found that i could use a smaller stud and use a full size disk. set up again with the full size disk This was proving to slow with the cutting disk so i set up again with the grinding stone and this made a bit faster progress, the cutting disks were used later on to polish the ground area down and anothe small job that needed doing By setting up the hight of the tool carefully i was able to rotate the case with my fingers and slowly remove the metal that i needed, Ti has a funny way of working you can sand it by hand quite easliy but no matter what i tried, machining this took an age! Eventualy i had removed enough and could do the next little job the case needed, cutting recesses for the movement holder tabs as they were too low for the 6497, this took a while but no where near as long as the first part, you can just see them in this photo above the smaller cutout in the top left hand corner. The other nice little job i managwed with this set up was evenly brushing a tired looking case back. All in all it came out well, yes the rehate is a bit shallow but it was a chalenge to overcome Now all Emily has to do is assemble a brown dialed, Titainium, seconds @3, blued hands with a polished crown guard and very tight lever (i had to make the screws for this as well as i could not find any others) I hope to show the the finished artical in the next couple of days ONE QUESTION? Was there ever a lefty TI pam with a brown sausage dial? Do not try this if you are not 110% happy with you power tools or what you are doing with them!

I quite like these, so much of a departure from my normal foot wear Miendl island pro for cold and wet miendl desert fox for when it is warm These are my civy boots, i just wear what is issued for work, And this is for all occasions unless i am in a suit. But i do like those croc ones strange because i have never seen a croc wearing shoes???????????

This may give some indication of who this is

well there is that

Thats the ones, i am supprised ther is not a better supply house in USA than Otto. Does any one know of one?? you could try and log into http://www.julesborel.com/but i cant log in my self so i cant say if he is any good

See now mozilla does not tell me that!

Bob frie has got them in the US @ $4.50 just over half way down the page, if you can wait a while i will be ordering some the start of next month from a german place, about €2.25 each

Give me to mins

you should niot need that, if itr is just for the stem follow the link above or just use 6497 or 6498 "Unitas 6498 401 Stem, Tap 12 UT6498401 £3.50 PACK*3" I would order 10 but the postage to europe is extotionate from cousins if it is leaving UK where are you in the world

£3.50 for a pack of 3 from cousins stems at cousins Editpack of 3 not 10

I am just half way through the cutting stage of another new one, but it will be a while till it is finished

Sorry DB i just looked in my box and i am all out of omega pins and sleves Any one else help a VIP out?

Ok just taken this with my new toy, used the night setting (no idea how long the exposure time was) and cropped it down

And on that note i am off for a burger, Walking there though!

I know i have one but a stick ball still works

Still wearing this one untill i go to work in the garage later

Hmmm i just had a look for the post with a big list and could not find it either, Admim, mods anyone know where it went i am sure it was a sticky?