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What does the sean case sell for? I do not see it on the site. How would it compare to my Euromariner case? :-)

How does the Sean case compare to others? I tried to find it on the site but I could not find it.

You can try the buy/sell forum too.

How much of a difference over thevstock dw crystal do these or a gen make?

Same rule applies to all handwind models:

Rule 1, wind the watch fully as soon as you get up, before putting it on your writs and before you wear it for the day

Rule 2, a full wind is NOT a few turns, or a dozen turns, or 20 turns, a FULL WIND is when you wind the watch and continue to wind the watch until you can't turn the crown any more that is a FULL WIND

Rule 3, if you ignore Rule 2, you will have poor timekeeping and there is risk of the balance escapment being damaged due to low amplitude

More problems with handwind watches are caused by owners who are too scared to wind their watch fully...

The mainspring is secured to the side of the mainspring barrel, when you reach full wind the spring is held secure and tight against the barrel. You would have to be super human to accidentally break a mainspring from fully winding it.

Thanks for telling me that. I wound it all the way and it was 60 something turns. I was only doing 40.

What is fully wound? Can it be over wound? The Zigg did a great job on mine!

Frank this is an excellent project. What about the movement. Which one did you get?

Great job, very informative. I really want to do either a 1680 or a 1675. I just cannot decide.

Well... you got an email and he said .....

Wow! I REALLY enjoyed reading this post. Thanks FxrAndy! I want to do a 1680. I was trying to decided between a yuki case and a MBW. It looks like the MBW does just fine and it is a lot cheaper. Are these types of cases still available?

Gen Rolex 5508. My parents owned a jewelry store back in 1989 and I bought it for $40. The seller said it was full of rust but it was not. I had a watchmaker check it out. I later sold it for $300 and thought I made a great profit. The thing is back then they were not worth nearly as much. The dial had a back crack in the finish and was not real attractive.

Frank that chocolate one looks great!

Frank that looks great. Is the 1655 case currently the best option for a vintage 1675?

ingod does not have any dials for sale right now that I could see.

Donerix how is this project coming?

I would like to know as well

So you can buy a MBW case by itself, or do you have to buy the whole watch and part it out? Can Reg get just the caseset?

I would like to know as well. I am trying to decide on building a 1680 or a 1675. Comments?

Not much blue out there in the vintage line unless you get a Tudor or a GMT.

Well....... I guess.......... It is time to start the research for a 1680.....

While I have everyone here in the living room.... does someone want to give me some quick advice. I would like a good case that takes an eta movement, a really good dial that I do not have to cut the feet off of. I would hate to do that to a gen dial. It just does not seem right to rape it like that.

Nicely put

nice post Freddy, looks like one Redford has the stem pulled out

Why are vintage submariners so popular? I think they are even more popular than a modern sub. I have not owned or seen one up close so it is hard to compare.

I wonder how much longer he will have these now that DW is not selling them anymore.

Thanks for the tip. The pusher pushes in fine. It is just really hard to unscrew and then screw back in.

The bottom screw down pusher on my DW 7032 is really hard to turn and get unscrewed. Is there a way to make this better?

It says it at the bottom. Supposedly it is tested for time accuracy and water resistance. You might opt not to pay for this service.