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Hello and welcome, ok so the only advise is perhaps purchase a cheap set of casebAck removers off ebay and once you've removed the caseback then apply a SMALL amount of gasket grease(the stuff you use on the rubber waterproof gaskets) to the small ball bearings on the rotor. Try to remove any access grease with a bit of cloth. Bottom line I'm afraid is that you will never get rid of the clicking sound on this PARTICULAR movement, my suggestion is try and find the model of your dreams with a better movement, if your a Rolex fan then the SH3135 is as quiet as you will get because the rotor is on a jewel rather than bearings as per gen. Hope that helps Cheers DH

Snorkelling in cap salou. West coast of Spain and a beautiful 23 degrees

Welcome on board, and as stated by my fellow friendly members. We aim to educate and help rather than patronize and put down. Enjoy your new hobbie!

Morning guys Certainly here in the UK I've seen a real decline in everyone wearing a watch. Sadly all of the small watch repair/makers shops that I used to love going into have closed due to these guys retiring. All we are left with in terms of 'real watched is very high end glitzy jewellery shops selling the usual brands. Most younger people are definatly wearing smart watches or I see A lot of cheaper 'dress watches for going out in. I think the other thing to consider is that when I first started to get into vintage watches I was buying old 5513 subs for 700 quid, you could buy old speedmasters for around 300 quid so perhaps the hobbies out priced it self??

NOS ollech & Wajs m1. Always loved the explorer dialed subs

With a lovely correctly dated MK 4 stern dial if I'm not mistaken Congrats my friend.

Hmmm so there was a green machine before the 16610LV?

Here you go http://www.kwecars.com/bbc-top-gear-featured-our-xjs/

Very nice mate, i seem to remember that there's now a company specializing in applying modern upgrades. It was on top gear a few years ago, might still be on youtube

Thanks for being part of our forum Adrian, you offering your services on here is greatly appreciated

Morning guys, I was on the bridge at 4pm yesterday. Weirdly I was walking over thinking if someone came down the road in a car etc would I jump into the water. Then last night we were getting into a cab on tower bridge and looked over to see police vans flying across the bridge responding to the incident. We were in Borough market yesterday morning as well. Very surreal visit to somewhere I've known for years. Now sat in a hotel 5 minutes around the corner

If you guys ever get the chance to read his autobiography 'my word is my bond' do so, its a scream and whats great is he genuinely didn't take himself remotely seriously at all. A great read, farewell Mr Bond

Another beauty Micky, well done mate

Any idea what I've got here Micky? a V2(yuki) or standard SA3135?

O&W worn by the previous owner for 10 years, never came off his wrist. Au Naturel patina!

Red 1680 today

Yep thats correct Ezio

Great to hear, hopefully you can give us your opinion in terms od what's possible. Ideally looking for a donor for my 16800 build. DH I think I'm right in saying based on the video that the hand rotation is as per gen? So in theory the movement had to be 3135 based?

Great to hear, hopefully you can give us your opinion in terms od what's possible. Ideally looking for a donor for my 16800 build. DH

I'd be interested in some feedback on this as well. Is it just the usual sa3135 with engraved logo and number on the plate? Which version of the LV dial is this? I believe theyres 4 variants Cheers DH Mark 7, Round 'O', 'R' in 'Oyster' aligned with end of left foot of 'R' in 'Rolex', 'Between 28 & 32 Mins', Pointed 4, Serial number On Inner Rehaut, From M Serial August 2008 To ??????? Mark 8, Oval 'O', 'R' in 'Oyster' located under right foot of 'R' in 'Rolex', '3 Ticks', Pointed 4, Serial number On Inner Rehaut, From M08332X Serial 2008 To ??????? The flat 4 insert is too early for the engraved rehaut models (i think) Mark 7, Round 'O', 'R' in 'Oyster' aligned with end of left foot of 'R' in 'Rolex', 'Between 28 & 32 Mins', Pointed 4, Serial number On Inner Rehaut, From M Serial August 2008 To ??????? Mark 8, Oval 'O', 'R' in 'Oyster' located under right foot of 'R' in 'Rolex', '3 Ticks', Pointed 4, Serial number On Inner Rehaut, From M08332X Serial 2008 To ???????

Hi Hugo Nice to hear from you, yep my thoughts as well. Problem is TC no longer has any cases for sale. So I'm on the hunt. Cheers M

Good afternoon Gents, I could do with some advise if possible. Apart from the TC sub case is there anything off the shelf i can use for a 3135 based 16800 build. Appreciate any help Cheers

Good point diesel, I did think about grabbing one of petes silver overlays but in the end went for the 'service white' option which has the open 6 and 9 and serif numbers.

I was recently very fortunate to be able to buy an older MBW from a fellow member, best of all it came with the original hollow link 93150(got some small stamped WSO endlinks on the way). The previous owner had previously sent it to Pbdad for case mods and a beautiful vanilla re lume job on the dial. But it needed a little TLC on arrival so off it went to Mr steel for a spa break in Finland. Full strip down of the movement with a replacement part required. Re polishing of the top hat plexi and a nice case clean up and a pressure test to confirm the Watch was water tight . As always a prompt professional job by M. Funnily enough I was never really a fan of these plexis back in the day when I wore a gen 5513. But it's funny what age can do and I can't imagine the 1680 with anything else but the slightly strange high top. Well it's now my daily beater and put into service like all of the original tool watch rolex's from the 1970s. When they made watches for men? who did dangerous things! Enjoy the pictures Dh

Welcome on board cracker Boom, good luck with the build.