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I mean the inner diameter of the crystal is too small to fit over the case. .008" Interference seems too much?

Another issue, The Clarke tropic 19 is about .008" smaller than the case diameter. I'm worried it will crack if I try to press it on. Next option would be to freeze the case and warm the crystal to attempt a shrink fit. Anybody attempted to polish the case? The case is the coveted mbw that i picked up from Eurotime a couple years back. I want to keep it water resistant. Thanks,

how to secure the dial to movement? Adhesive presumably, I am having a difficult time finding details.

Ok thanks! Now I'm learning something. So tc is Clarke?

thanks for the reply, I'm going to go the Yuki route, white lume pics to follow soon.

Any issues finding a set of hands with a matching lume for the ingod dial? I'm thinking the Yuki meters first will be ok as it comes with hands and free shipping.

I just got a note back from Ingod44 confirming his dials are not ETA compatible. So I guess that's a decision made!

So far I have ; older MBK I case ETA 2846 movement Clarke tropic-19 crystal Need some advise on the dial Yuki or ingod? Thanks!

I love the wording on that auction "Genuine" in the title followed by "After market" in the description......HMMMmmmmm.

It is called tumbling and is used to deburr stampings prior to polishing, otherwise the burrs will tear up the buffing wheels.

Hey thanks! any ideas if this is compatible with 28xx dials and hands? at the very least I can use it to learn more about watch making, wonder if I can get a good description on disassembly and lubrication?

Hoping this was a good pickup on ebay for my budget sub build? Still waffling over which dial etc. but this movement should go in the old style MBW 5513 case I just ordered from Eurotimez Any ideas? 'bay# 360155515781 Thanks,

Hi all, Last report I had picked up a case and movement holder, it has been a slow search for the rest of the parts as the prices on midsize seem to be inflated for some reason. I was lucky to source a genuine dial that is a nice light champagne. Questions for the gurus; I see alot of Sapphire crystal upgrades on ebay for the midsize, is this the way to go or should I go with the original acrylic crystal? Also as I mentioned the dial I picked up is a nice light gold with black markers, I will try to get some decent picks but should I go TT or all stainless? Obviously TT will cost me more for the bezel and crown but the gens on ebay look a little too gold for my taste. I think the one gen I saw in person must have been rose or white gold as it was much more understated the yellow gold TT. any ideas? I am still looking for the right deal on the ETA 2000, but there was some mention of the taller cannon etc. can anyong point me to the part numbers to source? Thanks, Chris

No offence taken, I was actually hoping someone with a keener eye would chime in, saved me from bidding really. as for the engravings between the lugs I did spot this as wrong but seeing as how MBK appear laser etched as well and they misspelled Rolex.... As for the case back now that I looked around for a few pics of genuine it does look sketchy. I wonder why the action ended early? He has movements as well!

To my untrained eye it looked OK..... anyhow good thing I did not bid!

http://cgi.ebay.ca/RARE-R0LEX-TUDOR-SUBMAR...2|39:1|240:1318 I am sure they are fake based on the feedback this guy has.....but a PM to him might reveal a source?

I know it has been written that this is not possible to fit an ETA to a Gen or ETA case but it makes me wonder; How does a Tudor watch solve this dilemma? I thought the Tudor was basically the same case as the Rolex but with engraving on the caseback and an ETA based movement. The more time I lurk on this forum the less sure I am about what I want, so many great watches!! Thanks for great reading!!

or you could bid on Item number: 120397341064 who knows where the final price will land...... cheers no affiliation and all the other disclaimers!

Thanks Dieselpower, I am looking for an empty MBW case as the base of a fantasy watch project, do you know if anyone sells the empty case new? I am not even looking for Rolex markings, just that it be compatible with gen parts (crown bezel insert etc.) I am planning a tritium tube powered vintage sort of old meets new think of it like dropping a CRD into my series rover......

I its looking for a new home PM me! Cheers One4

Look at the feed back she sold it once before but the buyer did not receive, she got a neutral for that one!

Sounds like a good time to swap in a gen crown, if the crown you have is plated I doubt it will look to good after heating it!

Link Hmmm?

And its gone!