One4adventure

Gotta say Ubi's method works great. Didnt spend much time but the case got a real nice polish. Used 800 grit sandpaper, then 1500 grit wet, then a cape cod cloth to finish.   crummy photo but just wanted to share for anyone looking to polish their cases.

you mean the retaining ring is too tight to fit down completely?   sand the inner diameter of the ring, about 10 rotations with 400grit should get it and still keep it water tight

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,

Well, you could always remove the dial feet and make ingod's dial work with your 2846. That's by far your best option and exactly what many others have done, myself included.

forget the yuki hands. theyre the incorrect thickeness to the point of being obvious as not original. the second hand is also the incorrect length. TC hands are your best bet   yukis second hand is the most inaccurate of the set   [img=http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6986769699_e4e76c1aee_z.jpg]   Clarks -GEN - Yuki

Yuki has eta Mercedes hands for eta for 9.99 in both white and yellow lime.

Well, you could always remove the dial feet and make ingod's dial work with your 2846. That's by far your best option and exactly what many others have done, myself included.

Don't know about the case and if it is gen spec or not, but Yuki has the 5513 dial with eta feet that would work well with the 2846.

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!

You realize nothing will fit flush, I hope. Military bars are welded in and then polished on the outside- you'd just need to get another case, unless you're a welder.

Gen springbars are available on the bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLEX-PART-23-9291-GEN...Q2em118Q2el1247

There's also the aftermarket bars out of Hong Kong, etc. for a little less- timeholder comes to mind as a seller of these.

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

Does anyone know whats the purpose of throwing the cases into that water bath with the "rocks" in it

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

That's an ETA 2472, a google search should find any info you need.

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

Didn't mean to be some judgemental, but it is not a good copy at all. They look like the cheap china cases with the tudor engravings done afterwards. The engravings on the lugs are done via laser and not the proper hard engraving.

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!

Why would we want to know...the caseback is all wrong and the lug areas are also engraved wrong?

This is no better than a Canal St. case...

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!

@ One4adventure I'm keeping it for sentimental reasons and I might use the dial on another watch.

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......

Old faithful, now sadly deceased

I its looking for a new home PM me!

Cheers

One4

Someone: Please report that criminal to Ebay, with these observations.

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?

One look at the strap endlinks and i reported it

And its gone!