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Just completed her today... Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but this one's just for me. :cool:

Thanks, guys! It was a lot of fun putting together. I learned a lot and think I developed a lot of good techniques that really bring the age out of these watches. The Gunny is a one-off strap I commissioned him to make for me. I told him that I wanted him to make a single long strap that I could thread through the fixed lugs like a zulu strap.

Life started off as a DSN 2533. vintaged the case, sanded the crystal height down a tad, modded the Rolex Brev crown, shortened the case tube, darkened the blue hands and aged the lume (the hands are actually a lot darker blue than the pics convey), replaced the the dial with a RMScherry dial, overfilled the indices slightly per gen, aged the molnija movement bridges, replaced the blued screws with clear ones, and finished it one with a one-off one piece gunny strap (ala zulu strap). hope to replace it with a gen rolex 616 one day... enjoy.

retail price is actually only $27k!

Yes, he seems to be a bit delusional with the prices he's asking (especially for banged up used ones at that). But I guess they are rarities and only worth what someone will pay. I offered him some dough and he quickly knocked off $1k of his price. Almost seems like he's preying on naive rich people..

If a post in this thread is what's needed to get officially on the boat for these amazing dials...than consider me official! With this dial and my soon to arrive RMC dials, it's going to be a good make-over for the PAMS!

yeah, I'd like to know the history of the crystal as well. Even if it's not historically accurate, it sure does look cool!

nice, Tony! I can't wait to get that PAM case back... you're right the CG pin doesn't look bad. If I ever score a V CG, I might send everything back so you can match it to the case's DLC. *anyone have a V Crown Guard to sell?

yeah, I remember my friends and I used to use this method to fill in the motorola logo opn the clips of our pagers in 92'! I still use this method to fill the pictograms on my AR-15 lower.

I've bought reps from BKK for years now. I found the best plave is MBK. there are plenty of spots on the second and third floor that have cheap reps; rolex, B&O, diesels, g-shocks, and panerais. The BEST place is a little stall on the first floor on the same side that KFC is on a couple stalls down from the currency exchange booth. He has some of the best reps I've seen. AP, Patek, Panerai, rolex, IWC, JLC, Cartier, etc... He's by now means cheap, but less expensive than I've seen on international sites. I've become a "great customer" of his and always hooks me up with "Thai price". If there is something that you don't see in the case, watch his magic and pull them out of fake kleenex boxes, behind calendars, and nehind your ear. Great guy to deal with and you'll get the best of the best.