projectologist

Great to see they finally got the crown tube length right on this one. That has always been an instant tell on all previous Rads. They did a good job overall with the 292. Lug wire length is improved too, also previously an easily noticed tell.

Definitely the CP needs to be smoothed and polished (you can see how yours is a little pointy in the first QC pic). This was also necessary with my V3 111 that I parted together. Notice to, as mentioned earlier, how the inner opening of the cg is finished with sharper corners and lever pin placement is more accurate. I believe the overall finish of the case as well is better with the V3 version.

Back in the VDB era. Will make a good story over a couple of beers. The watch project itself has been laying around since 2010.

Here's a pic of a gen dial I got to photograph a couple of years ago for another project... The white dial wax was applied more thickly. The dial I have will probably end up getting stripped and recoated with a less grainy surface.

Thanks! Using a dial I have left from a couple I got from a little dial project 2 years ago. Notice the correct ovalized "O" missing from most current effort RP dials. Actual lume color isn't quite as yellow as the pics. Going with a trouble-free Swiss 6497 and re-threading the stem to fit the gen Rolex crown. Tourby hands.

Thanks. The re-shaping was the hardest part. The rep cases are pretty far off. I'll go with the plexi in the pics. German-made, package isn't in front of me, Ster... or Stur.... something I believe. I have another from the same maker with a touch more rise overall.

I recently got inspired to finish up a 3646 after seeing this upcoming auction review... http://www.vintagepanerai.com/tag/dr-crott/ I decided to go with a hybrid combination of a Type C case (droopy top surface, flatter bottom surface) and a Type D bezel. I have seen this combination at a GTG with a RP dial. So far... • Silix case reshaped and lug wires will be shortened/re-bent (not going solid as I like to swap straps) • NW case back which will get a subtle bevel and full polish • Hixxy bezel (pic below shows it getting cut down just a little and bevel angle changed) • Gen Patent Oyster crown (thanks to PSofC) correct for the Type C case Still lots to do... dial and hands sitting in the wings. Here's my gen crown front and back (mine I inset into the pic from a ref. book with a gen Type C case documented). It's 6mm as compared to the more common Brevet style which is 7mm. It was a very lucky find There isn't a lot of metal to work with at the corner tips, so I was pretty happy that I was able to make them more defined.

Yeah, but if I kiss and tell, he'll start getting PMs from noobs and be Mr Grumpy.

Big YES for the latest Noob 243... My phone loved it.

That's a 112 base dial (a 114 dial is white). I know the seller, she's in Australia. Last year it would have been a good deal, but as pointed out to me, the current Noob sandwich dial makes buying the OEM pointless.

The Noob V2 243 when you factor in the improvement in the fine details, 99% accuracy to gen and overall fit and finish. And they finally perfected the rubber strap. Hopefully they will do the same for the 024 in 2013

Just put this together, will be wearing it into the weekend as well...

Liking the 111 today and into the weekend...

Looks good including the strap which is very close to gen in both finish and stitching. You'll love it!

Even among gen PAMs, the lever tips vary both in length, width and radius.

Not a big deal. I've been going to risti gtg's for almost 10 years. A lot of us are into reps. I found out about the rep forums from a well-known risti back in 2008.

Lay the watch face-down and with your left hand palm holding the watch steady while pressing down on the qr button with the tool and left thumb and fingers, use your right hand and tool to push out the lug bar to the left.

I thought I'd put up 2 pics for comparison that I took. Noob vs latest OEM. All I did was touch up the Noob's lever shape at both ends and slightly recess the lever pin. Looks close enough for my OCD afflicted eyes

Plastic qr tool separates in half so that you can push on the qr button and lug bar at the same time.

Thanks to a couple of members and my parts box, I was able to bash together a pretty nice 111N. • latest Noob 111N case set • latest version(?) movement with incabloc mod • latest Noob dial that required some paint touch-up • HF 005K V1 hands that required paint touch-up iPhone 4 and Snapseed...

Noob V3 111n with some nice mods. Incabloc mod looks very good. Looks like he recessed the cg lever pin a tiny bit. CP refined as well?

Today and probably the rest of the week...

So nice... looks great! The lume color is perfect.