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Sounds to me like you're missing the bezel washer. Maybe Josh would drop one in the mail to you, or you could check w/ Clarks and order one- or WSO...

The Clarks doesn't have the LEC. Beyond that I don't even know what happened to my original Euromariner crystal. I had one of the early Euromariners with the funky two gasket system. Shortly thereafter they started coming with the Clarks installed. My original crystal retention ring wasn't tight, which is why I got the gen crystal retention ring.

+! for what Sgtguk says- the Josh case is the best low dollar 5513/2. Good pearl in the insert, takes a better crystal, gen-like bezel construction, and short cgs, but if you trim the insides of the cgs, it's not too bad. The MBW is the best case for the 5512/3, but the money spent will be $400 for the watch and at least another $200 plus modding it up to nice.

I put a Clark's crystal in mine and requested a C2 gasket at the time- I don't know what the thickness is. But I used a gen crystal retention ring and then got an aftermarket bezel to fit with some sanding- don't remember where the bezel came from. My assembly is WR to 4-5 atms which is fine for me. It's the watch on the bottom in this pic

And not all V 72s fit a 6263 or other Daytona case. This Heuer on the left has plates that are too big and the V72 movement wouldn't fit in the 6239 case %5BIMG%5Dhttp://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/alligoat/P1000455.jpg Watch on the right is a rep 6238.

No, you need a V72- Valjoux 72. 7750 is a different and later movement. Try ebay and search valjoux 72

Perfect! The reg/noob can be your beater and the TC can be for those easy occasions- no sweat type deals.

Yes, Reg sells the noobmariners just like everyone else. There's nothing wrong w/ the regmariner/noobmariner for the price as long as the a21j holds up. But the bezel, insert and crystal are not gen spec. This watch came out in 2007 and was hot then, but has been supplanted by better watches- WM9 V1-3, Euromariner (MBK), TC, and BK's TWB. Good mods for your LV are a smaller crown- gen preferably and probably tube, but maybe the existing tube will take a better crown. Better pearl- watchmaterial and slight trim to the insides of the cgs. Or just wear the watch and enjoy!

Seems like I saw a 16200 DJ w/ 555 endlinks recently and a 16000 w/ 455s. 16000 is a 3035 movement, plastic crystal - T135 16200 is a 3135 movement, sapphire crystal- 295-C1

Looks like a noobmariner- SN is M458117 SELs don't fit too well But for 100 euros, that's par for the course. Not close to a TC, WM9 or BK TWB though in quality and fitment of gen parts.

Your MBW dial looked like a MkII- I look at the L in Rolex- MKI the L is centered under the crown and a MKII is to the left. My gen 1680 is a MKII from late 1978 The cartel date wheel overlay may sit slightly to the left of the date window- some people have had fits with this. It's too bad because it's a better DWO than the MBW one I've seen the L342,xxx SNs also- just a later model since it says Polex 1680 as opposed to the 5513 on the early ones

TC is coming out with V3 in about 30-45 days. Champagne DWOs- Cubic-works.com is the only source I know BK also has DWOs- std 16610 types in white

Well I guess you're in the EU if Domi is going to service the movement. I don't know if he does lume work, but I'd say get the dial and hands relumed, or get a new set of hands w/ good lume (Clarks, maybe) You could get a new bracelet from TC also, or maybe oil/lube up the one you have- it doesn't look bad and I don't know what you expect it to feel like. Rolex bracelets aren't the greatest anyway. You could put a gen insert in there, but the one you have isn't that bad, IMO. But all in all, the watch looks nice. Hope the movement holds up after service.

Yep, the old MBW 1680s had 5513 and an L341,xxx SN. And the red dial is 26.2mm as opposed to the 26.5mm dial for a gen 1680 or a good aftermarket dial. You have the white MBW dial which is considered pretty decent. The old MBW cases were copied from a late model 5513- the 5513 was in production until the late 80's.

Looks like it's on to trimming the cgs and drilling the lugholes- looking good so far. That gen insert is nice- beats that flat MBW pearl!

Too bad you didn't find this place 7 years ago and not just 7 days ago! Running seconds at 6 is a timebomb movement. But if yours is still running, that's good. Might want to leave the chrono pushers alone- no point in tempting fate. This watch is worth $100-200, so you basically got taken when you bought it. But don't feel bad, we've all been there. At least you found this place.

Your old Eddie Lee sub is a chinese rep- won't take a gen crystal.

Sometimes I think the original MBW DWO in white isn't too bad- at least it's well centered Here's mine thru a scratched up cyclops on a gen crystal I've got an MBW white dial w/ no dial feet- I need to cut a deal w/ bones!

Nice job! Your photo tutorial is great too- shows all the steps you went thru building the watch.

Thanks mjmj and correctime. I love white dials and this is just a cool 'lowkey' watch. I've got it on a jubilee this week

A 2000 insert would have a SL pearl (or maybe a luminova pearl) Tritium went out in 1998 A tritium pearl can still be white and not glow as much or not at all if it's older. But lots of the older tritium pearls do turn yellow and then light brown. Flat 4 inserts went out late 2002 or 2003

yes, the dial is a re-dial. But it looks better in real life than in the photo.

I missed this over the weekend- I was off fishing! So I guess it's a somewhat even swap- oh well- at least you tried!.

Since the tap size for the 24-600 crown and tube is the 3mm x .35, it would make sense that all of the other 700 series tubes are the same tap size! The 6mm crown and tube dates back to the 50s at least.