preacher62

Ok...thanks to all. One more question. Would a drilled lug case have been used on an early LV. I have watched the Bay and have not seen one. I have had an MBW 16610 for 4 years and I just received it back from jmb, with drilled lugs. I have been watching, with interest, the threads regarding the 16800 builds. That was my original plan for the case, but in looking at the 16800s on eBay it seems that the MBW bezel...and bezel teeth...are just not right for an 800. So, now, I am trying to decide what to do with the case. I took the insides and put them in another case for my son, for Christmas.

If one has a 16610 case with drilled lugs would a Superluminova dial be wrong or could it be a service replacement? Thanks to all the wisdom here. M

Naaa! Can it and send me the bracelet. I'll give you $20 for it...right now.

Dial is different. Insert is the same. Both have the same pearl, off-centered to the right just the same. Insert just looks different because lighting is different.

Also...if you press down too hard with the spring not in the right position you can bend the little spring downward.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a 3187?

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The canon pinion snaps down past a bulge. If it was not seated all the way down, you would not be able to set it. I say that as per a 1570...never disassembled a 1560. The second pinion is a pin with a tiny gear on the end and is driven indirectly. My guess is that the minute wheel is not meshing. Does the movement tick, but just not drive the minute and hour hand? Movement parts are mostly available. If all the parts are there then I would take it to a watch maker and just ask him to check it out. $100 should do it. You paid more than that for the crystal. If your concerned about reppiness, then take the movement out of the watch and take it to a watch maker.

Mine, actually, does not turn at all, but that is ok with me. I just have it set to do 24 hr time and I leave it that way. I love the watch, spent a lot of time building it, but do not wear it much...can't take my Explorer 1016 off. Oh...sorry...didn't mean to usurp your 1675 thread. MT

It is Gary Clark's bezel assembly but it is not polished in the pics. I have polished it since taking the pictures. I don't care to much for the chamfered lugholes. If you look at 1675s on eBay you will notice that most of them have not been polished until the lugholes are rounded over. Anyway...I tried it on my 5513 and I messed one hole up...chamfered too much...wish I had left it alone. It happens. Thanks for comments.

One more on the pile.

I have changed out the canon pinion, seconds wheel, escape wheel, date changing wheel, at least, keyless works bridge, and they worked great...that is gen parts for an Asian clone. I tried to change out a balance on one and it would not work on that particular movement. The post on the end of the gen hairspring that fastens to the regulator arm was thicker than the clone and it would not work. I suppose some milling would have corrected that. What you run into with trying to make rules is that not all Asian clones are equal.

My thoughts precisely...

Sorry...note the CGs on the previous post.

Here are some pics of 5513s that were for sale on eBay. I collected them to try to (partially) validate my own 5513. Bad pic... Pointed even Funny Looking...

I agree. I have had the same thoughts. But I like these and the only thing I would get is the movement. Not only do I want a watch that looks right but I want it to be a great watch, as well. The Swiss-made ETA movement is a great movement, easy to service (myself), easy to get parts and will last a lifetime. I enjoy the watches for which I sourced the parts and built the piece myself. It would not be fun for me if I had to ship items around the world to have someone else perform the operations on them. But...everyone's objective is different and I appreciate that. Makes for great fora.

This particular case, that JMB gets his hands on, is made for the 2824. This makes it a good 1016 candidate as it is a little slimmer with the stem height right for the case. He will sell you one with the lugs already drilled...by him.

It seems like 1016 day on RWG. If true...this is a grand day. Here's one just like yours (except for scratches on crystal, now polished out) only J furnished the case, bezel, bracelet and lug drilling and I put it together. Swiss ETA 2824. Clark crystal and hands. You learn to love your 36mm Rolexes!!!

Not sure that a 1500 case would be a good candidate for a 1016 Explorer. The 1500 is a 34mm case with 19mm lug-to-lug endlinks on the bracelet. A 1016 is a 36mm case with 20mm lug-to-lug. For a movement...the 1500 did use the 1570 Rolex movement so an ETA 2824 with a no. 2 expansion ring from rafflestime.com would probably work. Why not make a 1500 date watch? That would be cool and you could make one that would be near perfect.

I have admired the 7032 but never wanted one until I saw yours on that jube. WOW! Put the jube back and take more pics.

I second the 600 grit.

I'm really feeling your pain...I just finished this one and everything fit on the 2846. All works well. I have a proper date wheel overlay coming...

In most countries, as in the U. S., it is illegal to sell a patent or trademark infringed product. Seizure occur because someone manufactured it for resale. They want to stop the distribution.

You would think that they would change what needs to be changed (the CGs) and not what needs no change.