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I have a couple that are basically like lani's and I love 'em: SOSF Omega DeVille Hour Vision

The coolest thing about this riser is that you can really alter the look of the reflection based on the light in the background. I'll try and post more pics tomorrow to show what I mean.

Well after a long, long time, the Super Franken Tudor 9411 is coming along quite nicely. Still having some work done, but I thought I would post the progress so far. I will be posting a very nice, long review of this watch, it's history and the amazing tale of how great this community is. I cannot believe how many members have contributed their time, suggestions, parts and help with this project. I cannot thank you all enough! Here's what she's got: Genuine Dial - relumed by the master himself Genuine Hands - also relumed Genuine Tudor 2784 movement Genuine 702 Twinlock Crown & Tube Genuine 9315T Folded Link Bracelet Genuine 380 Endlinks Case assembly is rep, but it is a very nice quality one. Here's some pictures:

This too is a work in progress. And believe me, I cannot wait to get it back!! These are some preliminary photos I got back from one of the several members who has contributed to this unbelievable project. Introducing, my new, Super Franken Tudor 9411 Here's what she's got: Genuine Dial - relumed by the master himself Genuine Hands - also relumed Genuine Tudor 2784 movement Genuine 702 Twinlock Crown & Tube Genuine 9315T Folded Link Bracelet Genuine 380 Endlinks The rest is rep, but damn good IMO: Believe me, I cannot wait to get this baby back!!!

Got a new, frosted silver acrylic riser today in the mail for my photo studio!!! I am quite please with the results!

Awesome R!! Enjoy that one (I have no doubt that you will!)

Thanks for that review! I was curious about them as well but now that a few folks have been the guinea pigs, I feel pretty good about them! They look great!

I love the lonely panda dial Daytona in the front row. Man that is one hell of a collection!

Looks great R!!! Congrats on a successful return from the great white north!

Hey Sql_pl a lot of your links no longer work since the rwg forum upgrade

Never say never, R!!! Your white dial may want to come live with it's black dial cousin someday! You may never be able to resist the pull of the Arabic numbers calling it's cousin!!!

I would imagine it is mostly a financial decision. Since most of this sort of work takes quite a while, you may find your self not really missing the watch very much. Add that to needing some cash, and voila - you have a watch for sale! Plus, a watch with that sort of work done is more likely to sell quickly so it's a bit of a guarantee that you will get some cash quickly. Just my 0.02

Amazing transformation guys! And a big to chief!

Nice R!!! My POrikka for today:

Nice TJ and great review!!! +1,000,000!!!!! Definitely need the snowflake hands to complete the look!

Yes, I am a HUGE fan of the Project X look! Way too expensive, but looks awesome! Here's a shot of my next project watch, a 16610 - remove the CG's & Cyclops and DLC coat: Edit: I should add that this is what I want my watch to look like! This isn't actually my watch!

Yes, he was wearing a white dialed Breitling Colt & then in a couple of shots he is wearing a chronograph of some sort.

Lani, we were discussing at one point the possibility of using an agitator like an ultrasonic bath, but instead of a cleaning solution, using a combination of sea salt and sand. Then exposing to a higher dose of UV light. It may take a while, but I think the results would be pretty spot on. I was theorizing that the aging of an insert takes place when watch owners actually dove with their watches. So, if they are moving through the water, there is salt and dirt particles passing over the bezel insert constantly. An ultrasonic machine would, in theory, speed up this process. Finding something like an EPROM eraser, which uses UV light to erase a programmable micro-chip are super cheap and you could fit a few bezel inserts in there at one time. They have a timer on them so it would take some experimenting.

These are definitely starting to grow on me a lot more! I quite like the blue dial Caribbean GMT as well! There is also a really nice white dial chrono 200T on the bay currently that is quite sharp! A searambler re-issue limited edition for $2k. Quite nice!

TJ, what ever happened to that post about trying to come up with a salt water & UV light aging system? I tried to find the posting, but it was quite a few months back now. I wonder if anyone ever tried that?

Nanuq that aqualung is beautiful!!!

Some more red's

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!! Lani it looks amazing!!!!

NIce work on the new S90 astro!! I see you are enjoying it!!! Nice haul this week!

Well i must admit, the new Datejust II is pretty damn sweet!!! I tried on the 41.5 mm DJ II with stick markers on a blue dial and it was quite awesome! Of course, it was around $7200.00, but it sure was nice!